Thruster

This article explains the missile component; The thruster of ship technology is explained under transverse thruster control system .

Fireproof plates that are built into the jet of a rocket and enable its directional control are referred to as thrusters .

Their material production is an extremely demanding task because the burning temperature of rockets can exceed 1000 ° C. For this reason, larger engine units - for example for space travel - are also designed to be pivotable as a whole in order to control the thrust vector , which, however, entails other problems of mechanical stability .

One of the first rockets with a thruster was the unit 4 (A4), for which graphite was used.

See also:

• Missile test , thrust vector control , air traffic control equipment
• Robert Goddard , Konstantin Eduardowitsch Ziolkowski , Max Valier