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which was aerodynamically proven in the speed range to be studied. The shape of the missile and its fins were utilized though at 52% of size of the
Wasserfall. The exhaust vanes used for low velocity control of Wasserfall were omitted and preliminary guidance was provided by a launch tower similar to
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NATIV was a highly classified program in a highly classified subject and as a result, little hard fact was publicized at the time. By the time the information could be declassified development in the field had made it irrelevant. While almost lost in the history of missile development in the United
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The engine for NATIV was a development of the WAC Corporal engine. Built by
Aerojet, the 21AL2600 engine was later used by the early Aerobee. With the creation of the United States Air Force in September 1947, Project MX-770 was assigned to the new Air Force, while ballistic missiles were assigned
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Schmidt, a guidance engineer on the project, commented upon the difficulties of an underfunded ad hoc program being conducted at a remote location. "It had become apparent that the instrumentation program was underfunded and behind schedule . . . we went
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Exactly what the type of the missile, its range and payload were all changing during the period from the mid-1940s to early 1950s. One major consideration was that limited funds meant that an extensive build / test / modify process such as that used by the
Germans in developing the V-2 was not
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The NATIV was so primitive that there was little provision for range safety. There was no destruct system so if the missile was tracked on an incorrect trajectory by the SCR-584 radars, the only provision to terminate the flight was to shut down the engine by command.
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On the RTV-A-2 (MX-774), a camera recorded the results displayed upon an instrument panel. Both the number of parameters recorded and the survivability of the film record were limited. Therefore, dependence upon the intact recovery of this camera was not desirable.
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in the late 1940s to test and evaluate guided missile technologies. The North
American Test Instrumentation Vehicle (NATIV) was developed as part of the MX-770 program which was created towards the end of WWII with the intent of developing a long range missile.
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Boeing engineers with the GAPA program, which occupied the pad adjacent to the NATIV effort, jokingly deemed the missile "North
American Tried In Vain", and after launch failures, labeled it as "Not Able To Increase Velocity."
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project, information on the results of the NATIV project are inconsistent, with some sources claiming six successes of 20 launch attempts, while others suggest only one of six launch attempts was a partial success.
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161:2,600 lbf (12 kN)
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614:. New York: Plenum Press.
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122:1,200 pounds (540 kg)
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782:Sutton, George (2006).
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272:Failures in the program
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223:North American Aviation
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