Once again Patreon seems to be becoming unstable. So I’ve got an alternate: The APR Monthly Historical Documents Program
For some years I have been operating the “Aerospace Projects Review Patreon” which provides monthly rewards in the form of high resolution scans of vintage aerospace diagrams, art and documents. This has worked pretty well, but it seems that perhaps some people might prefer to sign on more directly. Fortunately, PayPal provides the option not only for one-time purchases but also monthly subscriptions. By subscribing using the drop-down menu below, you will receive the same benefits as APR Patrons, but without going through Patreon itself.
Subscribers will receive a link once per month (typically in the last few days of the month) to a ZIP archive on Dropbox containing a collection of PDF documents and image format diagrams/artwork. With the current level of Patrons/subscribers, I am offering one large format diagram and three “points” worth of documents… with a one-point document being something like a brochure or small booklet, on up to three-pointers that can run five hundred pages. I tend to focus on unbuilt aircraft and spacecraft projects, and try to make sure that each months rewards are evenly split between aircraft and spacecraft. Higher level subscribers will receive additional scheduled items as well as access to “APR Extras,” occasionally uploaded somewhat random items of aerospace interest. The subscription levels include:
$1.50 per month: Subscribers receive the documents and diagrams at 125 DPI
$4.00 per month: Subscribers receive the documents and diagrams at 300 DPI, as well as access to the two most recent years worth of “APR Extras” on Dropbox
$5.00 per month: Same as $4 level but with a bonus CAD diagram of my creation in 8.5X11 page PDF format
$8.00 per month: Same as $5 level but the CAD diagram is sized for 18X24… and you also get the CAD diagram in DXF format.
$10 per month: Same as $8 level, but you will receive monthly catalogs of diagrams and documents I have, and you get to vote on what will be released later that month.
More than $10: you also will receive additional higher-value “Extra” content at irregular intervals.
More even than that: the drop-down menu includes levels such as $20 and $50. I really should have something for those values, but I’m unsure yet. How about: at $50, one of your choices *will* be in that months rewards no matter how the voting goes. If there are multiple $50 subscribers… well, I’ll try to figure something out…
Here are some examples of prior rewards packages:
October 2018:
CAD diagram: 20-meter Orion spacecraft
Diagram: Genealogy of Piper aircraft
Document: “Story of the Uprated Saturn I” NASA-MSFC brochure circa 1966 describing the Saturn Ib, including future possibilities
Document: “Preliminary Design Study of a Three Stage Satellite Ferry Rocket Vehicle,” 1954 Goodyear paper describing the METEOR launch vehicle. First of a number of METEOR documents I have.
Document: “The Rocket Research Aircraft Program 1946-1962,” Edwards AFB booklet describing the various rocket aircraft tested up to the x-15
September 2018:
Diagram: A foldout diagram of an Apollo-derived logistics spacecraft
Document: “The Piasecki Story,” an illustrated history of the company and its products
Document: “The N.S. Savannah,” a brochure about the sole nuclear powered merchant vessel
Document: “Lunar Spacecraft Design” A paper describing the evolution of the General Electric Apollo design, quite similar to the later Soyuz spacecraft
CAD diagram: 1985 design of the British HOTOL spaceplane
June 2018:
A sizable January, 1945 technical description of the YP-80 “Shooting Star” by Lockheed. 300 or so pages, filled with illustrations of the aircraft and components.
“On The Utility of the Moon in Space Transportation: the Lunatron Concept.” A 1963 NASA concept for using an electromagnetic accelerator to hurl payloads from the lunar surface onto high energy trajectories, up to solar system escape.
A scan of a large-format Sikorsky lithograph of an ABC (advancing blade concept) VTOL airliner (basically a 727 fuselage turned into a high-speed helicopter).
An all-new CAD diagram of the Soviet Chelomei LKS spaceplane with an inboard profile showing the military (nuclear bombardment) payload. The first in a series on the LKS.
