I've found several links to this and other related documents on NTRS, but they're all dead. Presumably removed in that purge some years back. Anyone got a copy they can host here? In addition to what you mention, I also see references to multiple documents from a "J-2S Improvement Study", and "Comments on the J-2S engine impacting on the Saturn V program"I have found in my own stuff the J-2S Improvement Study Systems Description (attached) but none of the other documents from that study
Thanks Moskit, looks good, though I am not really interested in the particulars of what happened to each stage, how it was transported, the dates they were tested, etc, etc. Will hear if there are other suggestions and then I may buy Lawrie's book. Thanks again!
Still on my reading list is David Woods' "Saturn V Owners' Workshop Manual" (see attached jpg for the table of contents).
Quote from: hoku on 06/15/2017 05:10 pmStill on my reading list is David Woods' "Saturn V Owners' Workshop Manual" (see attached jpg for the table of contents).Thanks for bringing this amazing book on the Saturn V to my attention: https://haynes.com/en-gb/nasa-saturn-v-owners-workshop-manual- It is very well-written, concise, yet goes into great detail, and in a language everybody can understand. I am learning so many interesting facts about the Saturn V that I didn't know:The kerosene used in the S-IC was called RP-1. And what does that abbreviation stand for? - surely something very technical? - Nope, it means.... wait for it...drumroll... "Rocket Propellant 1"! - So funny.Also didn't know the explanation behind the particular look of the S-IC plume, i.e. the first metre or so of flame being very dark and laminar-looking almost. Well, turns out they directed the exhaust of the turbopump out through the inside of the lower half of the F-1 nozzle to protect it from the searing heat of the primary combustion.And then the retro-rockets in the S-IC fins: they actually didn't bother to make an opening in the skin of the rocket for the rockets. They just blew a hole through the skin when they fired!OK, better stop now. Truly great book, wonderfully illustrated.
The kerosene used in the S-IC was called RP-1. And what does that abbreviation stand for? - surely something very technical? - Nope, it means.... wait for it...drumroll... "Rocket Propellant 1"!
Quote from: Oersted on 07/02/2017 09:33 pmThe kerosene used in the S-IC was called RP-1. And what does that abbreviation stand for? - surely something very technical? - Nope, it means.... wait for it...drumroll... "Rocket Propellant 1"!Does the book cite a source for that? I'm a little skeptical, myself. I would think it more likely comes from "rocket petroleum."