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HamHamHam Member Posts: 13 From: Registered: Dec 2013	posted 03-15-2019 04:53 AM I 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!?
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-15-2019 07:18 AM Training/engineering design aid depicts three axis control points and notional positioning of the IMU.
David C Member Posts: 1014 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012	posted 03-15-2019 07:20 AM Doesn'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!
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 968 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 03-15-2019 07:33 AM Seems 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?
HamHamHam Member Posts: 13 From: Registered: Dec 2013	posted 03-15-2019 12:43 PM Thanks!!!
NASA Glenn Member Posts: 79 From: Cleveland OH Registered: Feb 2007	posted 03-15-2019 02:00 PM is that a model of the crow's nest of the cruise ship Rotterdam on the left?
HamHamHam Member Posts: 13 From: Registered: Dec 2013	posted 03-20-2019 11:35 AM Yup! You like it?
NASA Glenn Member Posts: 79 From: Cleveland OH Registered: Feb 2007	posted 03-21-2019 12:39 PM Yes, wow. I'd like to see a photo.
Rocketman! Member Posts: 121 From: Redmond, Washington, USA Registered: Dec 2007	posted 06-21-2019 01:42 PM 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: Draper Edit: Another image. (The full description for this one won’t expand for me.)
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2474 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 06-21-2019 03:05 PM Good catch!

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