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>This is the result of modern day CFD that that would take humans millions of years to do by hand the package as a whole, yes. belly reorientation for flight
by serf 6y ago
>This is the result of modern day CFD that that would take humans millions of years to do by hand
the package as a whole, yes.
belly reorientation for flight has been a thing since the early American arms' race. It's a useful missile trait.
Gimbaled vector rockets have existed since the 1940s.[0]
Yes, restart is very important -- it's not a requirement for atmospheric belly flight, though.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV-A-2_Hiroc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV-A-2_Hiroc
- HPsquared 6y agoNailing the transition to and from belly flight is the hard part, especially so when it's so close to the ground with little margin for error.
- ddalex 6y agoMilitary have been doing the belly flop for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vljzfywJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vljzfywJI
- Gravityloss 6y agoAlpha Draco was testing body lift in the fifties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Draco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Draco Robert Brulle has a fascinating memoir https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_0113_BRULLE_ENGINEERING_SPACE_AGE.pdf https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AUPress/Books/B_...