Rheinbote missile scale data

[blackshire]

Hello All,

Below are several links to scale data (including model plans) on the World War II German Rheinbote, a four-stage solid propellant missile. It had a range of 137 miles (although with a very small--just 88 pounds--warhead). Its diglycol propellant solid motors demonstrated that solid propellant rockets could compete with liquid propellant ones for long-range applications. It also set a speed record of Mach 5, which would not be exceeded for several years. Had World War II gone the other way, I think the Rheinbote would have been used as a military surplus sounding rocket, as we used military surplus Deacon and Nike motors for sounding rockets. Here are the links:

A Rheinbote scale model rocket! http://www.rocketreviews.com/descon-rheinbote-adrian-hurt.html and http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~adrian/rheinbote/Rheinbote.doc
http://rafmuseum-1.titaninternet.co.uk/cosford/collections/missiles/missile_info.cfm?missile_id=23
http://www.reocities.com/pentagon/2833/wunderwaffen/missile/rheinbote/rheinbote.html
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rheinbote.html (includes dimensions, drawings, and photos)
http://cm1cm2.ceyreste.free.fr/armes_secretes/rheinbote2.jpg
http://cm1cm2.ceyreste.free.fr/armes_secretes/rheinbote397.jpg
http://www.sitesv1du-nord-de-la-france.com/autresarmesV/Rhein2.jpg
http://www.luftwaffen-projekte.de/lwp/raketen/rhein/bote.jpg
this is at RAFM Cosford, England - http://www.bredow-web.de/Drohnen_und_Raketen/Rheinmetall_Rheinbote/Rheinbote.jpg
Rheinbote videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfglgKdIVk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUi-KDSBOc
More Rheinbote links: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=rheinbote+missile&oq=Rheinbote&gs_l=hp.1.1.0l4j0i30l6.218955.221880.1.229460.9.3.0.0.0.0.1813.4656.7-1j2.3.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.gdV9xM8fM9Q&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=da9d1f2af568c603&biw=634&bih=302

I hope this material will be helpful.

[Brain]

I'm always interested in this kind of info. This rocket would be a neat model for a build... and I've seen it elsewhere before, but I'd love to see a build of that other rocket behind the subject rocket in that museum photo - I'd like to see that fly, too! Very cool!

[blackshire]

I'm always interested in this kind of info. This rocket would be a neat model for a build... and I've seen it elsewhere before, but I'd love to see a build of that other rocket behind the subject rocket in that museum photo - I'd like to see that fly, too! Very cool!I believe that's a Rheintocher, a radar beam-riding SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile). It might even make a workable R/C model (with low-thrust, long-burning motors); one channel could mechanically deploy a parachute for landing.