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Do you know what the entire booster is hanging off of? It can't be the fins. How is the load transferred to the arms?
by systemvoltage 2y ago
Do you know what the entire booster is hanging off of? It can't be the fins. How is the load transferred to the arms?
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoThe grid fins are what it's hanging off of.
- systemvoltage 2y agohttps://x.com/marionawfal/status/1845351598874120662 https://x.com/marionawfal/status/1845351598874120662 I dug into it, found this clip. Elon says that it’s those two tiny knubs! Saw a few pictures and yes, I confirm, it’s not the grid fins.
- 93po 2y agothat is a ridiculous amount of weight held by such a small thing
- db48x 2y agoSmall is relative. They’re about 7 inches in diameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub6HdADut50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub6HdADut50
- nomilk 2y agoGreat find. Still image from the video: https://imgur.com/a/3VHsZV9 https://imgur.com/a/3VHsZV9
- grecy 2y agoThe booster landed on "pins" that are structural load points and designed to support it's weight. Here is a brilliant profile shot looking down one of the "arms" after the catch today, you can clearly see it resting on the "pins", not the grid fins. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7p4jfml2djud1.png https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7... They also use those "pins" to raise/lower it with a crane when they need to during construction and during transport to the launch tower. It's the primary mode of lifting the thing
- bunabhucan 2y agoThere are two lifting points on opposite sides just below the fins.