Originally Posted by Ez2cDave

Where in the world did you ever find that fin ?

Dave F.

Originally Posted by Gus

By the way, this is what a real Terrier fin looks like.

I get the funniest stuff in the mail.

The dog's name, obviously, is "Gus."

Originally Posted by Gus

I found it on my front porch.

It arrived, unsolicited, in the mail, from a very good friend who thought I would like it.

He was right. 😁

Originally Posted by tbzep

No no no no no!

You launched a scale Terrier Malemute and it drifted over the tree line into a thicket. You sent Gus to retrieve it and he came back with the real thing.


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Originally Posted by aeppel_cpm

Here's the problem I've run into. Terriers, like Nikes, seem to have flown with a number of different fins. And it looks like even with Nike fins sometimes.

Peter Always' drawing of the Terrier Malemute show it in a configuration that seems to appear just once - the first flight. He shows the 3:1 ogive (when seems to get some use, based on other photos). A payload section about 2.5 calibers long - which is the shortest pictured. Other Terrier Malemute and Terrier Improved Malemute (motor 2" longer and improved attachment to the interstage) show payloads 6-8 calibers long. No biggee if I want to model model more than one - just more body tube.

Peter's drawing shows the double wedge profile with a root : tip cord ratio of 3.8, a span of 22.1 inches and a root chord of 24.5 inches. That's clearly the same fins on the RIM-2F and he has the same measurements in the Homing Terrier Refit RIM-2F drawing.
Dave has posted another Terrier fin drawing with a diamond profile, root:tip ratio of 2.5, root chord of 33.5", span of 22 inches. With matching photos. I believe it to be the RIM-2C/BT-3 version.
Going through photos of the Terrier Malemute, I'm measuring root:tip ratios of 2.13. multiple photos with different payloads. And a root:span ratio of 1.2 - measurably different than the 1.1 of the 2F, or the 1.5 of the 2C.

So what the heck fin is it? And how's a modeler to choose?

Originally Posted by PeterAlway

It's a wonder that I can find enough to draw anything.
Peter Alway

Originally Posted by PeterAlway

Welcome to my world! Sometimes I can find clues, sometimes I can't. The Terrier-Malemute was a case of finding some data somewhere (I'm guessing someone mailed some bits to me, in this case, but I can't remember who offhand) and drawing up the one version I can draw. Sometimes various components vary all over the map. Sometimes things are pretty standard.


Peter Alway