Claude Opus 5.5 builds an interactive, dissectable Raptor 3 rocket engine in your browser
juanbenet · x · 2026-09-27
- @konstantinsaifo asked Claude Opus 5.5 to explain rocket engines by building an interactive Raptor 3 model you can explore in the browser (airsup.ai).
- You can cut the engine open, follow oxygen and methane through both turbopumps, throttle it, and watch how chamber pressure and altitude shape the plume and its shock diamonds.
- Figures follow SpaceX's published Raptor 3 specs: 280 tf thrust, 350 s specific impulse, 350 bar chamber pressure, 800 kg/s mass flow; the rest is estimated from public photos and diagrams.
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