Comments by "ke6gwf - Ben Blackburn" (@ke6gwf) on "" video.

  1. Seeing those bulkhead domes makes me wonder if the lower section being made out of heavy rolled and welded sheet is because it is a pressure vessel, not just structural. What fuel were those engines running on? Liquid methane? I could see it easily as an rp1 tank, but I don't know what the pressures that liquid methane or LOX run at, but that seemed to be pretty thick plate, so it could be a fuel tank. It could have a center bulkhead to make 2 tanks within the lower heavy section, and the upper wire frame and tin foil sections are just to make it look pretty, or maybe they will put a cryogenic tank for the lox up there along with all the support equipment, helium tanks, etc. But if they are putting domed bulkheads in, it's for sure flying! Up, or rapidly apart, we will have to see, but it's going to fly lol I do agree that this is probably to thumb his nose at investers that didn't think he could do it the way he pitched it, and he said "hold my calls and watch this", and built a rocket in a tent in a swamp in a few weeks! And totally after that meeting with Gwen. "fine, I will just do it in a tent"!
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