Initiator001
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I worked at AeroTech when the G300 motor was developed.
The G300 was created in response to the need of the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University.
APL was working on a high speed tracking device. They were gluing two AeroTech H140 single-use motors together and firing the combination along a wire and tracking it.
The dual H140 combination was not providing enough velocity for their tests.
Gary Rosenfield took the call from the APL and asked for time to see what could be done.
He and Scott Pearce started brainstorming and came up with a multiple-grain coreburning motor concept.
It needed to be 29mm in diameter so APL wouldn't have to change their equipment.
A propellant used in another industrial contract seemed to offer the performance required.
Gary called APL back and told them about the new motor.
APL said great and wanted one-hundred of them immediately!
No delay or ejection charge was required so assembly of the motors would be easier and take less time.
There was just one problem.
We didn't have enough 29mm fiberglass casing to make the motors.
TBC..
The G300 was created in response to the need of the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University.
APL was working on a high speed tracking device. They were gluing two AeroTech H140 single-use motors together and firing the combination along a wire and tracking it.
The dual H140 combination was not providing enough velocity for their tests.
Gary Rosenfield took the call from the APL and asked for time to see what could be done.
He and Scott Pearce started brainstorming and came up with a multiple-grain coreburning motor concept.
It needed to be 29mm in diameter so APL wouldn't have to change their equipment.
A propellant used in another industrial contract seemed to offer the performance required.
Gary called APL back and told them about the new motor.
APL said great and wanted one-hundred of them immediately!
No delay or ejection charge was required so assembly of the motors would be easier and take less time.
There was just one problem.
We didn't have enough 29mm fiberglass casing to make the motors.
TBC..