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as soon as I saw the green I thought "uhoh". That's called running "engine rich". still, so amazing to see the belly flop and relight.
by chasd00 6y ago
as soon as I saw the green I thought "uhoh". That's called running "engine rich". still, so amazing to see the belly flop and relight.
- colechristensen 6y agoI’m a great fan of all of the “this is fine” sort of phrases for engineering failures. “engine rich” is a new one for me today, joining things like letting the magic blue smoke out of electronics and rapid unplanned disassembly.
- hwillis 6y agoWhile it isn't humorous, "delta P event" is so dryly understated that IMO it belongs (when not involving human tragedy). Delta P events would be explosions if they happened in air. As violent as an atmospheric shockwave is, the speed of sound is >4x higher underwater, in a medium that is >800x heavier. The amount of casual violence implied in a "delta P event" is profoundly unnerving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flzpRbWl8bQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flzpRbWl8bQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRb2vMfGyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRb2vMfGyk
- thepete2 6y agoOh yes, today I learned that RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) is apparently an established term, but I didn't get what "engine rich" means until now.
- hwillis 6y agoHuh, I assumed it was TEB to keep the reignition stable but apparently raptors have electronic ignition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqCatb2oApU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqCatb2oApU