Armstrong was nearly killed when the LLRV crashed. Both LLRV crashed, yet much harder on the Moon landing on the Moon w/o runways/view to sides/down and so on... it worked six times w/o a single pr...
Armstrong was nearly killed when the LLRV crashed. Both LLRV crashed, yet much harder on the Moon landing on the Moon w/o runways/view to sides/down and so on... it worked six times w/o a single problem!
Amazing, is not it? Certainly. Must be noted that the used engine on LLRV is NOT a rocket, but a normal turbofan engine. That engine can be easily throtled and controlled, while rocket engines are way much harder to throtle or control... not to mention that even a 500lbs engine can make a small crater into -solid CONCRETE! (check 2nd try there: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mHuhtS3658o or here: http://media.armadilloaerospace.com/2...
Amazing! And what a 9 982 lbs engine can do to a light regolit dust? That: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia... Not see a thing? Well, that engine was never meant to run, you know. It was just put on the scene with crane...
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I'm not sure this is actually Neil Armstrong; so far as I know that video doesn't exist- I'm pretty sure this is one of the other 2 crashes; the voice over is AFAIK wrong.
And add that on a jet reaction engine there is a rev up and rev down time. If you want thrust you have to apply throttle before you wanted it and vice-versa. Not that easy. That's why, if pilots come in for a difficult landing they sometimes have the speed brakes deployed. You then can land with the engines at a higher RPM. It takes less time to retract the speed brakes and get rid of drag than to spool up the engines and increase thrust in case of an aborted landing.
The LLRVs and LLTVs had more than a hundred successful flights between them. This crash was far and away the exception rather than the rule.
And rockets are much easier to throttle than jet engines. The latter depend on the air that is blowing through them, while the former depend solely on the fuel and oxidizer, both of which can be completely controlled by the pilot.
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And rockets are much easier to throttle than jet engines. The latter depend on the air that is blowing through them, while the former depend solely on the fuel and oxidizer, both of which can be completely controlled by the pilot.