Cylindrical combustion chamber tapering down to exhaust nozzle at bottom, the entire chamber and nozzle formed of 73 vertically arranged cooling tubes, which are braided around the bottom of the chamber forming a wide rim; three equidistant horizontal support hoops around the upper part of the nozzle and five additional similar support hoops arranged equidistant from the upper throat of the nozzle to the top of the chamber; top rim of chamber with three different types of ring closures, the first a wide band with numerous equidistant holes drilled around it, the second with a single line of larger equidistant holes, and the third ring, without holes, but with equidistant protrusions around its top periphery.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
03/10/2022
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Rockets; Space
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