Re: A-9 landing procedure

On Mar 28, 1:06 am, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The other problem is of course that once it's left the atmosphere the
pilot has no way to control it till it starts its first interface with
the atmosphere.
The thing needed a RCS system on it.

Not really. Once it was exoatmospheric, it didn;t matter where it was
pointed. it would, if properly designed, orient itself properly once
it hit atmosphere, just as the V-2's did.

The pilot sits in the area that's normally taken up by the guidance
system and it's a pretty tight fit even back there...

The guidance system would need to be retained, so it would have to be
moved forward. Even so there would be little enough room. And the
weight of a pressurized cockpit would be about that of the now-deleted
warhead.


Warhead size may need to be reduced, but there still should be room for
one ahead of the pilot.

A few sticks of dynamite, perhaps.


Note also the little thing way up at the end of the nose, which almost
looks like a small enclosed radar dish.

It's part of the fuse assembly for the warhead.
http://www.up-ship.com/drawndoc/v2ad1.jpg

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