Re: V2

Russell McMahon wrote:
> These are smaller versions of some of the V2 photos I mentioned.
> These are the nozzle/engine subset. Body set yet to come.
> I will put some or all of these on a website but this reduced size set gives
> you an idea of what to expect.

I see, you have been in the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich :-)

I have some blueprints of the V2 which are maybe of interest as well (every 
pic is about 1 MByte due to the highres!). They decorate our offices :-) :

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200001.jpg
This is a sectional drawing of the turbo pump. I was surprised how advanced 
it was. Today’s turbo pumps don't look different much.

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200004.jpg
An overview of the V2 combustion chamber

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200003.jpg
dito, more detailed. You can see what kind of a welder's and plumber's 
nightmare it was.

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200006.jpg
details of the shower head

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200007.jpg
This is probably not V2, I guess its a "Wasserfall". But it has a lot of 
design similarities to the V2. It was a surface-to-air missile and used 
storable liquid propellants (Nitric acid etc.) and can be considered as the 
predecessor of the scuds.
More infos about this missile:
http://www.luft46.com/missile/wasserfl.html
http://www.netaxs.com/people/ebailey/wasserfall.html

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200008.jpg
the rear of the Wasserfall

http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200009.jpg
An injector head of an surface to air missile (I don't think it's from the 
Wasserfall) just finished before the end of the war in Europe. This is IMO 
the most astonishing blueprint. If you study the details of the design, then 
you realize *how* advanced the German rocketeers were at the end of the war. 
A monolithically impingement injector as its still built today. Guess why 
the early US injectors look like that :-)

And because my engineers heart beats faster when I see such a masterpiece, 
here a close-up view of the blueprint above:
http://www.spl.ch/temp/V2/Bild%200010.jpg

Enjoy :-)

Bruno

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