Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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Titan Missile Museum: Starting the Stage-1 Engine [anyone ever found a photo of a starter cartridge? "whoop!" - W]
Titan Missile Museum: Butterfly Valve
Explosively sheared open since gaskets obvious won't do for incredibly corrosive hypergols.
Titan Missile Museum: Butterfly Valve Lock Control (BVLC)
The butterfly valve lock control prevented an unauthorized or accidental launch of the missile. The BVLC used six thumbwheel selectors, each of which had 16 letters of the alphabet, creating nearly 17 million possible combinations. The BVLC code came in with the launch order, and unless the correct code was put in, the butterfly valve would not open and the missile could not be launched.
Titan Missile Museum: Sound Supression
The interior surface of the launch duct was covered with special acoustic modules. These were 12 inches (30 cm) thick and made of aluminum and fiberglass, and were intended to muffle the intense roar of the engine during launch. An additional measure (the water deluge system) was added to attenuate the vibrations caused by the roar of the engine, which engineers thought might damage the missile before it cleared the silo.
Titan Missile Museum: Flame Deflector
Titan II Missile System Start Sequence
https://themilitarystandard.com/missile/titan2/startsequence.php
Titan Missile Museum: Butterfly Valve
Explosively sheared open since gaskets obvious won't do for incredibly corrosive hypergols.
Titan Missile Museum: Butterfly Valve Lock Control (BVLC)
The butterfly valve lock control prevented an unauthorized or accidental launch of the missile. The BVLC used six thumbwheel selectors, each of which had 16 letters of the alphabet, creating nearly 17 million possible combinations. The BVLC code came in with the launch order, and unless the correct code was put in, the butterfly valve would not open and the missile could not be launched.
Titan Missile Museum: Sound Supression
The interior surface of the launch duct was covered with special acoustic modules. These were 12 inches (30 cm) thick and made of aluminum and fiberglass, and were intended to muffle the intense roar of the engine during launch. An additional measure (the water deluge system) was added to attenuate the vibrations caused by the roar of the engine, which engineers thought might damage the missile before it cleared the silo.
Titan Missile Museum: Flame Deflector
Titan II Missile System Start Sequence
https://themilitarystandard.com/missile/titan2/startsequence.php
