F1 Rocket Engine Schematic
Diagram of the f 1 engine.
F1 rocket engine schematic. In a gas generator engine this power is generated by having a separate little burner that makes high temperature gases to run turbines that makes the pumps work. The f 1 is a gas generator cycle rocket engine developed in the united states by rocketdyne in the late 1950s and used in the saturn v rocket in the 1960s and early 1970s. This engine was constructed in 1963 by the rocketdyne division of rockwell international and underwent four start tests totaling 1926 seconds. Five f 1 engines were clustered at the bottom of the saturn v rocket used to launch the apollo lunar missions into space.
The f 1s 2500 pound turbopump pumped in the propellants at 42500 gallons per minute. Youve seen this schematic before and it is very much like j 2x. Below is a schematic for such a system. The origin for this power is the key to any rocket engine cycle.
The f 1 used rp 1 a type of kerosene and liquid oxygen as the propellants. Five f 1 engines were used in the s ic first stage of each saturn v which served as the main launch vehicle of the apollo programthe f 1 remains the most powerful single combustion chamber liquid propellant rocket engine.