Alrighty, aint posted one of these for awhile, but, I've been..."busy". Oh no, School starts in 2 days (sniff). Anyway, I've promised the v2, and thats what you'll get (even if it is a little short)
The A4/V2 Rocket
Which my SOSE teacher claims is a V12, hehe
Length: 46 feet.
All-up weight (with 9 tonnes of fuel and a one-tonne warhead): 13 tonnes.
Time to "Mach 1" (sound barrier): Under 30secs
Max burning-time: 65-70secs
For a long range-firing, V-2 reached a peak trajectory height of 50-60 miles, but much greater heights could be reached if range was no object. January 1945 saw the height of the attack on Britain: nearly 60 V-2 explosions were reported in the first week.
Told you it was short, didn't I...
For a wealth of info, pics, sound clips, movie clips etc, please visit...
http://www.v2rocket.com/
It's excellent
V2's at Peenemunde, the V-2 in the foreground sits atop a "Meillerwagen", a special vehicle, devised to carry the V-2 to the launching pad.
This is just to give you some idea of the scale
And, here are the blueprints...
-Von P