Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Centuri Engineering
- Summary
- This is an assembled flying V-2 missile model of 1:40 scale, produced by Centuri Engineering. It is based on the Nazi V-2 missile that carried a 2,000 pound conventional warhead up to 200 miles and was used extensively against London, Antwerp, and other Allied cities during 1944-1945. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa nosecone and fins, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model; the parachute is deployed at the end of the vertical flight. The model can be retrieved and used again.
- This model was donated to the Museum in 1970 by the manufacturer, one of the largest American makers of flying models.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Centuri Engineering
- Inventory Number
- A19700394000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Cardboard, Balsa wood, Paint, Felt
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 14 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (37.5 × 11.4 × 11.4cm)
- 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_A19700394000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c391416b-1346-43db-bc0b-df5c58f3cc26
