On 28/09/16 22:09, Alexander Ponomarenko wrote:
> At 3x the chamber pressure, and 5-6x the peak pump outlet pressure of
a Merlin-1D
Note also that with FFSC cycle one of the two flow paths in power head
is running with oxidizer rich preburner and turbine, with estimated
preburner pressure ~45 MPa and LOX pump exit ~50 MPa.
This makes it pretty close to the RD-170 family in terms of reliability
and outcome from possible failures within the engine.
