SpaceX Starship SN11 - Landing Burn RUD

This is a real quick, highly speculative, visualization of what I think may have happened to Starship SN11 in a cover of fog on March 30th, 2021. This is if it had an engine failure on ignition of the second Raptor during the landing flip to horizontal.
Keep any eye out for my new animation, The History of Starship ; Starhopper to SN11. Which should be ready in about a week!

[@clevergirl4457]

if it weren't for the fog, we would have seen one of the coolest RUD's in history. Just massive chunks of starship raining around the many cameras that were placed around there.

[@immigrantgaming420epic]

@Franek Folikowski hopefully not with humans onboard

[@1992AC]

Maybe Elon knew something was gonna happen and launched it in the fog so no one would have seen the RUD, which freaking sucks if you ask me...

[@gingerbreadmanthereallegob1373]

well that just makes it 10 times cooler because the cameras caught the debris of SN11 coming out of thin air

[@ThaiBallzz]

Yea its satisfying asf to see some rhinestone fall from the sky💀

[@jettisonedguy257]

A great rendition Nick. It just be raining Starship..I'm all for the second Raptor re-ignition being responsible.

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks! Not sure if this is right but seem plausible? hope we find out soon!

[@The_Crazy_Monkey75]

@@NickHenning3D great job! I was kind of imagining it this way

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Didn't the engine bay camera show flame emitting from #2 during liftoff?

[@PatrickStewarts]

@@tommypetraglia4688 They did say there was a pressure issue in engine 2 on assent but that's not enough to cause it to explode the way it did. However, bread crumbs.

[@StingerNSW]

Song goes “Starship where meant to fly” not explode but I love your animation Nick, Karboom and the sound effects ❤️

[@jacktical1393]

Great job, lucky starhopper!

[@NickHenning3D]

It will stand forever!

[@alvinfriesen4918]

Great.. I made one too yesterday and its good to know we had the same speculation!

[@edd4816]

The sound of the debris hitting the ground is hilarious

[@jackwhitlock1]

Absolutely incredible

[@GreatMobileHomes]

Great animation.

[@Alex-ek9by]

hi Nick your animation is great, but I believe (according to my sources) that the starship did not have enough thrust to switch vertically.

[@GunganWorks]

Greetings from Scott Manley. This is a quality animation, well deserving of a place in a Scott Manley video.

[@dwaynematthewcustodio2561]

Poor Starhopper, he has experienced 3 disasters, SN8, SN9, And SN10

[@ajay_constantine]

Wow! Awesome work bro. I think it didn't flip that much, the engine relight and the bright flash was almost instant.

[@owhs]

Awesome vid! Is this physics engine or all artistic control? Nose cone seems to fall a little fast, but hard to model weight vs parachute effect with air underneath. Awesome visual, just wish we could've seen what happened in reality 💔

[@NickHenning3D]

Thanks. No hand animated all the parts. Me too!

[@Leifdoe]

it did that but without flipping, it looks like it RUD'd on landing burn start, not after it flipped over

[@mr22ph95]

Nice video. Others think that's not really happened on Sn11, it's foggy so we won't see any information.

[@xerosfs]

Didnt expect to see you here!

[@mr22ph95]

@@xerosfs Oh it's you! The guy on MV discord server!

[@xerosfs]

@@mr22ph95 yeah lol, one of your subscribers!

[@b1010t]

I think 0.75 speed looks a bit more realistic. Great animation though

[@jaymondsperling8602]

Starhopper: Ahhh shit... here we go again

[@theredstonehive]

Great render, though SN11 wouldn't have flipped that far as it would have only just ignited the 3rd engine, so to explain the debris pattern the explosion probably kicked Starship into that orientation while also blowing apart.

[@framryk8537]

Nick job Nick! Big boom from FTS or engine explosion breaching the tank structure? Love the sound effects!

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

FTS was NOT used

[@nasawormlogo9521]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 by SpaceX, but it is possibly it went off after telemetry stopped. I still think it was an engine though.

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

@@nasawormlogo9521 It's not used, and it won't detonated accidentally

[@nasawormlogo9521]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 no one has to set it off. There are computers on the rocket that blow it up if something is wrong.

[@Cleptro]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 There's a decent chance the FTS detected an issue with the Starship (either after or prior to the explosion) and triggered, destroying the rocket. Worth mentioning also that automatic flight termination systems can go off mistakenly, and actually have in the past.

[@dosomething3]

Starship was falling at a larger than nominal terminal velocity. This indicates that there was fuel left over in the main tank. This would hinder the flip maneuver. This would also serve as explosive during engine final ignition.

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

You have a source of "larger" terminal velocity?

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

Pretty sure they didn't managed to do the flip before explosion, since the rest of two engines failed to relight

[@Doug_Morgan]

One of the notable things are the aft fins. Usually after a RUD they are easily spotted in the wreckage. This time it is looking like they were blown apart by the force of the blast. Nothing on the ground looks much like an aft fin.

[@furitty]

the sounds are cursed

[@MrGaborseres]

Auch..... 😞.... RIP SN11..... Great job Nick 👍👍👍👍

[@juansoto5012]

SN15?, This is sn11

[@MrGaborseres]

@@juansoto5012my bad... 15 is next 😛

[@reagank.2268]

It's a good animation, but too fast. I don't think it had even started the flip when it exploded. It lit a single raptor and 0.89 seconds later, it exploded.

[@NickHenning3D]

Yeah that a big possibility. But how close the raptors are to the nose i thought it would be more vertical? Ill change it as we get more official info! Thanks

[@alvinfriesen4918]

Play this at x0.5 speed.. looks better to me😉

[@reagank.2268]

It came in over starhopper? That seems pretty off target. Maybe the computer didn't like that and triggered the charges

[@spacetimelapses3988]

Hello nick, here is Daniel! Nice video!😵😮👍

[@NickHenning3D]

Hey Daniel! thanks

[@reagank.2268]

Yes!

[@surf2257]

Yeap, good video

[@mehtapucar9602]

pieces of my ♥️

[@chrisrico9138]

Yess GREAT!!!!

[@GreatMobileHomes]

But did the heat tiles work?... grin

[@NickHenning3D]

I wonder if any survived?

[@user-zl5cv6vw2m]

@@NickHenning3D I doubt it lol

[@johnkmatsch]

cool

[@kennyfordham6208]

🎶Humidity's rising...barometer's gettin' low. According to all sources....Boca Chica's the place to go...🎶

[@arbisy1604]

looks hilarious

[@danielmiles851]

Gives you a good smack in the face reality of space flight ( it's like Starship enterprise the crew members know the risk ,

[@kenanacampora]

Nice to see Newton’s laws in effect.

[@tehgoose1367]

Was it a RUD or FTS that caused the vehicle to explode?

[@CatalystTKL]

Raptor 1 ignited, 2 failed, and 3 ignited. wasn't a raptor issue but a internal anomaly.

[@quitegonejim1125]

Oddly, well worth the watch! :)

[@shinomiyakaguya8965]

"No fog" Of course

[@papak67]

I wonder if it was 46 that had an issue.

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Where's tim todd's camera getting knocked out?

[@NickHenning3D]

I think it made it safe! Hope he got cool video!

[@MrHichammohsen1]

@@NickHenning3D White smokey videos for everyone unfortunately. Plus i loved seeing this animation on Scott Manley video!

[@Manuelziy]

SHOPPED!

[@dim_dub_insect8193]

Ahhh yes when you drop dirty plates into the empty sink

[@T34-57]

It's been a while since you upload though

[@NickHenning3D]

Yeah been busy with my new animation. 6 min. of new stuff coming soon!

[@michelmelinot]

@@NickHenning3D Niceeee thanks for the great stuff!

[@nomnomburrito27]

I just can’t see how FTS wasn’t involved.

[@marqueswilsonn]

Is this based off some telemetry they released?

[@NickHenning3D]

No, Its based off of the limited video and sound we have. Also inspired by SN8 - 10

[@moodmusicytc]

To me, this render has the explosion happen maybe a second or two too early well before it's completed the flip. Via any video of SN11s flight you can hear the explode straight after just 1 engine relight not, relight _ _ _ boom I still don't know weather to blame the 2nd engine Elon spoke of or the FTS doing its thing. The nosecone landing spot is extremely peculiar or might have just been a result of the angle that sn11 blew up

[@matthewaustria643]

Sn11 be like Hey Man Im Just Trying To Make An Abort Test

[@Singleraxis]

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[@kjm-ch7jc]

What you think ?

[@havresylt]

I wish they never stop exploding.

[@yashthakur7562]

So are we sure FTS triggered?

[@NickHenning3D]

Not sure? Might have looks just the same?

[@yashthakur7562]

@@NickHenning3D yes this looks more like FTS just decided to the SN11's career 😂 probably life

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

Nope

[@ayuse01]

Instead of 3 fussy Raptors, why not use a single T-Rex engine?

[@johnc5937]

???? "in a cover of fog on April 30th, 2021" ???? try again!

[@NickHenning3D]

Opps! thanks!

[@johnc5937]

@@NickHenning3D Everybody has a bad day… even SN11 had a bad day.

[@homosexualsaregay4189]

wth are rud's??

[@user-cb1sc8rl1r]

Corresponding well!

[@yujirorasy]

Not violent enough

[@donarnold7131]

no clear reason for RUD yet--FTS or something else --last official word was we are looking at cause of RUD

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

FTS causing an explosion is off the table

[@donarnold7131]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 why?

[@kaiserkarlvankaiserwetter9061]

Nope