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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Cutaway, Bullpup B Missile

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    Cylindrical, cutaway, with tapering in back to accommodate the internal, cup-shaped nozzle. Inside reveals two separate propellant (fuel and oxidizer) tanks, the first, closest to the nozzle, painted red, and proably meant for the oxidizer; the next tank, green, probably for the fuel; imbedded inside the green tank is a separate cylindrical container, cutaway, with simulated solid propellant, tan, apparenty made of wood; this propellant was actually to create the expulsion gas, to force in the liquid propellants through the injector and into the combustion chamber; exterior of the cutaway motor, white or creme colored, glossy; the cutaway indicates this motor was probably a training or commercial exhibition motor. Overall, aluminum (tanks and body, etc.); steel grating, cutaway, at end of motor (away from nozzle); steel half ring (cutaway), on bottom of simulated solid propellant cobtainer; simulated solid propellant, wood The name "Thiokol" appears in red on the outside of the motor, some of the letters scratched or faded; letters need repainting. Otherwise the object is in good exhibitable condition.

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01/14/2022

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Engines; Military; Missiles; Rockets; Space

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