A simply amazing vehicle.
Here are some pictures I took of the display at the Ft. Sill Artillery Museum. The first includes my son for scale There is an interesting reinforcement band on the lower stage.
Magnificent vehicles! These performance specs are cartoonishly mad!
I think your 2nd picture shows the separation line between the 2 stages, which looks quite continuous, hence the need for a linear shaped charge. The earlier video indicated the rear edges of the fins had gas jets coming out of them for maneuvering in space but obviously they've been blocked.
Quote from: john smith 19 on 12/31/2017 05:34 pmI think your 2nd picture shows the separation line between the 2 stages, which looks quite continuous, hence the need for a linear shaped charge. The earlier video indicated the rear edges of the fins had gas jets coming out of them for maneuvering in space but obviously they've been blocked.According to the cross section diagram I posted, the stage separation line is higher up, just below the fins...here are pics of that area...as you can see, the display model is in pretty bad shape.Yeah, I am not sure these were operational fins.