Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (25 Nov 2019 23:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Thomas Jones-Low (25 Nov 2019 23:47 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (26 Nov 2019 21:58 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Rupert Boleyn (27 Nov 2019 12:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Ethan McKinney (28 Nov 2019 07:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Ethan McKinney (26 Nov 2019 01:30 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (26 Nov 2019 22:05 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Ethan McKinney (26 Nov 2019 22:12 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Kurt Feltenberger (26 Nov 2019 02:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (26 Nov 2019 22:10 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Kelly St. Clair (26 Nov 2019 02:20 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Rupert Boleyn (26 Nov 2019 05:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Ethan McKinney (26 Nov 2019 15:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Bruce Johnson (26 Nov 2019 16:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Cian Witherspoon (26 Nov 2019 16:07 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Ethan McKinney (26 Nov 2019 16:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Rupert Boleyn (27 Nov 2019 12:37 UTC)
Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Cian Witherspoon (27 Nov 2019 13:04 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Rupert Boleyn (27 Nov 2019 13:50 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Rupert Boleyn (27 Nov 2019 14:02 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Cian Witherspoon (27 Nov 2019 14:18 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Rupert Boleyn (27 Nov 2019 14:21 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Cian Witherspoon (27 Nov 2019 14:33 UTC)
Drop tanks Thomas RUX (27 Nov 2019 16:20 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Phil Pugliese (28 Nov 2019 02:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Ethan McKinney (28 Nov 2019 03:38 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Phil Pugliese (28 Nov 2019 21:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Thomas RUX (02 Dec 2019 20:28 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Jeffrey Schwartz (09 Dec 2019 15:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] Drop tanks Thomas RUX (09 Dec 2019 15:52 UTC)
Re: Mass vs Volume (was Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q) Thomas RUX (27 Nov 2019 14:24 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (26 Nov 2019 22:16 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeffrey Schwartz (26 Nov 2019 15:12 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Rupert Boleyn (26 Nov 2019 15:22 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeffrey Schwartz (26 Nov 2019 15:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Jeff Zeitlin (26 Nov 2019 22:20 UTC)

Re: [TML] Cutter Module Q Rupert Boleyn 26 Nov 2019 05:50 UTC

On 26Nov2019 1520, Kelly St. Clair wrote:

> Actually, looking at the page that was linked here the other day, I had
> the realization that all of the aerodynamic issues that Ethan noted (and
> then some) apply to a cutter flying in the "unloaded" configuration.
> These issues are probably not insurmountable at TL 12+ - bonded
> superdense covers a multitude of sins - but when you have a streamlined
> forward section being pushed though atmosphere at high Mach numbers by a
> drive section with an exposed flat front, connected by a relatively thin
> dorsal spine, the stresses on that spine are going to be /considerable/.

Even in space there'll be a fairly strong bending force because the
spine is at the top of the craft and the thrust roughly through the
middle of it. As I recall, one rules-set (TNE? GT?) had a rather lower
maximum G-rating for a cutter without a module than one with a module
because of this.

I expect the maximum in-atmosphere speed allowed would be much less than
a reduced space acceleration would imply.

--
Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>