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I wonder if SpaceX will static fire the full 35-37 motor 1st stage. The N1 wasn't static tested and they didn't realize they were bad plumbers until after the carnage.
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This has me looking for the 'like' button.
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Good question. That just seems like such an insanely high number of engines to attempt to get to run smoothly and harmoniously for, I would assume, a 1.5 to 2.0 minute burn. Maybe I'm being overly cautious (it' not my company, afterall), but just 'seems' like they are begging for a failure mode with THAT much plumbing, pipes, pumps, etc. to have to deal with. As we used to say on the range before one the super-big projects was about to go, "this will be interesting". Earl
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Don't forget he is going to make well over 1000 Starships within the first 4 revisions. They do a static test on every rocket, so yes. I personally know his Version 1.0 propulsion guy (now retired). They love wasting propellant because from their POV they have rockets that are "gas and go".
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They always have in the past, but this booster will be a beast. The Saturn's five F1's were fired on a stand first. It will be interesting to see a 1st stage with 37 Raptors tested together for the first time on a very public launch pad just weeks before launch instead of in the back woods (at Marshall) on a test stand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTaG91KD5s .
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When it comes to engine count, a falcon heavy is 27 merlins. So they've done 3/4 of the Starship raptor count several times.
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There's a bit of difference. Falcon heavy has 9 Merlins per completely separate booster. The "super booster" will have a much greater total thrust on a single thrust structure, plumbing from two tanks flowing much more fuel than the three independent boosters, LCH4 vs room temp RP-1, new Raptor engines that haven't been clustered at all and have only been singly static fired once or twice, potentially much more intense vibration and sound levels than the FH, etc. Basically, the Falcon Heavy is old proven hardware and technology x 3.
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There was 1960s static test of five F-1 engines at Marshall back in the 1960's on an overcast day that shook things al the way down to Birmingham. My mother recalls rattling dishes in the cupboards of the house in Huntsville that day. After that, no static tests were conducted during overcast days.
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I’m sure there are some major differences between the N1 and Starship comparison.
1: N1 could not monitor or control their motors durning flight, they were acting more like solid motor boosters, go or blow. Starship has computer controlled Raptor engines, each engine should shut down before a total failure which would protect the Rocket. So in other words, they have individual control of each engine which is far safer than pass designs. 2: N1 was to suffer just one failure it would lead to a total future as we had seen with each of that rocket’s flights. Starship should be able to still complete its mission if they lose a engine. They can even throttle their engines up and down as needed which is a plus. I use to believe in the less engine theory, guess Saturn V lead me that way as compared to N1. Now I believe that more engines are most likely better if managed properly due to the fact that one engine failure on a less engine rocket could more likely end the mission as compared to a more engine Rocket in today’s world. I still agree that it’s harder to handle more engines as compared to less. A good question is, will each of Starships engines have good shielding between each engine that will protect the engine beside it if there was to be a total failure? Just my 2 cents.
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