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Sep 25, 2020 1:17 AM
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ScootyPuffSr
A 18" tall kit version of this rocket has been available for 15+ years at FlisKits.com as the "ACME Spitfire."
squishless
the tip is facing up, that's why it works, try and tip it to the side like in the picture...
Chirikain
they didnt consult professor Bobeye
Toffeeaccident
If its stupid but it works..
68people
Dont let it fool you, a lot of work would have went into that to make it look dumb AND work.
UpperF16
In thrust we trust
clevermotherfucker
They changed the fins, but sure.
Philosophyinateacup
Okay, I need some kind of app that shows me shit like this, I want a little peace from the world at the moment
BundleBeep
What do you mean? Of course it worked!
MainJane
Always upvote farside
rathos
I went to school for aerospace eng, but ended up as a mechanical eng (non space related). I have this comic on my wall at work.
PuncturedBag
“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.” -Enzo Ferrari
dohcohv
Then he got beat by cars exploiting aerodynamics.
BorkLocutus
I landed a rocket on Mars. I have proof but you shall not see it. Just believe me.
CanThinkOfUsername
Looks very much like the North Korea's space program.
LadyofHats
nee! flaps aren't the same. it is a modified design
krapmyself
"No! You can't just strap explosives to a plane cockpit and expect to break orbit!" Rocket scientists:"haha. Rockets go brrrrr."
greggor
Looks like the North Korean missile program
GrosseChung
If the fins were accurate to the comic it wouldn’t fly
alwaysupvoteprincessbride
amazing
circlelurker
It’s not rocket appliances
supervillainsevilmoustache
Oooohhh, now we’re talking. Launch velocity and thrust for a Maytag!
TotallySaneScientist
If you put enough fins far enough behind the center of mass you can get a brick to fly stably.
johnnyratbastard
It’s not rocket surgery
seenunseen
They added stabilizers
ConsumerAffairs
garyeffing
In addition to rockets, building anything that might not work is better than talking about something that might work. Growth mindset.
ParryLost
I mean, if I were an astronaut, and the rocket scientists told me my rocket "might not work," I think I'd want to talk about it some more
BustyAsianBeauty
https://youtu.be/THNPmhBl-8I
amanmadeofsalt
I scoured the comments for this we might be soulmates
Turbolibros
WeeBabySeamus22
Love that scene
flistdumpnumberonemillion
Wait is that Clint Howard
hoistedbymyownpetard
They should make a category at the Oscars for “ best bit part Actor who although they only have one line in a movie none-the-less elevate -
hoistedbymyownpetard
the scene by looking so weird”
certifiedllama
Yes, it is.
Turbolibros
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
The original dialogue here is "for science", considering the context the coincidence is remarkable.
Durahl
Krampus95360
Saltysweetnsour
Onlyhereforthelaughs
Hams?
itstoodamnearly5am
Pablo!
Jimmyb3121
This is an entertaining comic series
QTLingTorrasque
If you enjoy blue balls maybe.
pawningpanda
Got sauce? I remember reading it but I can't find it again.
Jimmyb3121
https://www.deviantart.com/vanheist/art/Blue-Comet-Standard-Version-616799553 it’s a lo-res but I can’t find the higher att
CptBoomBoom
Gogobomango. Sites down but he still has a patreon.
DonDerper
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Shinotsa
To balance an asymmetric design like this is pretty impressive.
CandidGamera
Welllll... they ARE using symmetrical, aligned stabilizer fins unlike the cartoon version.
jiynxed
Takes some time and math. Lotta fiddly bits.
PoIluticorn
Your mom's asymmetric design is pretty impressive.
MrSaturday
Well, you got the pointy bit at the top and the firey bit on the bottom, don't see what is so hard about that.
DONTsendtits
You think it took... some rocket scientists?
astrangehop
Probably brain surgeons
supervillainsevilmoustache
Idk, they dumped Beagle on Mars because they mixed imperial and metric then forgot. Goofed the original lens on Hubble, forgot about gravity
TheOnly24
I mean I wouldn't get anywhere near mixing up units before I fucked up. Everyones human but rocket scientists are definitely powered up.
soniclettuce
I thought the hubble lens was fucked because there was some kind of calibration error in one of the parts making the mirrors
supervillainsevilmoustache
The one I read was they didn’t account for the distortion that occurs when it moves to a zero gravity environment
merelyadequategooglymoogly
HankeringForASpankering
Yes, that is impressive for the same reasons
ThanatosElNyx
Beautiful. Wish it was a cinemagraph with billowing clouds!
Ithinkimbetterthanyousometimes
What a magnificent shot
OurLordandSaviorSkeletor
This just uses thrust to balance it tho. Notice how the thrusters on the shuttle angle backwards a bit?
Ryebread91
Your mom angles backwards a bit.
merelyadequategooglymoogly
Yeah, the thrust vector goes through the center of mass:
AlphaVirus2g
Ooh kinky
graehall
NOICE!
laughinggas
i have seen the shuttle in real life but somehow this gives the idea of size disparity with the fuel tank better ...the whole thing fucking
laughinggas
flew ,that itself is an engineering miracle
FEMAcampsarereal
How many billion did that cost again?
trojanknight421
Totally worth it!
Cutwail
More preoccupied by the lifes lost while it was avoidable.
Eurisko91
How much money was put back into the economy? How much was learned by these endeavors? Not sure of your intent but it was poorly executed.
FEMAcampsarereal
I was just trying to point out that with enough money, you can get any wacky shaped object to fly.
FEMAcampsarereal
If you want a debate on whether the shuttle was a gigantic mistake that never delivered on any of its promises, we can do that to.
Eurisko91
It's not like billions of dollars were shot into space. Most of that money was spent on all the people involved in the project.
Anonawesome
I'm often surprised how many people don't understand how the economy works and think NASA just destroys money, then they get in their car
YetAnotherUserNameToRememberDangit
With enough thrust, everything is aerodynamic.
BannedbyastupidMod
the cone in the working model is also angled wrong
HostMigrationPleaseWait
phrasing!
counterintel
HunterThompsonsMissingHands
Even manhole covers
PianoMan2112
Once.
BigRedFlag
They[rocket scientists?] said that about the F-4 Phantom II, right? "The triumph of thrust over aerodynamics"
HunglikeaHamster
It was flying in much the same way that bricks don't..
Archstump
“But Zats juzt mein assessment.” Says Wernher von Braun
ParryLost
You too can be a big hero, once you've learned to count backwards to zero!
AFistfulOfDollHairs
I want to build a rocket wall now.
Zixtank
Similarily, with enough thrust, everything is a cutting weapon.
deaddingo
Just look at the moose running on water.
MyCouchPullsOutButIDont33
Ya mom love my aerodynamics. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
healthpickup
Even the Hulk couldn't thrust your mom into orbit.
0118999881999119725dotdotdot3
Tell that to my wife... uh erm actually, please don't do that
tjperez371911
That’s what @op mom said
mugsyotoole
“...the pelvic thrust really drives you in-saaaane! Let’s do the time warp again!”
navetmorgan
If KSP taught me anything, is that even a brick can make it to space with enough rockets
superbest
Or shrapnel
DomZombie
Just ask OP's mom.
germanbloke
That's what she thought.
Stretch5678
Put enough thrust on a brick, it'll fly.
Aforaseem
And enough lubrication
Icryoncommand
Thrust and aerodynamics reminds me of Chicken Run
DukeOfAnkhMorpork
ThrRrRrRrUST!
iDontBelieveInIsms
KSP taught me this is true.
ParryLost
And if that doesn't work, add more struts.
snookered
that's what she said.
rwb813
That’s what she said
ImShe
No I didn’t
klean9
Heh heh...”thrust”
epithymetic
Paige no!
huntsnhava40
I scrolled down to find it, thank you.
JohnKillick
PuncturedBag
“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.” -Enzo Ferrari
bombestbust
Whatta flex.
dohcohv
*gets shown up by lotus using ground effects.
nch77
All get butchered by a redneck who stuck a Mongolian motor mangler on a junkyard 5.3 and jammed it into an old Monte Carlo.
BATTLEPIMP
That's why your mum flies so well
gleely
The best plan B is more Delta V
wabitgirl
I believe I have found my new life philosophy
absolutelythefnot
PENIS JOKE PENIS JOKE!!!
SuperSaiyanSasquatch
ComoSeIguana
DanBranDaMan
jaydawgx7
Careful, too much thrust and your 'rocket' might bend like the picture
ialwaysexpectthespanishinqusition
TheRealGeorgeMcfly
anotherusernamed
HolyHellJezebel
IamNoneOfTheThingsISayIam
It’s pronounced “Beetle Juice,” and you have to say it three times.
GrammarAndPunctuationNazi
Nathanfake
Holy painful pencil dick
Warutteri
Well, it's a pencil dick only compared to his body size, that dick is probably 2-3 times as thick as an average human dick =P
LocalZoophile
OωO
paulus1978
PAIGE NO!
Yersister1969
BoogaShooga
Levistras
What
shiniichi
Yes
kingkongkeom
Imagine the gif with more pixels, the answer us right here I'm front of you.
givemeafreakingbreak
I support you, but reading this reply gave me a stroke.
kingkongkeom
Oh wow my autocorrect went bezerk in that comment, what the hell????
Tassyr
"Imagine having the answer, and then you'll have the answer!"
UserSubHunterOfIndeterminateGender
The F-4 Phantom definitely proves that.
santini35
With a big enough engine even a brick can fly
Akaszkronos
F117 too
perkocetts
Came here to make that comment. Glad to see another fan of vectors. Thrust for life.
nullbr
What is your vector, Victor?
lenomdeplume
But...it used to glide 6000’ for every 1000’ of altitude.
JohnnyLawlessEsq
I see your Phantom, and raise you an X-15 with the XLR-99 motor.
WorksGarage
Isn't the X15 just a pilot operated missile?
JohnnyLawlessEsq
It's just as much an aircraft as the F-4 or F-104.
ProfesorFartsparkle
I know nothing of aeronautical engineering but I looked up the phantom and I dont get it... it looks aerodymamic to my untrained eyes.
potatorat45
it is extremely heavy for an aircraft, has a relatively low lift ratio, and needs full A/B to get off the runway in a decent distance.
RacecarRoadcar
It is aerodynamic, but it was also very heavy. It needed two powerful J79 engines to compete with single engine fighters.
MacClay
It is. The joke is usually that the bigass giant engines make up for the tiny wings in allowing it to fly at all.
somemenjustwantowatchtheworldburn
Tiny wings? The F-104 Starfighter would like a word with you.
dohcohv
The F-104 is very light, it weighs barely more than a P-51 mustang and about half the weight of fighters in it's era.
RedRumRex
Google searched. Can confirm.
PhloppyPhish1998
I swear that’s like the jet fighter equivalent to a T-Rex
Irreal
Worst fighter bomber ever.