Timeline for Other than then N-1 (30 engines) has there been a single stage of a rocket with more engines than a Falcon 9?
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| Oct 26, 2017 at 12:33 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | My previously referenced detailed image gives a fair idea of how integrated the 8 engines chambers were and weren't. | |
| Oct 26, 2017 at 12:33 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @JCRM It's not quite that simple (as I imagine you realise). That is the way the engines are often referred to, but that gives the impression that you effectively have a monolithic unit with all chambers performing as one. A better decription (IMHO :-) ) is 8 engines arranged in 4 pairs with a high degree of commonality / shared components between the engines. eg there were only two turbopumps. The 4 pairs of engines/chambers were gimballed and controlled independent of each other. ... . ... | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 7:26 | comment | added | user20636 | That was one engine with 8 thrust chambers | |
| Apr 19, 2015 at 5:36 | history | answered | Russell McMahon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
