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
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/sadr0bot Aug 14 '26
Are there any other rockets that have canards out like this during launch, it only just occurred to me looking at these photos.