Different NIKE Booster FIN UNIT . . . Help With DATA ???

[Ez2cDave]

I came across an unusual NIKE M-5 Booster fin unit ( Pic Below ).

Does anyone have additional data or information about this ?

Thanks, in advance !

Dave F.

 

[Ez2cDave]

I found a PDF file with further information . . . ( file to large to post - 15MB )

Images below . . .

Dave F.

 

[PeterAlway]

This is the original Wallops/University of Michigan fin unit for the first flights of the Nike Cajun. The rod in the foreground holds adjacent fins together, hinge-style. The nike booster itself keeps them from flopping parallelogram-style.

 

[bjphoenix]

This is the original Wallops/University of Michigan fin unit for the first flights of the Nike Cajun. The rod in the foreground holds adjacent fins together, hinge-style. The nike booster itself keeps them from flopping parallelogram-style.

Were all of these pieces somewhat exposed in the finished rocket? After this thread popped up I looked through all of the Nike photos I had saved and nothing looked like this, but some looked like there was a piece of curved sheet metal shroud over this area.

 

[Titan II]

https://images.app.goo.gl/7nUDec261J57UkLP6

 

[Ez2cDave]

The Cajun Fins . . . and Motor dimensions.

Dave F.

 

[beeblebrox]

Interesting... This is the Nike Cajun at Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian in VA. I wonder if there is a thin walled can over the units depicted above. Note, it looks like two pieces are screwed together... And look at the cajun fins, a similar joint there, clearly visible.