Tracking Instrument, Flying Model Rocket
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is an early home-made tracking device from the 1950s made by an unknown individual. It has a sighting rod, azimuth and elevation indicators, for tracking flying model rockets. It is made of wood, metal, and plastic.
- G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket models, donated the artifact to the Museum in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930794000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Steel
- Plastic
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Overall (assembled): 12 × 8 × 10 3/4 in. (30.5 × 20.3 × 27.3cm)
- Other (main tracking instrument): 8 1/4 × 6 × 12 in. (21 × 15.2 × 30.5cm)
- Other (base): 7 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (18.4 × 8.3 × 18.4cm)
- 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_A19930794000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv995bc0849-2555-4b98-90c3-12a502ce64a7
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