| well the orbiter is a 1:72 kit. the et is build from scratch as is
going to be the srb once I complete a scale drawing. I am also starting
to bulid a 1:32 scale orbiter (about four feet long) that is big enough
to have removable peices to show oms, rcs, apu, ssme, and crew cabin
with flight deck and mid-deck.
I have a detailed info from the presidential commission on the
challenger accident and number of the notes in this confrence but have
a feeling this is going to be a quite an undertaking (as was the large
scale SR-71 I built) but sometimes once I have an idea for something
like this it just HAS TO BE DONE. so many a late nights are spent
bent over my worktable till my eyes just refuse to focus anymore...
and people here I work work if I stay out all night doing the night
club thing. if they only knew the truth... ;^)
cris
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| Here are some references you might check for shuttle scale data.
The Space Shuttle Operators Manual (referenced several times in
the conference, but may be out of print) has many drawings of the
components, including interior views. If a bookstore doesn't have
it, check a library.
I've heard that one of the companies that publishes scale
reference books for model builders is releasing a book on the
Space Shuttle. I believe that Aerofax was the company name, but I
may be wrong. Check in a good hobby shop that caters to RC and/or
plastic modelers.
The following apeared on sci.space.shuttle this morning:
Article 7760
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From: [email protected] (Ken Hollis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re : Vehicle pass & Vehicl Info
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 1 May 91 04:36:14 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
...
Overall Shuttle Orbiter
Length 184.2 feet 122.17 feet
Height 76.6 feet 56.67 feet
Wingspan 78.06 feet
Cargo Bay Length 60 Feet
Diameter 15 Feet
Approximate Weight
Gross liftoff 4.5 Million Pounds
(Payload Dependant)
SRB Thrust (Ea.) 2.9 Million Lbs Of Thrust
SRB Weight (Ea.) 1.1 Million Lbs.
Without Propellant 192,000 Lbs
External Tank Loaded 1.655 Million Lbs
Dry 66,000 Lbs.
Main Engines 393,800 LBS Thrust 104% @ Sea Level
490,000 LBS Thrust 104% @ Vacuum
With Three Engines and the vehicle dry (No Hypergols, Ammonia, water, H2 or
O2, etc.) OV-102 178,289 Lbs, OV-103 171,419 Lbs & OV-104 171,205 Lbs.
Touchdown Speed 211 To 226 Miles Per Hour
At KSC, Max Payload of 55,000 Lbs, 110 Nautical Mile Orbit for a 28.5
degree launch. Max payload of 41,000 Lbs for a 57 degree inclination. For
OV-102 launches, weight must be decreased by 8,400 Lbs.
Max Landing Weight Of 240,000 Lbs. For Abort, 230,000 Lbs. For Nominal
Landings.
Ken Hollis
Contact Ken Hollis through these paths:
ProLine: gandalf@pro-electric
ARPA: [email protected]
UUCP: crash!pro-electric!gandalf
Internet: [email protected]
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| The book Aerofax Datagraph 5, "Rockwell International Space Shuttle" has
loads of shuttle information and beautiful scale 3-view line drawings of all
the STS components. I bought one at a local hobby shop (the Hobby Emporium,
in the Royal Ridge Mall, Nashua NH USA).
-- Tom
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