Proper geekout on A4/V2 rocket turbo pump!

[anonymous-user]

Ok it's nearly 2 hours long, but by golly, some work has gone into this video:

A4 V2 Rocket in detail - Turbopump


If you're a space geek, then it's an interesting 2 hours and work pulling up a chair and watching!



(if your more normal, then it's probably 2 hours of boredom and time you'll never get back in your life.... ;-)

[Eric Mc]

That's exactly my type of geekdom.

Bookmarked to watch later.

[outnumbered]

I watched the first hour of this yesterday. It's very interesting, if a bit slow and repetitive at times. The thing that surprised me most was learning that they started actively developing the turbo-pump technology in 1935, I didn't know they were working on this stuff so long before the start of WWII.

[eharding]

Eric Mc said:

That's exactly my type of geekdom.

Bookmarked to watch later.

Good to see "Astronomy and Nature TV" back on the air. The pace of delivery isn't to everyone's taste, and they've been very quiet of late, possibly due to the untimely passing of one of the team, but I've always enjoyed their YouTube productions. Excellent video geekdom, by excellent geeks.

[Eric Mc]

outnumbered said:

I watched the first hour of this yesterday. It's very interesting, if a bit slow and repetitive at times. The thing that surprised me most was learning that they started actively developing the turbo-pump technology in 1935, I didn't know they were working on this stuff so long before the start of WWII.

Indeed they were. The engineering principles were being worked on by the 1920s.

[Fast and Spurious]

Thanks! Will be watching this later!!!!!! Yes I'm a geek.

For those few of us that find the birth of space flight fascinating, I really recommend this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/V2-A4-Rocket-Peenemunde-R...

So much information and photos I've never seen before in there. For example, the first A4 to reach space had a painting of a naked "Frau Im Mond" on it's side!

[Gandahar]

Steam powered no less.

Complete waste of the Nazi resources thankfully.

I would like a review on those carbon steering fins though. Carbon in the 1940's? Ahead of their time.

Steam powered turbo pump and carbon flight controlling elements...........




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