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There's still hope that they will make their first static test fire in December, though! This will be their first time lighting all 27 engines, so it could be v
by unspecified 9y ago
There's still hope that they will make their first static test fire in December, though! This will be their first time lighting all 27 engines, so it could be very exciting.
A FH static fire can only be done on the pad: there is no test stand big enough to do it.
- SEJeff 9y agoAnd by exciting, do you mean a high probability of a RUD?
- unspecified 9y agoI don't know about "high", but there's at least two new things happening that jump out: * staggered start, the engines are started in pairs on the order of 100s milliseconds apart, so 13 chances for an unbalanced engine start * vastly increased acoustic and vibration shock, I really wish I could hear the noise in person (from a long way away)
- stcredzero 9y agohttp://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Disaster_Area http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Disaster_Area