Rocket specialists, help!

Robert Eiffert reiffert at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 09:17:33 CST 2009


Here's a pretty thorough explanation. By, it appears, rocket scientists.

P-content; specifically mentions V-2

"On some early rockets, like the V2 and Redstone rocket, small thrust
vanes were placed in the exhaust stream of the main rocket to deflect
the thrust and produce a control torque."

http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktcontrl.html

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, according to:
>
> http://dict.leo.org/
>
> 2009/2/4 Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>:
> > What is a rocket vane? Is it the same is a rocket fin?
> >



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