The R7 rocket has 32 engines running when it blasts off. The central booster has 4 main engines and 4 small engines for attitude control, each external booster has 4 mains and 2 smalls
Allan, that's just the engine beginning to ignite. Fuel enters the chamber by gravity feed first, as you are seeing. Then this turns the turbine blades and hydrogen peroxide is pumped into a steam chamber that begins to power the fuel pump. The flame intense and concentrated after it reaches full throttle.
Why is it when I see the russian launch vehicles, the flames seem fluttering where the apollo engines thrusts are so concentrated... I gues soyuz has many (16?) engines that produces far less power than the j1 and j3's..
This video is NOT any of the Luna launches. At 0:12, note the canard panels near the top of the vehicle - these are for the Soyuz Launch Escape System.
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michael11895 2 months ago
The R7 rocket has 32 engines running when it blasts off. The central booster has 4 main engines and 4 small engines for attitude control, each external booster has 4 mains and 2 smalls
trilobit44 2 years ago
Allan, that's just the engine beginning to ignite. Fuel enters the chamber by gravity feed first, as you are seeing. Then this turns the turbine blades and hydrogen peroxide is pumped into a steam chamber that begins to power the fuel pump. The flame intense and concentrated after it reaches full throttle.
DonPMitchell 2 years ago
Why is it when I see the russian launch vehicles, the flames seem fluttering where the apollo engines thrusts are so concentrated... I gues soyuz has many (16?) engines that produces far less power than the j1 and j3's..
allanxxx99 2 years ago
This video is NOT any of the Luna launches. At 0:12, note the canard panels near the top of the vehicle - these are for the Soyuz Launch Escape System.
wardenphil 3 years ago 2