glhope t1_j81xig6 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:44 AM Reply to SpaceX on Twitter: Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a full duration static fire test of 31 Raptor engines, producing 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) – less than half of the booster’s capability by allforspace It’s trivia of course, but I’m curious to know if that amount of thrust is merely calculated or if there is a way to measure it. Is there a “rocket dynamometer”? Permalink 15
glhope t1_irny2yn wrote on October 9, 2022 at 6:28 PM Reply to Could this happpen? by [deleted] I was hoping someone else would make the Questionable Content connection before I got to it. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3311 Permalink 1
glhope t1_j81xig6 wrote
Reply to SpaceX on Twitter: Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a full duration static fire test of 31 Raptor engines, producing 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) – less than half of the booster’s capability by allforspace
It’s trivia of course, but I’m curious to know if that amount of thrust is merely calculated or if there is a way to measure it. Is there a “rocket dynamometer”?