A4 / V2 Rocket in detail: Turbopump

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend the series for its in-depth, hands-on explanation of how V2 turbopumps and peroxide decomposition work.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Astronomy and Nature TV

Topic

rocket turbopumps

Format

documentary

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• If that interests you then this series of videos is definitely worth watching. It details several parts of the German V2 missile, the grand father of all modern liquid propellant rockets. This one is about the turbopump which is one of the most interesting parts. …

• For an in-depth and interesting explanation of how that works, I enjoyed this video: [VIDEO] Includes a demonstration of the potassium permanganate and hydrogen peroxide at around the 52 minute mark.

• The German V2 rockets also used hydrogen peroxide and a catalyst (sodium or possibly potassium permanganate) to drive their turbopumps (which pumped LOx and alcohol into the engine.) Here's a pretty good 2.5 hour long documentary about the V2 turbopumps specifically: [VIDEO] (The H2O2/catalyst system …