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> The January test had a dummy cargo equivalent to 10 Starlink V2 satellites, weighing only eight tonnes or 8% of its designed payload. Meanwhile, the most rece
by wahern 1y ago
> The January test had a dummy cargo equivalent to 10 Starlink V2 satellites, weighing only eight tonnes or 8% of its designed payload. Meanwhile, the most recent test had just half of this in a transparent attempt to reduce vibration by reducing the load to spare the obviously flawed fuel system, which obviously didn’t work.
Wouldn't more load act as a dampener, at least for the vehicle if not the fuel system itself?
Is fuel flow constant or variable? I would naively guess constant, more-or-less, in which case lessening the load merely means it reaches the target velocity sooner--same vibration magnitudes (or more if reduced dampening), just for a shorter amount of time.