MISSILE WITH SEPARABLE ENGINE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: jet-propelled ammunition. SUBSTANCE: the missile with a separable engine has a sustainer stage with a nose cone and an engine of composite material with a conical-ogival section and a threaded bush with a ring stop and a tailpiece in the vent joined to it by means of the release mechanism. A thin-walled metal bush of the conical-ogival shape with a through ring bottom and inner surface of the equidistant conical-ogival section of the engine is installed on the conical-ogival section of the engine flush with it. Made on the bush ogival section in parallel with the missile longitudinal axis uniformly in circumference are longitudinal grooves dividing the ogival section into segments, the ring bottom of the bush rests on the annular stop of the threaded bush and pressed in flush by a conical-necked nut. EFFECT: provided strong and stiff joint of missile stages of different calibers, enhanced longitudinal stability in flight. 3 dwg