Norton rocket surplus

I took a photo of the inside of the casing. In that photo you can see four "rods" that run the length of the casing. I'm not sure what they were for, maybe they supported the propellant grain or maybe they are resonance rods like those pictured in this diagram of what I believe is a Nike Ajax motor. The nozzle appears to be all steel construction with no throat insert. The entire nozzle is badly rusted, but the throat doesn't seem to have suffered any asymmetrical erosion.

Posted by Randy Dormans at PM. No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Search This Blog. Labels machining SStS TR-1 Rocket design motor design static test rocket motor srm motor test Sorbitol launch video ebay rocket firing rocket test Xylitol. USA Registered: Jan posted PM I think Norton benefited from the community and they bought the 'Salvage-1' production junkyard when the studio closed that down.

They have a lot there because the prices are unreasonably high. A lot of the Mojave crowd goes there. Sometimes to buy, mostly to measure, calculate and then go and build their own. Though what is shown in the pictures may seem like a lot, its only a fraction of Norton's original hoard distributed across several large warehouses in the LA area.

The Aerospace aspect of their business is inconsequential as its primary focus is hydraulics and support to the local movie industry - but they still DO sell a lot of rocketry hardware under the radar off line even at perceived elevated pricing. It's quite the place and the folks are great. Fun to browse for sure. I won't go into details but I left with a very nice piece for a Saturn V launch vehicle. Well worth a stop. In addition to including a tour of Norton's, the show addresses reverse-engineering of Apollo technology by MSFC staff to support Project Constellation.

I'm quite sure that the valve being examined in Huntsville is an example of the same item as I am fortunate to have acquired several years ago. I watched the segment last night with my wife and 14 year old daughter. While they still think my obsession with "space junk" makes me certifiably a whack job, at least they know that there are others who are equally nuts.

And even they admitted that it is kinda cool to watch the segment while handling the same item as they were discussing on screen. Every town needs a junk store like that.