SpaceX Starship prototype landing system

A few animations showing how SpaceX's Starship prototype landing legs may work. These are based off of what we have seen on the SN-4 vehicle, what little information we have revived from the people who know, and similar hardware in the past.

[danielwhyatt]

Really detailed and a great continuation on your last work.

[mvmmotovlogmusic]

Thanks for doing that for us Nick. 👍🏻🎼👍🏻

[stephrinker]

love the way it, s landing gear folds out with a spring in

[nikollatesla]

At 0:41 I thought starship was a gnat on my screen

[ReneVaeli]

Id like to see what the falcon-similar folding legs would look like

[framryk]

Let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long for the hop to see if this is close to the truth! Might not see it though with a Raptor blasting away 🚀🔥

[ThePrettyCoolMum]

Yo you are right I see the deployment of the landing legs in SN5 hop

[thestudentofficial]

Remember that this is a 15 storey high vehicle

[stephrinker]

metal click. click, hydraulic legs so engine

[TheSanien]

Why are there different raptor engine sizes in the animation? I thought there only was 1 size raptor?

[JimmyCerra]

Pretty close to reality. Elon said that the next leg design will be 60% longer. The following iteration will be wider too.

[elitevet]

nice animations, love your audio work.
nitpick: it should not be that shiny landing on Mars, methinks

[fullflowaerospace]

The landing legs that they are using for the prototypes are dummy lending legs. They will not be using them for actual missions, they will be using better landing legs.

[mariasirona]

1 year later, it's pretty much correct except they're smaller.

[hornets]

if they are planning to use legs for landing, they need to find the area with flat land.

[tisstuart]

I suppose there are radar images and other ways to make sure to land on solid ground. Yet this design should be suitable for multi-planetary surfaces. The fact is some soils are mushy with Earths gravity and fluffy aerated soils that have no atmosphere(to speak of) may be like swiss cheese. Those legs need wider feet. Once one leg starts displacing soil, it will dig in. The pads have to be larger than shown. Ultimately it is not to difficult to avoid a R.U.D.E. (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly Event) and have a successful future.

[mikelmikes]

I wish starship had falcon 9 landing legs

[gijbuis]

At 0.41 you show 'landing legs used on an uneven terrein with 4 degree slope' - but your animation shows Starship landing on safe flat ground.... Given the height of Starship I was wondering how SpaceX moonlander could cope with uneven terrein. No answers here...

[nikunjpatil]

It can also fold it's legs like us

[Victor-rxfv]

Is it only me or do these legs look dangerous? I feel like starship could fall at any time