N1 rocket

[razgriz31m]

oh no

 

[ryan]

So what's going on? When is the N1 rocket add-on coming out.

 

[unussapiens]

As I said, it'c coming out on Tuesday.

If they don't get it soon I might have to explain.

 

[razgriz31m]

i thought this tuesday.hmmm

 

[razgriz31m]

ok just keeping this thread alive and up

 

[ryan]

Breath N1, who knows how to do CPR on a giant rocket, no Pairis Hilton we dont you near the rocket you might do strange things to it and be with it in one of your new videos.

 

[razgriz31m]

Breath N1, who knows how to do CPR on a giant rocket, no Pairis Hilton we dont you near the rocket you might do strange things to it and be with it in one of your new videos.

waaaaaaaaa....

 

[razgriz31m]

i'm begging for screenshots:sorry:

 

[ryan]

Yeah me to, please. Just one or two maybe three.

 

[razgriz31m]

yeah, even a teaser will do pls?

 

[Urwumpe]

Short teaser:

OK, it is not the N1 and will not be released on any Tuesday in this year. But a small teaser. :rofl:

 

[unussapiens]

:rofl:

And just so you know, more requests isn't going to get anything to you faster. In fact it'll just slow me down, cos I'll be wasting time reading what you've written.

You will get some pics when they are ready, until then, go back to the first page of this thread.

 

[razgriz31m]

Short teaser:

OK, it is not the N1 and will not be released on any Tuesday in this year. But a small teaser. :rofl:

lemme guess, is it something like proton or vulkan? or any variant of energia?

 

[Urwumpe]

lemme guess, is it something like proton or vulkan? or any variant of energia?

It is a variant of the Proton - actually the third stage of it is practically a Proton first stage with only 3 engines. It is the LK-700 (with the UR-700 launch vehicle), the rival product to the N-1. Was designed by Chelomei to do a direct landing mission to the moon (no stop in lunar orbit) with the LK-700 spacecraft, bringing two astronauts to the lunar surface.

 

[razgriz31m]

the fins looks like the n1's

 

[unussapiens]

It seems the russians were keen on potato smashers.

 

[razgriz31m]

hmmmm whats the potato smasher?

 

[Urwumpe]

hmmmm whats the potato smasher?

The "Potato smashers" are the grid like fins, you can see at the end of the rocket. The Russians use them quite often in their rockets (even in Air-To-Air missiles), as they have some advantages over conventional fins (namely better control at supersonic speeds, as all blades get the same Mach number at their front).

It is named like that, because each fin really looks like this kitchen tool.

These potato smashers are also used in the Soyuz spacecraft - for the abort stage. When the abort motors fire, the payload fairing gets cut in half and only the top half with orbital module and reentry capsule gets dragged away by the abort motors (propulsion module and the lower half of the fairing stay attached to the launch vehicle). When the main abort engines cut off, the potato smashers deploy and stabilize the abort stage until the reentry capsule gets released from the fairing half.

 

[razgriz31m]

hmmm...interesting

 

[helpme]

What is the shape of N1 rocket in Orbiter?