LR17
Engine · USA
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Curtiss-Wright LOx/Gasoline rocket engine. Assisted take-off power for XB-45. Single thrust chamber, both regeneratively cooled and film-cooled with water, spark plug ignition, turbine-pump fed.
Dropped by parachute. Similar in performance to Aerojet AJ-13.
Thrust (sl): 17.600 kN (3,957 lbf). Thrust (sl): 1,800 kgf. Engine: 268 kg (590 lb). Chamber Pressure: 20.00 bar. Propellant Formulation: Lox/Low octane gasoline+coolant water.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Propellants
- Lox/Gasoline
- Agency
- Curtiss-Wright