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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on Yesterday at 03:11:51 pm »

Rumored date for IFT 7 is Jan 11th.

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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on November 19, 2024, 08:23:20 pm »

Flawless launch.  They cancelled the catch for reasons I haven't heard.  Looked like a perfect ocean landing for both booster and Starship. 

The banana surprised me by surviving till the landing, I suspect it was frozen.

The Starship had heat tiles that were from the pre IFT 5 era and they were reduced by 2100 to see how the metal took reentry.  It looked like they had melt through's at the flaps and on one side where the tiles were removed.  They changed the attitude of reentry to test alternatives and at one point had it somewhat nose down to see if the rear flaps could recover - they did.

Yes they did manage an engine relight (briefly on purpose to stay in landing zone).

If any of this doesn't make sense my excuse is I'm feverish.

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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on November 16, 2024, 08:14:28 am »

IFT 6 Mon • Nov 18th, 2024  5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Delayed till Tuesday, same time.

Fueling in process.  IFT 6 has a payload - 1 banana.

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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on November 15, 2024, 01:39:22 pm »

Not happening this year.  The maiden flight is now scheduled for November.  I fully expect it to slip into next year, if they reschedule it for Dec 31st that will be (I think) the 4th year in a row that they scheduled it for that date then failed to launch it. 

Am I cynical about any Blue Origin announcements?  You bet I am.  They got my hopes up too many times only to dash them.

Maiden launch no longer November but December (no day just the month).  Bet on it being delayed into next year.  4 years in a row its launch has been delayed to December.  I doubt that they will do a launch without some one else paying for it.  No cargo no launch.

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Starfleet Command Models / Re: U.S.S. Enforcer...

« Last post by Javora on November 14, 2024, 05:59:01 pm »

very nice work there Centurus looking forward to the final result. 

Me to…

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Starfleet Command Models / Re: SFC Poly Limit....

« Last post by Centurus on November 14, 2024, 04:36:46 pm »

GAFY!!!!

Hey, Just DMed you!!

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Starfleet Command Models / Re: U.S.S. Enforcer...

« Last post by Centurus on November 14, 2024, 04:34:25 pm »

Thanks Bernard Guignard.

    I haven't done much since last I posted.  The main hull is fully mapped, bridge is fully mapped, and sensor dome is almost completely mapped.  I haven't had much of a chance to really sit down and focus on mapping.

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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on November 07, 2024, 05:09:49 pm »

IFT 6 Mon • Nov 18th, 2024  5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST

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Engineering / Re: Create your own private GPT

« Last post by TAnimaL on October 30, 2024, 12:08:38 pm »

Thanks, that's really interesting, and there's more on "Dave's Garage" I need to check out now

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Engineering / Create your own private GPT

« Last post by Lono on October 29, 2024, 12:28:33 pm »

Thought this guide was shockingly simple video on how to use Meta's open-sourced Llama model to essentially create your own private at home chatGPT equivalent. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYhC7nFRL5I