C. Newport wrote:
I have been trying to find drawings or photos of a particular Aerobee
research rocket without success. In Willy Ley's "Rockets, Missiles, and
Space Travel" (1959 edition), on page 285, figure 48, is a line drawing of
an Aerobee having swept-back fins with an overall length of the second stage
given as 226 inches.

Does anyone know if this particular design was ever flown (with these
swept-back fins) and where I might find some photos and/or diagrams?

I'm just starting to get into high-powered rocketry and am considering
building a flyable scale model of this particular design configuration.

C. Newport


Is this the fin arrangement you mean?

http://users.ev1.net/~txhipowr/Rocketry/Aerobee170/

This was used, I beleive, on the 150A, 170, and 200. There was a
*very, very* nice model of the 150A at the NARAM in 2000 or 20001.

The Aerobee 350 used fins with more taper, but still swept (and to
be technical, the standard Aerobee fins were clipped deltas, and thus
the 1/4 chord line was swept, too).

As Always (pun intended), "Rockets of the World" is the definitive
reference.

Brett