Theoretically, yes. In practice they'd never *quite* spin at the same rate. At these kind of rotation speeds even 1% difference is 1000s of rpm. Plus, this current design of engine isn't throttleable but variations on the design of course could be.
Still, the potential for SSTO is there with any engine with such a high thrust/weight ratio. And there's plenty of spare capacity to play with left to fix the issue. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >It would be a major problem with one engine, but solvable with >any even number of engines. > >Dan > >In a message dated 5/31/02 6:16:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< There's one awkward issue with this design though- what stops the body >of the rocket >turning with the engine? > >I mean sure, you can add another thruster to balance it out, but its >more weight >and not that easy. > >-Ian >> > >_______________________________________________ >ERPS-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list > _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
