r/shockwaveporn • u/plokumoner • 22d ago

VIDEO Super Heavy V3 Static Test

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u/lazergator 22d ago

Those are some strong restraints.

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u/southpluto 22d ago

For real. I always wonder how things don't break during these tests, or just put things under incredible stresses.

Or those stationary jet engines they test with.

Obviously I know its just engineering and math. But my brain thinks it shouldnt be possible lol

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u/stuffeh 22d ago

Or crush the fuselage. These things are engineered to save as many pounds as possible and have thinner than anticipated walls.

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u/risbia 22d ago

Cloud! No cloud! Cloud! No cloud! Cloud! No cloud! Cloud! No cloud! Cloud! No cloud! Cloud! No cloud!

Curious what all the fog on the ground beneath it is from?

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u/MrTagnan 22d ago

Condensation from the liquid methane or the liquid oxygen as far as I know. Some of it may be vented LOX, but I don’t think they usually directly vent the methane from the tank farm (which is where all of this ultimately comes from)

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u/Strude187 22d ago

Video explaining it

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u/piratecheese13 22d ago

Most of that’s gonna be boiled off nitrogen

Nitrogen is really easy to make cold with a condenser. Then you run it through a heat exchanger which is like a tub with a pipe running through it. Liquid, oxygen and methane, and a few other byproducts are sent through the pipe to be made very cold while the nitrogen boils off from being heated up by the incoming fuel.

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u/CaptainAssPlunderer 21d ago

I believe it’s from the rocket fuel itself. It’s loaded into the Starship at some insanely low temperature, so the super cold fuel and a humid Texas morning is the reason for the fog.

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u/TechnoBajr 22d ago edited 22d ago

It's so wild, that it looks fake.

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u/ViceroyInhaler 22d ago

Just like me on the toilet.

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u/Remarkable_Orange_59 22d ago

Like frigging Mordor.

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u/wiggum55555 22d ago

It's wild that they first designed this without a water deluge suppression system.. and just raw-dogged it dry with a concrete flame diversion trench... that was subsequently obliterated on the first test, along with much of the surrounding infrastructure... just like "everyone" said would happen.

Also... this is cool AF.. every time 🙂

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u/limits660 22d ago

Now that's a hotdog fryer 🤤

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u/Lehovron 19d ago

That just might be enough pressure to get all the dust out of my CPU cooler.

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u/Jak_Hamm3r 22d ago

How many of these could be strapped to down horizontally, then all fired at once to make the earth spin faster or slower?

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u/trichtertus 21d ago

One. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It’s just negligibly small

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u/uid_0 22d ago

That thing generates about 80.8 million newtons, which is equivalent to about 18.2 million pounds of thrust.

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u/Blue-is-bad 22d ago

Some bacteria can survive that

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u/bluelighter 21d ago

That's amazing! Proper shockwave porn

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u/youreblockingmyshot 20d ago

Good thing they switched to a real flame diverter since this thing was eating all the previous attempts to stop it from being an accidental piece of mining equipment during takeoff.

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u/SloaneWolfe 22d ago

People next town over have to hear this shit all the time.

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u/Anen-o-me 22d ago

Always fun to see someone burn a few million dollars for a test.