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I Was Sent Some VERY UNUSUAL "Aerobee" Data . . .
A friend of mine in Germany sent me some very unusual "Aerobee" drawings. He did not have any information about them, but passed them on to me.
So, here they are . . . I know nothing else about them. Dave F. Last edited by Ez2cDave : 07-04-2022 at 01:47 PM. |
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Concepts only? It would seem so...
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That's what I am thinking, too, unless more data is available. Dave F. |
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Closer to fanboy/science fiction short story thing. https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.co...-clearest-view/ Last edited by Chris_Timm : 07-04-2022 at 02:40 PM. |
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Hi, Chris ! The drawings appear to be from the early 1950's. Given the resources and technology back then, do you think it is possible that the level of information available to the general public, at that time, would have allowed the average person to make those drawings, especially at that level of detail ? For example, the V-2 information was probably still classified, at that time ( Korean War era ). Thanks, Dave F. Last edited by Ez2cDave : 07-04-2022 at 03:20 PM. |
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Chris, I didn't see the link you posted, before. I never look at any of the Kerbal stuff and the drawings appeared to be "vintage". It's a real shame they aren't authentic . . . It would have been "interesting" ! Thanks, Dave F. |
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The drawing of the Aerojet "Vanguard TV and SLV competitor," in Arthur C. Clarke's 1957/58 non-fiction book "The Making of a Moon: The Story of the Earth Satellite Program," was very similar in style to those Kerbal ones (and yet also resembled Martin's Vanguard design). Their design utilized a hypergolic liquid propellant Bomarc-A first stage (without the missile's wings or tail surfaces; it had four fixed, rear-mounted delta fins instead), an Aerobee second stage, and a solid propellant third stage quite similar to the Grand Central Rocket Company and Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory Vanguard third stage motors, but--I think--made by Aerojet's solid rocket "division."
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Is this it ? ( image below ) Dave F. |
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Was a "name" ever given to that configuration ? Was anything else ever done, beyond that drawing ? Wind tunnel testing, perhaps ? I doubt it ever progressed to "flight testing", but one can hope ! Dave F. |
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