SMALL ROCKET LIFT DEVICE. PHASE 1. DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND STATIC TESTING

Abstract

The design of a manned small rocket lift device (SRLD) is described. The device will be a hydrogen peroxide rocket propulsion system on a molded fiberglass corset, shaped to fit the body of the operator. Actual lift is provided by two gimballed rocket nozzles. Flight stability and control can be achieved by any combination of three methods: (1) pure kinesthetic control by body motions, (2) roll damping only by automatic outward lateral gimballing of the nozzles when excited by lateral rotational accelerations, and (3) a control stick mounted on the left forward arm which operates the gimballed nozzles for pitch, roll, and yaw. As a result of successful component development and system tests the design was deemed safe and reliable enough to proceed with manned tethered and free-flight testing of the SRLD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0253783

Entities

People

  • Wendell F. Moore

Organizations

  • Bell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Control Sticks
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Laser Diodes
  • Materials Processing
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Pressurization
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Regulators
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Robotics and Automation.