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A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by karatestomp »

throwablePie wrote: post #12

SpaceX has a huge potential opportunity for raising funding / earning profits via toy licensing and sales: https://www.barrons.com/articles/spacex-overwhelmed-by-deman... Wouldn't it be interesting if Elon could achieve his Mars objectives faster not by selling LEO satellite services or space launch capacity but by selling and/or licensing toys (and sparking dreams) here on Earth? Despite the current pandemic, this i…

I went looking for a Falcon toy for my kids a year or two ago and was really surprised to find nothing. They should definitely license toys.

Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by bsaul »

NikolaeVarius wrote: post #30
albntomat0 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What he's done is super impressive and cool, but has he acquired the necessary base knowledge to work on an avionics, propulsion, etc team at SpaceX? I'm not in any of those fields, but I'd have to imagine there's a large amount of background knowledge that someone with an aero or mechanical engineering degree has, that he hasn't picked up with model rockets.

Majority of engineers with a degree are useless right after graduation. Its a ton of random math that (most) of which you don't use again since you use modeling software. Source: Did Aero Someone doing this as a Amateur can damn well pick up whatever they need to.

Even at space X level of innovation ?

I was under that impression that maths could still be useful when working at the very bleeding edge of an engineering field.

Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by cushychicken »

spuz wrote: post #6

This is all the more impressive when you realise all the design, build, programming, filming, editing and even the music is done by one guy. I highly recommend subscribing to his YouTube channel to keep up with his current project: https://youtu.be/eh8ic1-5wFo

There's another guy who's been blowing up the /r/electronics subreddit for making his own pick'n'place machine.

It makes me wonder if their endgame is productizing their projects, or trying to "make it" as YouTubers, or they are just having fun and documenting the process of their fun-having.

Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by baggy_trough »

qzw wrote: post #34
piyushpr134 wrote: post #33

A single guy has probably achieved what a whole division of a large corporation or a large govt agency would not be able to achieve in years

In a just world, he would have 1/48th of Elon’s fame/fortune too.

Unfortunately, sending 1/48 of an astronaut into orbit is not as valuable.

Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by rrss »

jcims wrote: post #24
rrss wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like it would be really hard to land the boosters with no throttle.

There's been a few clues that we won't forever be without throttle. IIRC it looked like he was tinkering with a hybrid propellant system. Could also create a flame diverter if he's stuck with solid propellant.

I just watched a couple of his videos, and it sounds like he got pretty close to landing with solid propellant ('echo'), but ultimately decided that it was too finicky and ended that project to move onto a liquid biprop rocket.

Re: A 1/48 scale model of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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Post by unixhero »

andarleen wrote: post #13
bkfh wrote: post #10

That's exactly the content I'm on HN for

Rare gem - the bulk is made of open source stuff no one asked for, rants against employers, and weird calls to revolution. Worth staying for the rare ones tho.

Those open source tools are sometimes how I stay employed. Wouldn't want to be without HN.
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