You can work for Masten Space Systems if you understand this:

[RGClark]

https://twitter.com/mastenspace/status/633358979926589440



I don't work for the company and the thread title is not meant literally. I am a fan of Dave Masten's low cost approach to designing rockets. Here is a recent interview of him:

Bob Clark

 

[indy91]

So what they they want is 1st semester Mechanical Engineering students? :lol:

 

[Col_Klonk]

Bending moments ?

 

[Urwumpe]

Bending moments ?

No, much simpler. The "sum of something = 0" of the various equations should be a good hint.

 

[kamaz]

Basic statics. 1st year stuff in any engineering school.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Well, I'm not an engineering student, so I'd need to brush up on some of the math (and it's been a while too). But as an aierdale I can tell a person (even show a person) about aerodynamic bending moments, the hows and the whys.

I can't sit through nearly an hour of that. I've gotta sleep some time. Does the video go into twisting force too?

 

[RGClark]

Well, I'm not an engineering student, so I'd need to brush up on some of the math (and it's been a while too). But as an aierdale I can tell a person (even show a person) about aerodynamic bending moments, the hows and the whys.
I can't sit through nearly an hour of that. I've gotta sleep some time. Does the video go into twisting force too?

Sorry for not explaining. The video is unrelated to the Masten Space Systems hiring or that statics problem.

It's an interview of Masten where he describes his work for DARPA on a reusable first stage booster, and with NASA on producing a lunar lander.


Bob Clark