Glushko Nitric acid/Kerosene rocket engine. 9 kN. experimental. Developed 1950's. The RD-3 was a cluster of three RD-1 engines with a new common turbopump. Ignition was by an ethane-air mixture. Isp=190s.
Application: experimental.
Chambers: 3. Throttled thrust(vac): 1.000 kN (225 lbf). Engine: 190 kg (410 lb). Chamber Pressure: 22.00 bar. Thrust to Weight Ratio: 4.83.
Status: Developed 1950's.
Unfuelled mass: 190 kg (410 lb).
Thrust: 9.00 kN (2,023 lbf).
Specific impulse: 190 s.
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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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Glushko Russian manufacturer of rocket engines and rockets. Glushko Design Bureau, Russia. More...
Associated Propellants
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Nitric acid/Kerosene Drawing on the German World War II Wasserfall rocket, nitric acid (HNO3) became the early storable oxidiser of choice for missiles and upper stages of the 1950's. To overcome various problems with its use, it was necessary to combine the nitric acid with N2O4 and passivation compounds. These formulae were considered extremely secret at the time. By the late 1950's it was apparent that N2O4 by itself was a better oxidiser. Therefore nitric acid was almost entirely replaced by pure N2O4 in storable liquid fuel rocket engines developed after 1960. Rocket propellant RP-1, or its foreign equivalents, is a straight-run kerosene fraction, which is subjected to further treatment, i.e., acid washing, sulphur dioxide extraction. Thus, unsaturated substances which polymerise in storage are removed, as are sulphur-containing hydrocarbons. More...
Bibliography
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Russian Arms Catalogue, Vol 5 and 6, Military Parade, Moscow via Dietrich Haeseler.
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