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How does a rocket generate its thrust?
All rocket engines produce thrust by accelerating a working fluid. Chemical rocket engines use the combustion of propellants to produce exhaust gases as the working fluid. The high pressures and temperatures of combustion are used to accelerate the exhaust gases through a rocket nozzle to produce thrust.
Do rockets have thrust vectoring?
Gimbaled thrust is the system of thrust vectoring used in most rockets, including the Space Shuttle, the Saturn V lunar rockets, and the Falcon 9.
How much thrust does the SpaceX rocket have?
Falcon 9’s first stage incorporates nine Merlin engines and aluminum-lithium alloy tanks containing liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. Falcon 9 generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level.
Does Su-35 have thrust-vectoring?
Also known as the Su-35, this version has a redesigned cockpit and weapons-control system and features thrust-vectoring engines in place of the canards. The type made its first flight in February 2008.
What is the point of thrust-vectoring?
Thrust vectoring is a capability to vector or point the thrust of an aircraft engine in any direction thereby increasing the aircraft control power and its agility.
How does vectored thrust work?
Thrust vectoring is built into the flight control system, so it works automatically in response to commands from the pilot. When the pilot turns the aircraft, the nozzle moves in the desired direction along with the elevator, rudder and aileron control surfaces.
What is a thrust vector control?
Thrust vector control (TVC) is a vital part of space/aerospace maneuvering. It is essentially the ability of an aircraft, rocket, or launch vehicle to change the direction of flight via altering the thrust from its engine (or engines). This is done in order to control the attitude or angular velocity.