FFAR
Engine · USA
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American multiple-source air-to-air Folding-Fin Air Rocket, boosted by 1 x Mk7 engine. Unguided fighter weapon, later used as sounding rocket.
Recurring Price $: 0.001 million. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Maximum speed: 4,190 kph (2,600 mph).
Subtopics
- Double FFAR American test vehicle. Two stage vehicle consisting of two FFAR Mk7 motors in tandem.
- Mk7 Multiple-source solid rocket engine. Double FFAR second stage.
- Rockair American sounding rocket. The Rockair technique (research rocket launched from aircraft) was developed by the Office of Naval Research and the University of Maryland. A 2.75-inch FFAR rocket was fired from a Navy F2H-2 Banshee aircraft to an altitude of approximately 60,000 m.
- HAEC Australian two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Demon + 1 x HAEC FFAR.
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Chronology
19 events
1946 May 1
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.1946 July 1
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.1947 February 11
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.1947 April 28
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Double FFAR.1947 April 28
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.1947 November 14
Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Double FFAR.1954 December 20
Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: FFAR.1955 August 16
Launch Site: NAOTS. Launch Platform: F2H2. LV Family: FFAR. Launch Vehicle: Rockair. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USN.
Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).
First successful demonstration of Rockair technique (resarch rocket launched from aircraft) by ONR and University of Maryland team, a 2.75-inch FFAR rocket fired from a Navy F2H-2 aircraft to an altitude of approximately 180,000 feet. Rockair technique first suggested by Herman Oberth (1929) and others.