[AR] Re: Rocket thrust change with altitude, RPA

  • From: Alexander Ponomarenko <contact@xxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:44:25 +0100

Yes, but in contrast with the mentioned engine with very long nozzle,
the steam in CECE exhaust was not condensed "thermodynamically" due to
expansion in the super-high-area-ratio nozzle, but just cooled by the
cold nozzle walls.


On 10/30/2016 06:47 AM, Norman Yarvin wrote:

showing an RL10 with icicles forming on its rim as it was test-
fired... and that wasn't even the version of the RL10 with the long
carbon fiber nozzle extension!


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