John Simmons's (BAR-07) Mercury Capsule Abort (LES)
This rocket is a semi-scale version of the capsule from the NASA Mercury program. It has (3) 24mm motors in the abort tower.
The capsule itself started as an Atomic City 1/12 scale plastic model.
The tower is hand built from paper tubing & basswood.
When the canted triple cluster of motors in the tower fire their ejection charges the pressure front travels down the center tube and the 30" parachute rear deploys out of the bottom of the capsule.
Build Thread Link: Mercury Escape Tower Rocket | The Rocketry Forum
Mercury LES: Complete
Mercury LES Dwg: Outline
Mercury LES Dwg: Overall Exploded View
Mercury LES Dwg: Component Exploded View
Mercury LES Dwg: Sectional View
Mercury LES: Tri-Motor Cluster Side View
Mercury LES: Tri-Motor Cluster Bottom View
Mercury LES: Tower Attachment to Capsule
Mercury LES: Tower attachment To Recovery Bay
Mercury LES: Retrograde
Mercury LES: Tower Build
Mercury LES: Motor Retention Rods
Mercury LES: Motor Retention Rods At Upper Bulkhead
Mercury LES: Motor Impingement Disc
Mercury LES: Recovery Harness
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