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So thinking where the leverage is - is it like hydraulics where the input cross-section is a lot smaller than the output cross-section? That's kinda what the no
by foobarian 2y ago
So thinking where the leverage is - is it like hydraulics where the input cross-section is a lot smaller than the output cross-section? That's kinda what the nozzle looks like.
- schmidtleonard 2y agoYes, but also the propellant explodes after being pumped in, so you pump in a tiny volume and exhaust an enormous volume.
- aaronblohowiak 2y agoYou pump in a huge volume and exhaust an inconceivable volume
- schmidtleonard 2y agoThat's fair, lol.
- dotancohen 2y agoNo, because the fuel is not a working fluid pushing a piston. All the "leverage" is at the turbopump impeller blade.