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The problem with the wings is they generate lift during launch and that will screw up the rocket, thus the fairing. I thought there was no known solution for th
by NotSammyHagar 2y ago
The problem with the wings is they generate lift during launch and that will screw up the rocket, thus the fairing. I thought there was no known solution for that.
- NortySpock 2y agoFold the wings up? Seems like Starship fins and Falcon 9 grid fins did that trick as well.
- enragedcacti 2y agoIt seems like you could mitigate that by designing the wing such that when mounted the angle of attack is 0 and thus no lift is generated. Obviously the wing would still have an effect when the booster changes orientation or in cases of high winds. I'm not remotely qualified to calculate the scale of those forces but I don't see why any of that would be a guaranteed showstopper given a booster with enough thrust vectoring capability.
- adastra22 2y agoNot any different than shuttle or energia. Lift can be accounted for. It’s not as easy as launching in a fairing, but it’s certainly not impossible.