LR21
Engine · USA
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Curtiss-Wright LOx/Gasoline rocket engine. Turbine pump-fed, single thrust chamber unit intended for cancelled missile application. Engine designed to fit into the envelope dimensions of the German V-2!
Regeneratively cooled and film cooled with water-alcohol mixture, spark plug ignition.
Thrust (sl): 266.830 kN (59,986 lbf). Thrust (sl): 27,210 kgf. Engine: 147 kg (324 lb). Propellant Formulation: Lox/Low octane gasoline+coolant water+alcohol.
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- Country
- USA
- Propellants
- Lox/Gasoline
- Agency
- Curtiss-Wright