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How NASA brought the monstrous F-1 “moon rocket” engine back to life
There has never been anything like the Saturn V, the launch vehicle that powered the United States past the Soviet Union to a series of manned lunar landings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The rocket redefined "massive," standing 363 feet (110 meters) in height and producing a ludicrous 7.68 million pounds (34 meganewtons) of thrust from the five monstrous, kerosene-gulping Rocketdyne F-1 rocket engines that made up its first stage. (arstechnica.com) Más..."for sale: 1 F-1 Moon Rocket, 30 years SMOH...new gami jectors! FAST FAST FAST!"
Lunar landings ...? Where?
Fairly certain the ducting you mention is the injection of cold fuel/oxidizer. The F-1 was a regeneratively cooled engine. This cools the engine cone and pre-heats the fuel before injection. It's apparently a delicate design balance, but Werner knew what he was doing... Wikipedia has a detailed description.
Fairly certain the ducting you mention is the injection of cold fuel/oxidizer. This cools the engine cone and pre-heats the fuel before injection. It's apparently a delicate design balance, but Werner knew what he was doing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun