On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 18:31, David Weinshenker wrote:
> I suppose that with sufficient throttling capability, it might be possible
> to start each engine at reduced thrust, such that the total thrust stayed
> below the vehicle's liftoff weight - then when they're all running at partial
> power, bring them up to full thrust together.
I see where you are going with that, but I don't think it would work in
practice, unless you could throttle very far down, because it doesn't
take a lot of torque to make a vehicle, especially a skinny one,
dangerously unstable. Hold-down clamps and a big mass of sand seems the
right way to go.
-p
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