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That was glorious. I love the chrome
by anorphirith 7y ago
That was glorious. I love the chrome
- kristianp 7y agoGlorious indeed. The shape reminds me of Boba-fett's ship from starwars. Notice the flame turning red before landing? Did the mix become rich, or the flame cooler?
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- londons_explore 7y agoPresumably they need to run at a very low throttle to land. My guess is the engine doesn't run well at such a low throttle, and in fact they might have to deliberately make the mix very rich to keep the combustion stable.
- hansthehorse 7y agoSee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T29ybqjv8-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T29ybqjv8-U Manley goes over the exhaust color changes at the end.
- hcrisp 7y agoLooks like a flying grain bin. On the other hand, it has very nice thrust vector control!
- chasd00 7y agoiirc it was built by a company that makes water towers so not too far off.