V2 rocket
20/04/22 18:59
If you have ever wondered what colour the V2 A4 rocket was painted when they were fired at the UK in late 1944 - We have the answer - green.
The V2 was steered using graphite rudders in the main engine thrust flow but also each of the four fins had a steering/air rudder in the outer edge.
This is the remains of a fin rudder that was fired at London. It measures 46 cm x 44 cm x 12 cm.
There is original green paint on the outer steel skinning as well as red iron oxide on the inner surface. There is also a lot of black burned paint from the rocket explosion where this was piece was blown off. The large metal piece at the top is a steel counterweight welded to the frame.
We have electrolytically de rusted it before carefully polishing the metal surfaces and then adding a bearing to the steering shaft that sits in a block of walnut that allows it to be wall hung and in which it can swivel as it last did in late Dec 1944.
The V2 was steered using graphite rudders in the main engine thrust flow but also each of the four fins had a steering/air rudder in the outer edge.
This is the remains of a fin rudder that was fired at London. It measures 46 cm x 44 cm x 12 cm.
There is original green paint on the outer steel skinning as well as red iron oxide on the inner surface. There is also a lot of black burned paint from the rocket explosion where this was piece was blown off. The large metal piece at the top is a steel counterweight welded to the frame.
We have electrolytically de rusted it before carefully polishing the metal surfaces and then adding a bearing to the steering shaft that sits in a block of walnut that allows it to be wall hung and in which it can swivel as it last did in late Dec 1944.