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Topic: Apollo command module tunnel hatch(es)
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kosmo
Member Posts: 388
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 10-06-2012 08:37 PM
  
Were there two Apollo command module tunnel hatches, i.e. the forward tunnel hatch with docking ring and probe assembly (I can find info on this) and a inner crew compartment aft tunnel hatch? I can find a photo of Mike Collins in a trainer reaching up to a hatch, but no drawings of that hatch so close to the crew compartment. |
Apolloman
Member Posts: 148
From: Ledignan, Gard (30), France
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-07-2012 09:40 AM
One forward hatch under the probe assembly (source). |
ozspace
Member Posts: 231
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2009
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posted 10-24-2012 09:57 PM
There was only a single forward hatch, at the 'top' of the tunnel that linked to the LM. Check out the diagram at the "080:13:13" time line. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 12-10-2013 11:01 AM
If you were to be sitting on the center couch of the Apollo CM looking at the main control panel, what side would the tunnel hatch actuator handle be on? |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 12-10-2013 11:08 AM
The handle would be on the left side, going straight up, with the grip at the top. (Based on a quick look at a photo.) |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 08-04-2014 06:35 PM
Is this right? The more I look at diagrams, it looks to me as if the actuator handle is on the right and pointing down? Can cS members weigh in on this, it's driving crazy trying to figure this one out! |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-04-2014 07:30 PM
I have confirmed it again looking at photos and engineering drawings. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 08-04-2014 09:34 PM
Thanks so much! |
Jurvetson
Member Posts: 93
From: Los Altos an SF, CA, United States
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-16-2017 07:30 PM
I have just obtained one of these hatches in mint condition, in case you are looking for some more details or photos. |
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