a year ago
> Instead of using tiny rocket thrusters (eg cold gas or hydrazine thrusters
Hydrazine is toxic [1], auto ignites at “24°C on a rusty iron surface” [2] and burns at over 2,000°F [3].
Cold gas or copter are better, though I’d personally consider springs with explosive bolts.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK592403/
[2] https://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0281.htm
[3] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680015493/downloads/19...
a year ago
Whoever wrote this blog post seems so incredibly incompetent that they could easily be a senior engineer at Lockheed Martin
a year ago
Tilt beds for shipping containers already exist. Just fire it out the front? Or just use a winch?
a year ago
> fire it out the front?
You’d need blast shields for the remaining missiles. And this restricts use to fields with basically airfield clearance ahead. That makes the launcher vulnerable to detection and counter-battery fire.
> just use a winch?
Slow, expensive and takes up space.