Looked at the drawing using Turbo CAD 4.0 -- or whatever the free distribution is called. Are you considering custom manufacturing said ball valve on top of the engine's head?
--- Alex Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Build the valve into the rocket engine body. > I was thinking about this design for a while, > thought I'd sketch it out. > Drawing attached. > The recent postings on emergency shut down made > me regurgitate the > idea. The idea was originally to save weight and > space, but it occurred > to me that if there was no plumbing after the valve > that purging would > be easier, as there would be no pipe to contaminate. > I have omitted the > nozzle and cat pack. This valve would be for H2O2. > I'm cogitating on an > integral fuel valve. I think the H2O2 would cool > this valve enough not > to melt the seal while it was open, when closed I > wonder if the heat > built up during the burn wouldn't burn the seals on > the ball valve > (omitted in drawing). > > > -- > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > ........ Alex Fraser N3DER ......... > ......... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ....... > [~]_>^</\-[~]_>^</\-[~]_>^</\-[~]_>^< > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-zip-compressed name=bonnet_12.ZIP __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
