I am not manufacturing this valve. I put it on list as I think the
idea is worth considering. Adapting off the shelf valves to rocketry is
convenient and speeds production of working machines. This is good, but
I wonder if what the limits of this methodology are. It's like a "L"
head piston engine compared to a modern overhead cam design (Briggs and
Stratton versus Honda).
Balls and seats are not easy to make. I would think finding a
suitable off the shelf valve that you could strip the components out of
and mount in a new valve body/engine would be the way to go.
Armadillo's main engine on the Spider Man Mover, IIRC sucks down 30
amps on the main valve and I'm not sure at all what the attitude engines
use. There will be a point in scaling things up where off the shelf
electrically actuated valves just won't do for rocketry. I am thinking
about this, I left the motive force out of the drawing as I just don't
know how yet.
Development time allotted to a large light throttable valve will be
of NO use to KISS or any of the next couple of generations of ERPS
machines, but there will come a time when you will have to make the
change and spend the time. A good start would be to make detailed
drawings of your current OTS valves (if you don't already have them) and
start building a drawing library.
Bill Clawson wrote:
> 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).
> >
> >
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