Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Askania Werke A.G.
- Summary
- This device was used to guide the World War II-era flying bomb "V-1" from launch ramps in German-controlled territory to targets in Belgium and England. A set of air-driven gyros maintained the bomb's course, and a timing device determined when to cut off the pulse-jet motor and commence a dive to a target.
- This autopilot was apparently recovered from a V-1 that landed, unexploded, in London.
- Donated to the Museum by the Army and Navy Club in 1953.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Army and Navy Club
- Inventory Number
- A19530055000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Guidance & Control
- Materials
- Case: metal, probably aluminum. gyroscopes: metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 35.6 x 30.5 x 22.9cm (14 x 12 x 9 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19530055000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv908f11f32-fb14-45b3-87bd-a41f400a1fdd
