Having recently mentioned the rear exhausts of a Multimac clone and that of the Airfix Starcruiser, here's another Airfix connection. This time its with SpaceX as reported in full last year by Bill in his RESCUE ME article.
In short, the Spacex II R6 Rescue Craft has been Airfixed too! I'll let Bill tell you........
When the tank is removed, we see a two pronged assembly protruding from the rear.
Close inspection reveals it to be a cast from an Airfix Saturn V second stage J2 engine pictured below. Quite why the SpaceX designers used a rocket engine backwards is beyond me!
Pic: Kevin D
"Quite why the SpaceX designers used a rocket engine backwards is beyond me!"
ReplyDeleteMaybe they wanted to get "Back to the Future"!!!???
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ha ha, nice one Mike. They're obviously retro rockets!
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