Wallops Island Missile Launch Facility (1961)

[Winston]

There's a finless TRIANGULAR cross section airframe sounding rocket being fired at 2:22 which I've seen in one other old video, but can find nothing about.

[video=youtube;n9qg196q1Ak]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qg196q1Ak[/video]

 

[dhbarr]

Interesting, hard to see much in only 2s.

 

[rstaff3]

Interesting, hard to see much in only 2s.

I feel like I had seen a glimpse of that at one time too, but that's it. Micromeister may be a good source if he reads the thread.

There are a lot of cool videos from Wallops. I like the launches that were used to test the supersonic aerodynamics of sub-scale models of real planes. The Pogo and the Hustler are two that come to mind. Back then, they had a lot of funky rockets.

 

[GuyNoir]

Funky rockets, you say?

 

[rstaff3]

 

[GuyNoir]

Ok, Dick. Where did you find that color shot? Very cool,sir.

 

[qquake2k]

Very cool. Aren't they still using Wallops?

 

[Len B]

Yes, still in use. Very much so.

 

[qquake2k]

Here are a couple of color shots of an Astrobee-D at Wallops that I got from Aerojet.

 

[rstaff3]

Ok, Dick. Where did you find that color shot? Very cool,sir.

I can't remember. I think it might have been a screenshot for a YouTube video.

 

[rstaff3]

Very cool. Aren't they still using Wallops?

Absolutely! https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home

 

[Mugs914]

Funky rockets, you say?

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Looks like it should have a coyote ridin' on it...

 

[Sooner Boomer]

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This is a two stage version of the Tiamat, the first guided missile (intended for air to air).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_JB-3_Tiamat

 

[rstaff3]

Micromeister built one...MicroMaxx staged cluster.

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[Winston]

There's a finless TRIANGULAR cross section airframe sounding rocket being fired at 2:22 which I've seen in one other old video, but can find nothing about.

Perhaps not the same rocket because of the 1971 date of NASA-TM-X-2340 (which I can't find online BTW), but another one with a triangular cross section found mentioned in the Openrocket documentation of all places:

https://www.printedrockets.com/uploads/6/9/7/9/6979786/openrocket_techdoc.pdf

The only experimental data available to the author of three-fin configurations was of a rocket with a rounded triangular body cross section [23]. This data suggests an effect of approximately 15% on the normal force coefficient derivative depending on the roll angle. However, it is unknown how much of this effect is due to the triangular body shape and how much from the fin positioning.

[23] Monta, W., Aerodynamic characteristics at mach numbers from 1.60 to 2.16 of a blunt-nose missile model having a triangular cross section and fixed triform fins, NASA-TM-X-2340, 1971.