August 25, 2003
Rocket Science: Pintle Injection

Don't like your old showerhead injector? Tired of combustion instability? Looking for a way to deep throttle on ascent (wink wink, nudge nudge)? Try pintle injection!

[Thanks to Dominic Pledger for inspiring this topic]

Posted by T.L. James on August 25, 2003 09:48 PM

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T. L. James,

Forget using three to five engines per stage! Pintle injector engines are so reliable that you only need one engine per stage for a manned launch vehicle!



Posted by: Dominic Pledger at August 26, 2003 05:27 PM