I note that in this drawing, the escape tower jettison rocket has a single nozzle on it; on the Revell 1/48th scale model, it was divided into three sub-nozzles at the lower end.
As far as turning them out on a production line, the corrugated skin structure on them was made using titanium, beryllium, and Rene 41 alloys, so it would be pretty complex to replicate: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/sp425/23.html
Here’s the stuff on Vycor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vycor
Odd to see that part of the upper capsule was made of high temperture glass of all things.
Thanks Pat for the ninfinger.org website heads-up. Brought back a lot
of old memories of the aeronautics club that I belonged to in high
school. We launched model rockets and flew u-control planes. I
remember with my own special memories about the mini-dactyl
boost glider rocket. I built the two-glider version and lost one of them
unfortunately. I was going to build an upgraded version with a tube
body for the boost glider and launch it on its own using a tilting wing
that would tilt the wing after the engine popped out on ejection but
it never was completed. It would have looked very similar to an XB-70.
Just wanted to add the mini-dactyl was made by Centuri model rockets
until @1982 when they were bought out by Estes rockets thanks to
Reaganomics at the time (recession).
You should have seen my own personal N-1 project; four clustered D engines screwed into a rocket body made from a ABS plumbing pipe. Strap-down test worked fine, first launch attempt resulted in one engine exploding, another one not igniting, and the two that did fire right driving the rocket up to over twelve feet into the air. 😀
Is there a date on this?
Seems like someone should crank these out in a small factory.
I wonder what it would cost ?
-g.
I note that in this drawing, the escape tower jettison rocket has a single nozzle on it; on the Revell 1/48th scale model, it was divided into three sub-nozzles at the lower end.
Look again, Pat. There are three nozzles shown.
Crank what out,. gar? Mercury capsules? I’ve wondered the same thing.
> Is there a date on this?
It’s from a report originally dated 12 March 1959, revised 25 August 1960. So *probably* before 12 March 1959.
Joe wrote:
“Look again, Pat. There are three nozzles shown.”
I don’t see three on the “Pylon Jettison Rocket” which is the one I’m talking about.
You can also see the three nozzles on the 1/12 scale kit by Atomic City:
http://www.ninfinger.org/models/vault2008/Jock%20deBoer%20Model%27s/Escape%20Rocket%20%26%20Shell.JPG
As far as turning them out on a production line, the corrugated skin structure on them was made using titanium, beryllium, and Rene 41 alloys, so it would be pretty complex to replicate: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/sp425/23.html
Here’s the stuff on Vycor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vycor
Odd to see that part of the upper capsule was made of high temperture glass of all things.
Thanks Pat for the ninfinger.org website heads-up. Brought back a lot
of old memories of the aeronautics club that I belonged to in high
school. We launched model rockets and flew u-control planes. I
remember with my own special memories about the mini-dactyl
boost glider rocket. I built the two-glider version and lost one of them
unfortunately. I was going to build an upgraded version with a tube
body for the boost glider and launch it on its own using a tilting wing
that would tilt the wing after the engine popped out on ejection but
it never was completed. It would have looked very similar to an XB-70.
Just wanted to add the mini-dactyl was made by Centuri model rockets
until @1982 when they were bought out by Estes rockets thanks to
Reaganomics at the time (recession).
You should have seen my own personal N-1 project; four clustered D engines screwed into a rocket body made from a ABS plumbing pipe. Strap-down test worked fine, first launch attempt resulted in one engine exploding, another one not igniting, and the two that did fire right driving the rocket up to over twelve feet into the air. 😀