08-20-2021, 03:06 PM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Hiawatha, IA
Posts: 184
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Originally Posted by Chris_Timm
I was curious if it had any additional information on the Rigel other than rehashing the same info found in Gunston's ROCKET & MISSILES.
The Rigel development had some interesting prototype designs.
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Two very brief mentions, just to say that Grumman was to develop it and that the program was canceled. Supposed to be a Mach 2 supersonic vehicle powered by a pair of Marquardt ramjet engines. Both mentions of it immediately goes into a discussion of the Regulus. There is one concept drawing. |