As George Orwell famously wrote, "Five legs good, four legs bad."
On 2016-01-19 11:21, John Dom wrote:
In the fifties Moon landers were drawn with 12 lightweight hydraulic
“spider legs”: By Space Ship to the Moon, J. Coggins, F. Pratt.
Foreword W. Ley, 1952, London.
jd
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SUBJECT: [AR] Re: 3 no 4 no 5 legs.
How many airplanes do you see with five sets of landing gear? Many
planed can't land safely with a single gear failure. If there's a
safety concern, improving the reliability of each gear is usually more
cost-effective than adding more wheels.
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On Jan 19, 2016, at 8:31 AM, James Fackert <jimfackert@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Elon might be thinking right now....
In the SpaceX spirit of redundancy, 5 might be a good number... or 6
even.
Hindsight is 20/20.
jim fackert
