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April 14, 2019, 08:41 AM
tacfoley
That has to be THE most UFO [unlikely flying object] I've ever seen.
It looks like a serious aviation accident just waiting to happen.
April 14, 2019, 08:46 AM
erj_pilot
That is some AWESOME looking, realistic CGI!!!
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April 14, 2019, 08:55 AM
aileron
I was in Mojave to watch this thing go up. Crazy; SCALED took two mothballed UA 747-400's and MacGyver'd them into this unlikely, all composite bird.
April 14, 2019, 09:00 AM
12131
What's the purpose of the conjoined twin construction? What's the advantage over single body plane?
Q
April 14, 2019, 09:30 AM
kkina
quote:
Originally posted by 12131: What's the purpose of the conjoined twin construction? What's the advantage over single body plane?
The twin-hull/center-wing design allows centerline carry of the intended launch vehicle...
The twin-hull/center-wing design allows centerline carry of the intended launch vehicle...
That looks like a lot of force to exert on such a light design. It would seem like there would be a lot of stress on the center portion of the wing, pushing the two fuselages toward one another at the tail of the craft.
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April 14, 2019, 11:05 AM
Orguss
Seems like the risk outweighs the benefit since SpaceX is already successfully launching and retrieving boosters.
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April 14, 2019, 11:07 AM
kkina
quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
The twin-hull/center-wing design allows centerline carry of the intended launch vehicle...
That looks like a lot of force to exert on such a light design. It would seem like there would be a lot of stress on the center portion of the wing, pushing the two fuselages toward one another at the tail of the craft.
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I'm guessing the reason they didn't similarly connect the horizontal stabilizer with a center span is for clearance of some of their larger launch vehicles. Also, the center wingspan is supposed to be "reinforced" (I would hope so).
Originally posted by aileron: I was in Mojave to watch this thing go up. Crazy; SCALED took two mothballed UA 747-400's and MacGyver'd them into this unlikely, all composite bird.
It's got a few parts from the 747 (engines, flight deck instrumentation, etc), but that's about it. The rest is all-new, clean-sheet design.
If only the industry could move with the speed and innovation that Rutan and Scaled Composites has done.
June 04, 2019, 08:31 AM
Pipe Smoker
I always thought that the design looked shaky.
“Makers of the world's largest plane may be about to stop operations after completing just a single test flight.
Sources close to Stratolaunch say the company's assets were being shopped to potential buyers by parent firm Vulcan. This includes a portfolio of launch vehicles including the world's largest airplane by wingspan to launch satellites and eventually humans into space.
Stratolaunch's carrier plane has with a 383feet (117-meter) wingspan - the size of a football field - and is powered by six engines.
The firm was founded in 2011 by late billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died last year after a battle with cancer. He was 65 years old…”
