Jun 262011
$20 in downloadables for whoever first correctly ID’s this item with adequate specificity:
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http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/REMS/
Looks like the wind speed sensor similar to the one placed on the Mars probe Curiosity.
Pintle injector for a rocket engine?
Pitot tube from Air France flight 447 A330?
I’d agree it’s a pitot tube / Air Data Sensor of some sort, but I’d speculate it’s a lot older than an Airbus A330.
Definitely not a pintle injector. A pitot tube type device looks likely, the multiple inlets giving both air speed and angle of attack data. Useful data for a stall warning indicator.
Addition: the aircraft it was on is most likely not supersonic.
Wild guess: Mark 24 FIDO?
No, scratch that. Hmmm, it looks almost like the bottom of a suba tank of some sort.
could that be the “engine end” of a gyrojet style roclet bullet?
looks like the end of a pushrod
Vortex Dissipator of a 737 gravel kit?
Prevent vortices forming at the engine intakes which could cause gravel to be ingested by engine. These consist of a small forward projecting tube which blows pressure regulated (55psi) engine bleed air down and aft from 3 nozzles at the tip to break up the vortices.
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