Basic Bricks Flashcards
What are the three types of auxiliary power?
Electric
Pneumatic
Hydraulic
What are the three types of fuses used in GM?
Impact
Variable time
Prox
What are the three classes of warheads in GM?
HE
Special
Non operational
Name four basic bricks.
Structure Guidance Control Auxiliary power Payload Fuzing
What are the two types of propellants?
Liquid
Solid
Name five types of guidance.
Terrestrial reference
Radio navigation
Celestial navigation
Inertial navigation
What does SACLOS stand for?
Semi Automatic Command to Line of Sight
Define missile guidance.
The ability to alter the direction of the flight of a missile after launch and able to do so until it is close to the point of impact
What are the three types of homing guidance?
Active
Semi active
Passive
What are the three components of a guidance system?
Tracking device
Computing device
Directing device
What are the three phases of guidance?
Launch phase
Mid course phase
Terminal phase
What are the four assemblies to a Bi propellant engine?
Storage tanks for propellants
Engine
Propellant feed systems
Fuel control systems
List three advantages to solid propellants.
Ease of handling and storage
Simple design
Immediate response on firing
Storage container for propellant
What are the two types of gyroscopes?
Free
Rate
What are two types of sensor used in control systems?
Gyroscopes
Accelerometers
