Answer by yunzen for Why doesn't Starship have four landing legs?
An answer might be, that three legs will always be able to land on a rough surface with all three legs touching the ground, while with four legs there is the possibility that only three of them will...
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You question assumes the stability of the craft should be the driver for the positioning of the feet, and hence the legs.If instead, aerodynamics is driving the design of the aerodynamic surfaces, and...
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In the question you mention about why Falcon 9 uses four legs to land instead of three, there are multiple great answers. One of them by @David Hammen states that:"Another factor is that the Falcon has...
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As @camille-goudeseune writes, we shouldn't draw any conclusions from this "flying water tower" towards the design of the final Starship which will be an order of magnitude larger. Nevertheless, we can...
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By the time Starship launches for Mars, SpaceX may have changed the number of legs several times. They redesign as quickly as the Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three evolve during lunchtime. Plausible...
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A counterpart to the question Why doesn't the Falcon-9 first stage use three legs to land?This excellent answer states that the first stage of the Falcon-9 uses four legs because four legs are less...
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