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How Does A V2 Work?

It was powered by a liquid propellant rocket engine of liquid ethanol (which took 30 tons of potatoes to fuel a single launch) and liquid oxygen. A mixture of 75% ethyl alcohol and 25% water and liquid oxygen were delivered into a thrust/combustion chamber by two rotary pumps. How did the V-2 guidance system work? …

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