Two rocket motors were selected as typical of current British boost and sustainer motors respectively, and the minimum amounts of fin structure, etc., needed to convert them into aerodynamically stable vehicles were added. The performance of these single-stage vehicles in vertical climbs from sea level was evaluated by numerical integration. The maximum altitude attained was 120,000 ft. which is not much above the economical limit for balloons. If current rockets are to be of value in upper-atmosphere research, therefore, they must either be used in a single-stage arrangement, or be launched well above sea level, perhaps from a balloon or mountain top. Alternatively, a new solid fuel rocket motor with a long burning time and high length/diameter ratio could be designed specifically for the purpose of high-altitude research - this is probably the best approach.
Limitations of Upper-Atmosphere Research Vehicles Powered by Current British Solid-Fuel Rockets
1953
15 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Rocket Engines & Motors , Aerodynamics , Rocket engines , Upper atmosphere , Diameters , Ratios , Stability , Boost phase , Low costs , Combustion , Fins , United kingdom , Solid fuels , Sustainer engines , Balloons , Rockets , Limitations , Numerical integration , High altitude , Launching , Vehicles , Altitude , Foreign reports
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