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Old 04-09-2021, 07:00 AM
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So, we have a remove-before-flight bucket designed to catch some sort of fluid which might overflow during roll-to-pad? That makes sense. As for Kourou, perhaps the fluid in question isn't added when they roll out. They have a tower for vertical payload mate in Kourou, so maybe they add whatever it is after going vertical - so no need to catch slop during roll?

I suppose another option is something needed for the cold of Russia or Kazakhstan vs. the heat of the jungle. Any photos of a roll-out in Russia or Kazakhstan without buckets? And if so, was it summer or winter?
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Old 04-09-2021, 08:17 AM
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Some of the buckets are mounted high, others low on the boosters. The high ones wouldn't be too good at catching fluids. That's why I'm intrigued. For fluids that come out during transition to vertical, you'd think they would just have cans sitting on the ground to attach the hoses to.

I've always assumed they transported the boosters empty. They don't need pressurization to stay together so it shouldn't be any residuals from the main tanks. If you've seen the depleted boosters after they crash land back on earth, they are still in remarkably good condition.

Could there be a subsystem that has something that boils off and needs a catch can like some folks do with vapors coming out of engine valve covers? The hoses terminate into a blanket covered area of the booster.
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Anyway, the first stage steering is interesting. The five "engines" have four main chambers each, which do not gimbal. The outer boosters have two small vernier engines that gimbal, and the center core had eight verniers that gimbal., for steering.

Yes, and the verniers only gimbal on one axis. From the images, it looks like they pivot near or below their CG like a see-saw instead of being anchored at the "top" like most of our engines.

The US program's most famous (easily visible) verniers were on the Atlas, but also on the Thor. They were used to control roll because the main engine could only control pitch and yaw. The Soyuz verniers control everything.
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I've got it! I've got it!

The buckets!

...are "pail" riders!
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But seriously, I like my F.O.D. collection buckets theory. At McDonnell/Douglass (now Boeing) in Berkeley, MO I would see them everywhere a wing or a pylon was being assembled or repaired. Foreign Object Debris can be a death sentence for a pilot and a career ender for an assembler--so they're very serious about keeping track of it.
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Yes, and the verniers only gimbal on one axis. From the images, it looks like they pivot near or below their CG like a see-saw instead of being anchored at the "top" like most of our engines.

The US program's most famous (easily visible) verniers were on the Atlas, but also on the Thor. They were used to control roll because the main engine could only control pitch and yaw. The Soyuz verniers control everything.


By definition, the verniers are hinged (2D motion) not gimbaled (3D motion).
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Some of the buckets are mounted high, others low on the boosters. The high ones wouldn't be too good at catching fluids. That's why I'm intrigued. For fluids that come out during transition to vertical, you'd think they would just have cans sitting on the ground to attach the hoses to.

I've always assumed they transported the boosters empty. They don't need pressurization to stay together so it shouldn't be any residuals from the main tanks. If you've seen the depleted boosters after they crash land back on earth, they are still in remarkably good condition.

Could there be a subsystem that has something that boils off and needs a catch can like some folks do with vapors coming out of engine valve covers? The hoses terminate into a blanket covered area of the booster.


The buckets are actually mounted in the exact same spot on each strap-on booster - just oriented so the attached hose or electrical cord is pointed "up." If it were electrical, you probably wouldn't bother pointing it in a particular direction (electrons don't care), which is why I still think it is somehow related to fluids. Wish I could see where that hose terminates!
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By definition, the verniers are hinged (2D motion) not gimbaled (3D motion).

I did say pivot, so forgive me. However, I blame it all on George. He said it first.
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The buckets are actually mounted in the exact same spot on each strap-on booster - just oriented so the attached hose or electrical cord is pointed "up." I just wish we could see where the OTHER end of that hose/cord goes. Might help us to divine their purpose!

They go into the component that has the silver blanket material on it. Whatever that component is, there is more than one on each booster, but only one has the bucket/hose attachment.

I found it without the blanket. I still don't have a clue. I'll search for a more detailed shot.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/ne...0th-livery.html

And this shot has a bucket on the core booster.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ster_rocket.jpg
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Ah - so there IS one on the core - just not visible in that first photo!
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