TX-38 Ducted Rocket
Length | 72 inches |
Diameter | 6 inches |
Weight | 71 lbs. |
Burn Time | 10.3 sec |
The ducted rocket is a hybrid, air-breathing device that is intermediate in design and function between a solid propellant rocket motor and an athodyd, or ramjet, motor. Successful flight testing of the TX-38 was conducted in 1958. Thiokol holds the patent for this system.
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