That's great ! Can't help much about Udet plan - it was very murky in the book. What I remember is that Bleeker and York visits the NERVA testbed, Bleeker told her that development is so hard and delayed they had to sacrifice many useful functions, such as restart and deep throthling. Voyage NERVA, even without the 1980 disaster, would have lacked S-IVB flexibility. My opinion is, considering the difficulties with NERVA, they would used just one to push the stack out of Earth orbit, and that would be it. Everything else would be plain chemical propulsion through the S-IVB. After the disaster it is made clear that the S-II replaced the NERVA for Earth orbit departure. Clustering NERVAs would be dangerous: neutrons would jump from the central NERVA to the lateral ones, messing up everything. This discuss difficulties and dangers of an Earth orbit NERVA http://www.wired.com/2012/09/nuclear-flight-system-definition-studies-1971/Quote contractors had recommended that no piloted spacecraft approach to within 100 miles of an operating NERVA I engine.
contractors had recommended that no piloted spacecraft approach to within 100 miles of an operating NERVA I engine.
I used to have yellow ochre too, but it is gone. I also had a terra cotta brown which looks good too. I still have some of the paint I used for my Delta IV, I may dry brush that on the tanks. It is really impossible to match a paint to something that changes color over time! I just pick a favorite photo and try to match that.
Quote from: Ronpur50 on 04/14/2015 11:33 amI used to have yellow ochre too, but it is gone. I also had a terra cotta brown which looks good too. I still have some of the paint I used for my Delta IV, I may dry brush that on the tanks. It is really impossible to match a paint to something that changes color over time! I just pick a favorite photo and try to match that.I did a whole series of paint tests to match the ET foam color, detailed in my Dr. Zooch "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle thread #2 over on The Rocketry Forum... Here's some links to the relevant posts, with lots of pics of the results and the methods used in text... http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=13260#post13260http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=13266#post13266http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=13268#post13268http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=13271#post13271http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=13431#post13431http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?1207-Dr-Zooch-Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2&p=16277#post16277Enjoying the thread and KUTGW! OL J R
I am trying to keep documents in the era, so to speak, so I roughed up this graphic to show the layout of the Ares launch vehicle. And after I drew this up, I realized I forgot the Orbital Maneuvering Module for my model.