At 02:25 PM 9/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, John Carmack wrote:
> > For monoprop use, you can make reasonable arguments for flange-at-top vs
> > flange-at-bottom (our early foam engines were flange-at-top), but for
> > experimental biprop work, separate cat packs and nozzles makes a lot of
> > sense...
>
>Also for experimental biprop work, it might be worth making an extender
>ring (bolts to the cat pack on one end, provides the same flange on the
>other end) or two, to experiment with different chamber lengths.  If a
>longer chamber improves performance, you need to work on more efficient
>mixing.

Cooling is an issue there, but making the extension a big hunk of copper 
for heat-sink operation is probably reasonable.

John Carmack

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