spaceship one feather
spaceship one feather
(OP)
would the 'feather' system found on spaceship one work on a 'full' re-entry (like the shuttle) or does it only work if they are in partial atmosphere (i.e. they need to be in the atmosphere to whatever degree for it to work)?





RE: spaceship one feather
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Greg Locock
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RE: spaceship one feather
I'm guessing it wouldn't as the spaceship would be coming to earth at a terrific speed so might need to fire an engine to slow their approach..............as far as i was aware the feather was to slow the spacecraft down more than simply orientation - this then prevents them burning up on re-entry?
RE: spaceship one feather
RE: spaceship one feather
So the "feather" is using optimim techniques for the situation...
I didn't think the re-entry was violent in any way - it was the burn to altitude when the pilot went past the vertical and got into oscillation problems.
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I may have been mistaken, but thought the pilot reported the re-entry was when he got bounced around. Or maybe that was just my surmise after viewing the video, the "shuttlecock" mode may be stable, but there is a fair bit of wobble going on (I know I would be reaching for a spacesickness bag! :)
RE: spaceship one feather
more to the original question it would seem difficult without a 'motor' to slow a craft down enough to prevent burn up inthe atmosphere unless they are prepared to circle the earth a few times to allow 'drag' to take effect.
RE: spaceship one feather
Cheers
Greg Locock
I rarely exceed 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight