Design requirements and operational constraints are reviewed for small manually controlled flying vehicle which could provide astronauts with mobility for lunar exploration; numerous flight trajectories and vehicle performance have been analyzed and are presented; it is concluded that to attain desired flight ranges, flight velocities must be relatively high (200 fps or more); range of thrust level required is determined; flyer configuration is highly dependent on method of control (either mechanical engine gimballing or kinesthetic control).


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    Title :

    Manned lunar flying machines -- Operational characteristics


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Proc


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Proceedings of Space Technology Conference ; 1968 Lunar


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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