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The aerial maneuverability of that cylinder was quite remarkable. 
 

The experiment seemed to have fuel escaping, and nonproductive ignition of escaped fuel, at a couple of points, to my amateur eyes. Most noticeably as it started its descent, with small flame clouds around the tail. 

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2 hours ago, Captainant said:

The green flame is from their hypergolic igniter system for the engine, you see it with the falcon 9 landings as well. 

Negative, doesn't apply to Starship and the Rapter engines. Most likely coming from surrounding copper due to oxydizer rich mix of fuel caused by the low pressure im the fuel tank. 

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5 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

Negative, doesn't apply to Starship and the Rapter engines. Most likely coming from surrounding copper due to oxydizer rich mix of fuel caused by the low pressure im the fuel tank. 

nice catch - I didn't realize that the Raptors use a different ignition system. Spacenerd youtube is pretty sure the green was indeed copper from "engine rich exhaust"

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Apparently the green glow at the end was caused by an intentional shutdown of one engine - which should swing away so the other engines can maneuver. The green was copper burning when two of the engines collided during final seconds of the flight. (engines have a copper component). 

Here is summary of last weeks events:

 

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11 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

Launch for today scrubbed, continuing the countdown as a dress rehearsal. The countdown will stop a T-0:10

Maybe tomorrow

48 hours minimum to recycle the fueling. Wednesday or Thursday.

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1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

Launch for today scrubbed, continuing the countdown as a dress rehearsal. The countdown will stop a T-0:10

Maybe tomorrow

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1 hour ago, Captainant said:

bruh for $150??? You're getting bilked for a plastic model and decal kit

It's $95 at Estes, and you can get it for $75 or so looking around, and it comes with everything, including the controller.

It's a little bigger than some rockets, but he's already got some experience with them.

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He's obsessed with space and space travel.  We already have an old Apollo rocket as well.

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Just now, atomheartbevo said:

It's $95 at Estes, and you can get it for $75 or so looking around, and it comes with everything, including the controller.

It's a little bigger than some rockets, but he's already got some experience with them.

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He's obsessed with space and space travel.  We already have an old Apollo rocket as well.

That rules. I grew up building Estes kits and then moving up into high powered rocketry in highschool. Get your kids building and putting together parts themselves as much as you can as early as you can! My first "realistic" build was a Titan II in Gemini livery, complete with polycarb fins that you couldn't see so it looked like the real deal - I think it flew with a "D" motor.

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3-4 engines didn't light, 1 burned out. Not a huge surprise, they've never lit all those engines at once before. Plenty of margin for error there with no payload.

Something is going wrong

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Just now, Upgrayedd said:

Was that supposed to happen?  Looked squirrelly.

 

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Yeah. Huge success, actually. First flight on an unbelievably ambitious platform, I'm impressed.

Anything above clearing the tower was a success. The rest was just gravy. 

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That was pretty fucking awesome seeing it clear the tower.  Great shot of all the engines during flight, looked like 6 were out.

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I love seeing the difference in attitude in the control room between a SpaceX launch and a NASA launch.  Plus all the blue jeans and baseball caps.

 

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2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

I guess that's cool but it doesn't give me any Elongation like it does others.

As it shouldn't

7 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

Outstanding.  Stuff flying off as it went up.  In case you missed it:

 

That stuff is probably insulation panels that are made to fall away like that.

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Anybody know the technical side of how todays RUD actually happens? Assuming they decide somewhere there is an issue, blow it up... what then happens?  I just thinking there is a team dedicated to that system and obviously want it to work when needed but certainly not otherwise.

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