Maluk Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 What are vernier thrusters and where are they used?
JELEINEN Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 They're small rockets used to steer a vehicle in space.
azrael Posted February 17, 2004 Posted February 17, 2004 http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:yQPVcMy...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
the white drew carey Posted February 17, 2004 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.
Beltane70 Posted February 17, 2004 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.
Chronocidal Posted February 17, 2004 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.
David Hingtgen Posted February 18, 2004 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.
ArchVile Posted February 19, 2004 Posted February 19, 2004 Or those cross shaped things on the Service Module of the Apollo capsules.
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