SpaceX Starship SN10 (Serial Number 10)

This will be by biggest & last craft for a while (5 - 6 months or so), a little sad i was, yet, move on i must.

The model is the "sort of" replica of SpaceX Starship prototype (it lacks all the Attitude Control Thrusters, COPVs, Piping, Electronics, Tiles, etc. But the general flight dynamics is pretty much the same as the real deal), the one space launch vehicle that could potentially transform the entire launch industry. I would not go in-dept about the specs, history & development stages of this beast because it would be boring reading bunch of nonsense characters in Calibri font, so would suggest people to check out other sources of infos, including the coverage from members of NasaSpaceFlight.

Manual Flight Procedures

While messing around with the flight mechanism, I was shock by just how stable the vehicle is during the belly flops and the flip maneuvring, and fully understand the reason SpaceX pursued this design.

1. Lift off

• Throttling up to 100 for max thrust from the three engine.

• Can utilise Pitch&Roll control to Control the Pitch and Yaw of the vehicle.
  

  2. The Belly flop

• It is suggested to execute the maneuvering from above 3000m.

• Once reaching desire attitude, pitch forward just slightly and simultaneously deactivate AG8. That way the vehicle is expected to further leaning forward towards the real horizon (which according to the NAV display, is 90 degree below the "horizon").
  

• Toggle the flaps by activate AG1 & AG2, using Trim to control the Aft flaps (at the bottom), and VTOL for the nose flaps (above). The trick is to tuck the aft fins first, then the nose fins.
  

  3. The Descending

• Stabilise Starship using the flaps as mentioned above.

  4. The Flip Maneuvering & Landing

• At around ~700m above the "landing zone", the aft flaps need to be tuck to the fuel tank, while the nose flaps needs to extend outward in order for the flip to work.
  

• Activate AG8 while Throttling back up at full thrust and aggressively pitching forward, cancelling the Roll.
  
• Extend the landing legs by retracting them (Just don't ask why pls).
  

And if you are lucky, then you could stick the landing and call it a day.

And if you just can't land this, then CONGRATS, since this is and indication of you being a normal human being.

And till next time, goodbye.