Goddard's first rockets were unguided, later (1923) he used gyros and
control vanes. And gimballed engines (1937). Quite ahead of his time (he
even used turbopumps in his last rockets 1940/41). Source: Alway, P.
(1996): Retro Rockets.
Am .03.2019, 15:40 Uhr, schrieb JOHN HALPENNY
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
How did Goddard steer his rocket? Liquid fueled rockets were not very
useful until they developed a steering mechanism with vanes or >gimbals, and that couldn't be done until there was some sort of autopilot.
Control system failures doomed a lot of early rockets.
John
On Sunday, March 17, 2019, 8:05:20 a.m. EDT, Nels Anderson
<nels.anderson@xxxxxxx> wrote: