[AR] Re: Video of HTPB/Al/perchlorate solids
- From: Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:53:17 -0700
On 3/26/2016 11:21 AM, Henry Spencer wrote:
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016, John Schilling wrote:
Actually, most production A4s were pure inertial too...
Good catch; I was too focused on the final design there. Maybe change
that to "...and the Scud has an inertial guidance system that can
actually hit targets smaller than a county" :-)
Well, yes, the A4's inertial system wasn't very good. :-) Of course, it
was the first of its kind, so it can be excused a certain lack of polish!
I was once treated to a tour of the Alamogordo Space Museum with G.
Harry Stine and John Paul Stapp as my guides. (No, I didn't record it -
yes, I'm still kicking myself.) One of the exhibits at the time was a
V-2 inertial guidance system, and they talked a bit about how setting it
up involved some seriously skilled technician-time. (They had both been
involved in firing V-2's out of White Sands back in the day.) I recall
there were quite a few small potentiometers to adjust - a dozen, two
dozen? - but alas, no further details.
Henry
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