[AR] Re: Aerospike

  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:53:14 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022, கே.பி.எம் மாஸ் கார்த்தி wrote:

What do you think about a linear aerospike nozzle?

"A solution in search of a problem." :-)

It adds further design complications to the already-complicated aerospike, and the only big advantage is that the rectangular shape is better suited to going on the rear surface of a wide, flat lifting-body vehicle. Seems unlikely to be worth the trouble unless you really want to use such a vehicle shape for other reasons.

Henry

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