Maluk Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 What are vernier thrusters and where are they used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 They're small rockets used to steer a vehicle in space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:yQPVcMy...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Generally, you'll find vernier thrusters all over the body of any space-going vehicle which plans on going in more than one directiion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltane70 Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 For a good example of vernier thrusters, look at just about any mobile suit in Gundam. All those nozzles placed all over the body are vernier thrusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Or for a real life reference, all those little holes or black circles on the space shuttle are also thrusters of a type, although I don't know if they're actual engines, or just compressed gas valves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Did some checking----even the tiniest of the "little black holes" on the shuttle are fully functional verniers. Thus all of the shuttle's verniers are liquid-fueled rockets. 24 pounds of thrust from the little ones, 870 on the larger ones. Little ones good for 330,000 firings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchVile Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Or those cross shaped things on the Service Module of the Apollo capsules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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