SpaceX Starship - Flaps vs. Wings!

I explain why SpaceX chose to use wings instead of flaps on its Starship rocket!

#SpaceX #starship #elonmusk #starbase

Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: Jordan Guidry, John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Nathan, Soren, Oskar Wrobel, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Jonathan Heuer, Jordan Guidry
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

Credit:

⭐SpaceX
⭐NASA
⭐VirtualSpace_3D on X: @Lolomatico3d
⭐The Ring Watchers on X: @RingWatchers
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[ekij]

Also wings don't work very well on Mars or at all on the moon.

[SojournerArt]

Also worth noting that Mars has no runways, likely another factor in favoring a vertical landing to a horizontal Plane-like landing.

[CrazyclayYT]

Its like a skydiver vs a pencil falling through the air lol

[goldgamercommenting]

At least they both have the same problem

[davidaras]

The space shuttle was a lifting body, the “wings” were for stability and control, , NOT flight .

[Pachalam-en]

Compared to weight of extra fuel using to land the rocket, weight of wing is lower

[nickymccoy]

There’s also no runways on Moon or Mars, this is the main reason, residual fuel is heavier for propulsive landing than gliding in! Felix is incorrect here, it’s about ability to land anywhere not weight.

[Tooomasbiwden]

It's insane how quick Elon Musk and his friends is advancing technology

[jbird]

For hauling freight into space nothing beats starship.
For returning to earth with heavy cargo, nothing beats the shuttle. Plus it can land horizontally at an airport not in the ocean.

[cheagle]

Besides, it looks more like Flash Gordon's ship.

[OneIdeaTooMany]

Why is Starship pointy: Because, The Dictator.

[SantaKrause]

Because Elon and Space X apparently uses the KISS philosophy. Use the simplest things that work. Less to go wrong. Yes, they have had failures, all things of this magnitude do, but look how fast they resolved them. Many large aircraft don't have ailerons anymore. They use spoilers or trim tabs for roll control. Large roll inputs are not really needed. Yaw and pitch control is more important.

[raymacdhomhnuill]

Wait until Elon installs a Rolls Royce fusion drive in the Starship V5

[PiCorder]

We've 5-10 more years b4 fully reusable starships are productively operational. It's the nature of spacecraft development.

[kavindunilakshana]

Fully resuerbal rocket?
But hostage ring 😂

[agaragar]

The shuttle...still better technology 50 years later !

[johncampbell]

Imagine, if you will, how much of the DC-X would have if they used that kind of system...

[infinitytothepowerofinfini]

No part is the best part, winglets won't burn!

[coreydebruin]

Can't understand why NASA did not think of this 🤔

[StevenWalkey]

Shorter answer? SpaceX clever, Shuttle outdated.