Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Reaction Motors, Inc.
- Summary
- The "resojet," made by Reaction Motors, Incorporated (RMI) in 1944 to attempt to duplicate the pulsejet engine of the German V-1 cruise missile, was not a rocket, but an air-breathing, reaction-propulsion motor. The project began in July 1944 when RMI engineers were summoned by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C. for consultations on the V-1. The Navy was primarily interested in a potential motor for its own ship-borne missile. The RMI engineers were provided with very sketchy details and were asked to construct and test a duplicate. Work on this development started in mid-July and was completed in early August. Tests were undertaken until September. RMI succeeded in improving the device, but the U.S. armed forces chose to copy the V-1 pulsejet along with the missile, so the resojet was abandoned.
- Thiokol Chemical Corporation, which acquired RMI in 1958, gave this motor to the Smithsonian in 1975.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Thiokol Chemical Corporation
- Inventory Number
- A19771238000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Aluminum Alloy
- Steel
- Paint
- Solder
- Enamel
- Copper Alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10in. x 11in. x 10ft 4 1/2in. x 6in. (25.4 x 27.94 x 316.23 x 15.24cm)
- Storage (Rehoused on aluminum pallet): 154.9 × 322.6 × 172.1cm, 319.8kg (61 in. × 10 ft. 7 in. × 67 3/4 in., 705lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19771238000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv928ff1bf9-abed-4099-94b4-a53039f38d51
