Re: Armadillo May 2, 2004

[email protected] wrote:
>     That's all very well. But I have to ask myself: Where are the existing
> rockets that use jet vanes for steering? AFAIK, they all use engine
> gimballing -- which suggests that vanes have some shortcoming.
> 
>     (Yes, I know I'm in PCBH territory here. It's a region well known to
> me. <g>)
> 
> Chris
> --
> PCBH -- politely corrected by Henry

Some historical and current rockets use such a system. Examples include 
the A4 ("V-2") and the Redstone, and their various descendants (Russian 
"Scud", Korean "Nodong", and some others). 

One gets the impression that much advantage has been taken of the 
fact that the Third Reich no longer exists to enforce its "technology 
export" regulations...

-dave w