Object Details
- Summary
- This receiver is an unflown example of part of the V2's on-board guidance system. The A4 (V2) rocket, developed by Germany during the Second World War, is considered to have begun the era of ballisitic missiles used as a weapon. Some versions were controlled by radio signals from the ground during launch, to keep the rocket on course as it ascended through crosswinds. An on-board receiver, such as this one, took these signals, mixed them with information taken from on-board gyroscopes, and directed control signals to the vanes in the rocket exhaust to steer the rocket.
- It was donated to the Smithsonian by Helmut Hoelzer, its inventor and one of the German engineers who worked on the V2.
- Credit Line
- Gift Dr. Helmut Hoelzer
- Inventory Number
- A19870356000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Guidance & Control
- Materials
- Case: metal, with electroonic components inside.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 13.2 x 7.6 x 29.9cm (5 3/16 x 3 x 11 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19870356000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv935c0ae3b-7706-4d97-9817-879a33c9cb5e
