What are the limits on rocket fairing size |
What are the limits on rocket fairing size |
 Jan 20 2014, 01:32 PM
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Fairing diameter is one of the more absolute restrictions that shows up in mission planning.
Obviously there's a drag impact at liftoff, but I'd be very interested to see a quantitative analysis as to why a ten-metre-diameter fairing is not a practical object. Has anyone got a pointer to one? |
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Tom Womack What are the limits on rocket fairing size Jan 20 2014, 01:32 PM
nprev I don't, but it's an interesting question.... Jan 20 2014, 02:20 PM djellison There's also more than just drag....you can al... Jan 20 2014, 03:23 PM mcaplinger NSF is probably a better resource for this type of... Jan 20 2014, 07:12 PM nprev Yeah, NSF ain't bad for things like this. Jan 20 2014, 07:43 PM stevesliva These guys would know:
http://www.ata-e.com/asymme... Jan 20 2014, 08:28 PM raduczoid So let's ask a rocket scientist Any volonteer... Jan 21 2014, 02:00 PM
mcaplinger If you read the NSF thread I linked to above, you... Jan 21 2014, 04:22 PM  |
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