"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...


Jeff Findley wrote:

Proving once again that the RL10 is the workhorse of US vacuum rocket
engines. :-)


This thing had a lot to do with its creation, as it used the hydrogen
expander cycle to drive it:
http://tinyurl.com/8wj2sv

Our Net Nanny here at work does not allow bablefish to come through, but I
was able to figure out that you're pointing to this site:

http://xplanes.free.fr/suntan/cl400-10.html

The technology developed for Suntan engine did directly impact the design of
the RL-10.

Jeff
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