Elon should talk with us ;-) We built a 50kN (11200 lbf) hot water
rocket into a BMW for side impact simulations. Thrust was adjustable via
water temp (And therefore pressure) and impulse via opening time of the
valve (Which had a huge opening of about 90mm which can be opened and
closed in milliseconds)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6lzr8weusjpr0uj/AABSspte9cHrKKXxRTPvicEaa?dl=0
Bruno
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Am 20.09.2019 um 15:17 schrieb Galejs, Robert - 1007 - MITLL:
Tesla appears to be planning some sort of cold gas thruster option for
their new roadster model…
… See
https://insideevs.com/news/350682/tesla-roadster-spacex-thrusters/ for
example…
… but I can’t find anything definitive about what these thrusters are
planned to look like. On one car enthusiast Facebook group I
subscribe to, someone was claiming that Tesla was planning to put ten
400 lb thrusters around the vehicle which would be capable of firing
for 90 seconds, which sounds silly just thinking about the mass of
nitrogen required.
Does anyone here have any information/informed-speculation they could
share about these potential Tesla thrusters?
Thanks,
Robert