Could have been worse, at least it didn’t blow over and crash down the cliff! Hopefully they’ll turn around and get another test in soon.
Will be great to see the site active for launches as it is the best site for it in the UK. And I’m not just saying that because Frank and team make sure to ply visitors with their own Gin!Â
Honestly I’ve always found it pretty poor the UK and US governments threw money at Cornwall and Virgin and not a penny to Saxa Vord that had a much more professional team with more experience and better geography. And even better not having to spend months trying to shoot a hole in the busiest airspace in the world to facilitate launches.
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That was a fairly energetic jet of flame out the side of the engine bay. Whatever breached most probably was not at tank pressure.
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Could have been worse, at least it didn’t blow over and crash down the cliff! Hopefully they’ll turn around and get another test in soon.
Will be great to see the site active for launches as it is the best site for it in the UK. And I’m not just saying that because Frank and team make sure to ply visitors with their own Gin!Â
Honestly I’ve always found it pretty poor the UK and US governments threw money at Cornwall and Virgin and not a penny to Saxa Vord that had a much more professional team with more experience and better geography. And even better not having to spend months trying to shoot a hole in the busiest airspace in the world to facilitate launches.
That was a fairly energetic jet of flame out the side of the engine bay. Whatever breached most probably was not at tank pressure.
Here’s how the Helix engine looks standalone:
[https://x.com/rfa_space/status/1513908353130545157/photo/1](https://x.com/rfa_space/status/1513908353130545157/photo/1)
Maybe they had a burnthrough of the preburner?