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V2 Turbopump: Full Assembly

April 3, 2019 V2 Rocket History 0
V2 Turbopump: Full Assembly

Turbine powered propellant pumps for A4/V2 rocket engine – fuel pump on right. Full perspective assembly showing tubular ring steam inlet manifold with asbestos bandage extreme left, inlet flanges at top, frame support brackets, steam exhaust outlet square shape lower center. The overspeed trip switch can be seen just above center on fuel pump face plate. The fuel outlet flange can also been seen btm right of center. 3D model by Ray Matter

Album: Turbopump 3D CAD

Categories: Turbo-pump

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V2 Turbo-pump: B Pump housing

April 3, 2019 V2 Rocket History 0
V2 Turbo-pump: B Pump housing

‘B’ fuel pump housing for V2 rocket engine turbopump showing cast and machined surfaces – some machined areas with obvious specular reflections. Of note are the rarely seen machined contact points on the integral support brackets and the larger areas in two locations in the ring of double ended bolt fixing holes seen at 12 and 6 o’clock. These areas allowed two ‘push’ screws to be threaded into corresponding locations in the face plate. These could then be screwed down to provide a pushing force to remove the face plate from the main housing seat. This retraction system was required owing to the very tight fit of the face plate due to the narrow ‘piston fit’ tolerances and the vacuum effect of a soft gasket that was employed between the faces. 3D model by Ray Matter

Album: Turbopump 3D CAD

Categories: Turbo-pump

Tags: #3D CAD models