NAR Pogo Vehicle Credit - via Jean-Christophe Carbonel

Class: Manned. Type: Lunar Flyer. Destination: Moon. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Bendix.

The MOBEV F1B one-man pogo flying vehicle was the selected configuration for the one-man pogo application from three alternatives. Maximum operational mass with astronaut and payload, 258 kg.

It relied on manual control obtained by thruster gimballing for pitch and roll, and jetavators for yaw. Communication was limited to the PLSS VHF line of sight, voice system. Navigation and guidance was done visually with aids such as maps and a sextant to determine initial flight direction. The F1B had a fueled mass of 82 kg, a range of 20 km, and would take $11.1 million and 24 months to develop.

LFV Concepts Summary

Pogo Single-Crew Surface to Surface

                        F1A  F1B   F1C
Fueled Mass(kg)         64    82   310
Range(km)                8    20   170
Crew Size                1     1     1
Development Cost($M)  10.6  11.1  13.4
Development Time(Mos)   24    24    24

Multiman Surface to Surface
                        F2A  F2B  F2C  F2D    F3A   F3B   F3C  F3D
Fueled Mass(kg)         288  392  530  788    529  1074  2066 4209
Range(km)                20   50  100  200     50  200   400   800
Crew Size                 2    2    2    2      3    3     3     3
Development Cost($M)   29.1 29.5 30.1 30.9   30.8 32.7  36.8  44.5
Development Time(Mos)    42   42   42   42     42   42    42    42

Surface to Lunar Orbit
                         F2E   F3E 
Fueled Mass(kg)         1106  1476
Crew Size                  2     3
Development Cost($M)    33.0  34.8
Development Time(Mos)     42    42

Crew Size: 1. Mass: 82 kg (180 lb). Main Engine Propellants: 33 kg (72 lb). Main Engine Isp: 290 sec.