Beta and Higher Patron Notice
Added 2016-08-19 20:53:30 +0000 UTCSPACE STATIONS
added new section North American Rockwell Orbital Lunar Station
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacestations.php#ols
ASTRODECK
added section Manual Calculations
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers--Manual_Calculation
added section Slide Rules
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers--Slide_Rules
added section Nomograms
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers--Nomograms
added to Analog Computers images of the Ideal Harmonic Transformer
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers--Analog_Computers
added to Redundency a quote from Arthur C. Clarke's Into The Comet
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astrodeck.php#id--Computers--Redundency
CONTROL DECK
added new section Attitude Jets
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#rcs
added new section Thrust Vectoring
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#thrustvectoring
added new section Flywheels
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/controldeck.php#stabilizinggyroscope
PIRACY
added quote Recruitment Starts With Arrrr
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/pirate.php#piraterecruit
ADVANCED DESIGNS
added a quote Prophylock
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/advdesign.php#prophylock
FUTURE HISTORY
added to Eugenics a quote Homo Sapiens Sapiens
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/futurehistory.php#homosapienssapiens
PRELIMINARY NOTES
added an annotated quote from The McAndrew Chronicles
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/prelimnotes.php#mcandrewchronicles
REAL DESIGNS A-M
added Nick Stevens illustration of the Dornier Space Tug
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns2.php#stevensdornier
Comments
You make a very good point! I will add that and give you credit
Nyrath
2016-08-22 16:21:45 +0000 UTCAn engineering note regarding Vectored Thrusting: it is vital that your gimbaling mechanism be designed in such a way that the passive position for the nozzle while under thrust is centered; that is, it takes a force opposed to the main thrust to vector the nozzle. Otherwise any failure of the gimbaling mechanism will tend to throw your rocket wildly off balance, with unhappy results.
Michael Hutson
2016-08-22 14:49:51 +0000 UTC
