Help! Need Correct Dimensions of Saturn V Rocket

**mbauer** · #1 07-31-2012, 12:34 AM

Been searching online for the dimensions of the Saturn V Rocket and Apollo Capsule.

Found several sorces that show the diameters.

I've found many sources for the height, but it isn't shown if the height is from the engine bell to the top of the stage. What I need is the height of each stage when the rocket is together.

Is there a good 3-view drawing that shows these particular dimensions anywhere?

Or can anyone fill in the height for each section were there is a question mark? (PDF file at the bottom)

Thanks for any help with this.

Mike

**mperdue** · #2 07-31-2012, 08:32 AM

According to some of my sources (and provided my arithmetic is correct) the dimensions from the top are:
10.08'
14.70'
28.00'
42.67'
18.96'

I can't give dimensions for the last two because your drawing is wrong so my dims would be meaningless.

I also found this http://media.photobucket.com/image/s...rusSaturnV.jpg which should help.

**richkat** · #3 07-31-2012, 02:20 PM

See if this will help....lots of cool info.....Rich
Saturn V Press Kit

**Retired_for_now** · #4 07-31-2012, 03:02 PM

Haven't done the grunt work, but somewhere in here should be the reference material you need:
Ninfinger Productions: Space Modelers Email List Vault

Yogi (blessed be the pack-rats ...)

**Retired_for_now** · #5 07-31-2012, 03:21 PM

Mike,
You might also try a search of the source: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp . Search terms might be problematic, but I found a few bits quickly using "Saturn V" (in quotes).
Yogi

**mbauer** · #6 07-31-2012, 10:05 PM

Thanks to everyone!

My search, several of them, leads me to believe close is about as good as it gets. I've been to the NASA website and found stuff there, problem is just like these references, heights are sometimes listed as 21.8 feet or 21ft 8 inches (8 inches =.6666667 ft), which are not the same value.

The diameters all say the same thing.

Since this rocket was engineering, not Architectural, I'm going with decimal feet instead of feet and inches.

Another issue is from the NASA site; found a drawing that said to the top of the third stage and instrument area the height is 281 feet, but adding the dimesnions shown on the side adds up to 280.8 ft, looks like some areas are rounded off to the nearest foot.

This thread was to double check what I was finding already, some new links showed up.

The drawing mperdue links to is the cleanest I've seen yet except for the 3d on the NASA site that is available for download (no dimensions just a 3d drawing).

Once again Thank You! Now I know I'm not just seeing things...

Mike

**jleslie48** · #7 08-01-2012, 06:22 AM

this should be the end all and be all:

**mbauer** · #8 08-01-2012, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jleslie48

this should be the end all and be all:

Thank You Jon! Problem taken care of! Exactly what I needed. The stationing is better than any I've seen in all of my searches!

Now back to the drawing "board". 1/48 scale means it should be exactly 6.95380208 ft high from the bottom of the engines to the top of the Apollo Capsule.

Awesome!!!
Mike

**jleslie48** · #9 08-01-2012, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbauer

Thanks to everyone!
the height is 281 feet, but adding the dimesnions shown on the side adds up to 280.8 ft,

I think for all real purposes, either is close enough. In reality thermal expansion and contraction will change the height of the SATV more than 0.2 feet anyway.

**mbauer** · #10 08-01-2012, 10:17 AM

Hi Jon,

You are correct! What I really needed was to try and fit the first stage diameter on a 36" piece of cardstock. By using the exact dimensions, was hoping to be able to do the next version at 1/32 scale to match the Saturn 1B, I just completed.

It is so close, it makes me cry to see the diameter won't quite fit, it is around 37" that is needed to do this, counting printer margins that means about 2.5" short. Height would be over 10ft high.

Guess 1/48 will have to work.

Mike