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T O P I C R E V I E WHamHamHamI am trying to figure out what this model is. Please excuse the dust.it's about 12 inches in diameter with a wood cone on the top and would heat shield bottom with a clear plastic wall inside there's some sort of strange gimbal device same on the outside.In addition, there are a few little sharp points which were probably used to allow the model to pivot...or something. I'm guessing this has something to do with measuring the lifting ability of the shape of the capsule? Has anybody seen anything like this before? What the heck is this!?SpaceAholicTraining/engineering design aid depicts three axis control points and notional positioning of the IMU.David CDoesn't look like any wind tunnel model I've ever used. My guess is that it's some kind of G&N instructional visual aid.Beat me to it!Cozmosis22Seems too flimsy to be a wind tunnel device. The model does highlight the gyro. Might contact the folks over at Sperry and see what they say?HamHamHamThanks!!!NASA Glennis that a model of the crow's nest of the cruise ship Rotterdam on the left?HamHamHamYup! You like it? NASA GlennYes, wow. I'd like to see a photo.Rocketman!This image shows a similar model. It is from the We Hack the Moon site in their media gallery. Description: Photograph of Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (left) and Gemini and Apollo astronaut James McDivitt (right) examining a model of an IMU, during a visit to the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. Image courtesy: DraperEdit: Another image. (The full description for this one won’t expand for me.)GACspaceguyGood catch!
it's about 12 inches in diameter with a wood cone on the top and would heat shield bottom with a clear plastic wall inside there's some sort of strange gimbal device same on the outside.
In addition, there are a few little sharp points which were probably used to allow the model to pivot...or something. I'm guessing this has something to do with measuring the lifting ability of the shape of the capsule? Has anybody seen anything like this before? What the heck is this!?
Beat me to it!
Photograph of Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (left) and Gemini and Apollo astronaut James McDivitt (right) examining a model of an IMU, during a visit to the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. Image courtesy: Draper
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