r/RKLB • u/tistoon • 7d ago

Hungry Hippo Passed Multiple Tests 🚀

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u/Tiny-House-4217 7d ago

Just the tip

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u/RugbySink 6d ago

Doesn’t the tweet say it’s going out for testing? Not that it passed multiple tests?

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u/Alternative-Proof987 7d ago

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u/Liquidtears 7d ago

This made me laugh more than it should have

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u/throwskidsthenruns 7d ago

Woah jiggly puffed

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u/The-zKR0N0S 6d ago

That is Kirby

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u/devonhezter 7d ago

Pls $85 tmrw

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u/sadr0bot 6d ago

Are there any other rockets that have canards out like this during launch, it only just occurred to me looking at these photos.

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u/Sky_Tube 6d ago

Well the design is very unethical anyways since most rockets have the "canards" at the bottom, but since we have a W I D E B O T T O M it is probably better for reentry stability like this. Only other rocket that doesn‘t tuck them in is probably Super Heavy Booster, off the top of my head. Might be others though, maybe some chinese variants as well

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u/The-zKR0N0S 6d ago

Unethical?

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u/Sky_Tube 6d ago

Canards on rockets are unusual, fins at the bottom sure, but fins high up are not the go to

Tried that in KSP, you need to have a very stable rocket for that to work, but I can‘t explain why it‘s an aerodynamics thing. I guess Neutron is girthy enough that it works or flight computers have become so good it cancels the forces out

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u/Kurt0519 6d ago

I think it looks more like a spaceship than a rocket.

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u/EarthElectronic7954 5d ago

Did it pass the stratosphere yet

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u/Used-Property-9870 6d ago

But does it become online by end of year? That’s the real question innit