Boyce Aerospace Apollo Capsule Abort

[kuririn]

This has been out for a little while but since I didn't see any posting for it , thought I'd list it here:
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/
I like the unusual, no 3/4FNC for me!

 

[Crawf56]

Are you supposed to say "tower jet", instead of counting down, when you launch it?

 

[kuririn]

????

 

[Crawf56]

In the movie "Apollo 13", near the end of the Saturn V launch sequence (they are near space), Tom Hanks reaches up and hits a switch and says, "Tower jet!" (or "Tower eject"?).

Then the Apollo capsule Abort Tower blasts off the capsule.

 

[cwbullet]

I would like to see one with motors in the right location.

 

[kuririn]

Ahh...I think it's "eject". But if we did it on the launch pad then the capsule would be left sitting there.

 

[kuririn]

I would like to see one with motors in the right location.

See Gus's post on this thread:https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/functioning-les-launch-escape-system.147609/#post-1809017

 

[dratliff]

Actually it is tower jet, as in jettison.