NASA test foiled by rocket shaking power cord loose from camera NASA has built a new camera that can show what's going inside the plume of hot gases produced by rockets, but the device failed during a test because “the sheer power of the booster shook the ground enough for the power cable to be removed from the power box.” Aside from that SNAFU, the new High Dynamic Range Stereo X (HiDyRS- …
"NASA boffins are thrilled with the results, as the video apparently shows gimbaling patterns and vortices that are expected, but have not previously been observed."
It's always nice when reality complies with your models of it...
Mine's the one with all the FEM software manuals in the pockets.
Someone else noticed the spider abseiling into the plume a few seconds into the video? It might have gotten an actual view from the inside - a very brief one though.
Very impressive images nevertheless! Take this, you eye cancer inducing HDR people out there with your petty little photoshop skills.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_diamond#/media/File:J58_AfterburnerT.jpeg
The diamonds in the plume indicate lower turbulence. Lower turbulence means more exhaust gases going in the direction we want and hence a better engine design.
My initial reaction to the video was not oh, how pretty. Instead I thought, 'My word, there is a lot of room for improvement in the design of solid rocket boosters.'
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