[FPSPACE] Landing Sensors on LK shown in the Tambov Arsenal

[davidlrickman at aol.com]

Greeting!


There has been footage shown recently of a soviet LK stored at the Arsenal in the Tambov Oblast. This LK can be seen at about 51 seconds into the video:


http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=350538


This is the same LK seen in the Energia History big book. It has the same type Integrated Orientation System seen on the LK at the Moscow Aviation Institute and the top radiator plate is missing, but there are additional foot-pads on this model which make it quite intriguing. These pads slip over the cellular cushions on the bottom of the pads and pressure from landing activate three sensors connected on the top of each foot. 


Editors from Novosti Kosmonavtiki can also be seen in the video with cameras in hand, so hopefully we will get some clear shots of these new details. Until such time I have placed screen shots of these on my Flickr page and will continue to update it as I get more images.




http://www.flickr.com/photos/9420712@N03/


Best Regards,


David L. Rickman




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