Development of a reclosable clamshell nose fairing for sounding rocket NASA 21.003UIA reclosable clamshell noise fairing system was developed and successfully flown on a Black Brant VC sounding rocket. The clamshell system involved the design of unique structural and mechanical subsystems to meet the experimenters requirements, withstand environmental conditions of sounding rocket flight and recovery, and be relatively easy to maintain with a clean interface between the experiment detectors and instrumentation section of the payload. The development of the equations of motion of the mechanism are illustrated and results of the test of the Engineering Test Model (ETM) are shown.
Document ID
19870028469
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ferragut, N. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rast, J. J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)