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Rocket Science: Pintle Injection

Don’t like your old showerhead injector? Tired of combustion instability? Looking for a way to deep throttle on ascent (wink wink, nudge nudge)? Try pintle injection!

[Thanks to Dominic Pledger for inspiring this topic]

1 comment to Rocket Science: Pintle Injection

  • T. L. James,

    Forget using three to five engines per stage! Pintle injector engines are so reliable that you only need one engine per stage for a manned launch vehicle!