RE: Multiple engines (was RE: Liquox)

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 05:28, Jake Anderson wrote:
> why would you use square nozles?
> the plates would be laser/water cut (presumably something like 8mm?)
> then a whole bunch of machined up round nozles stuck in

	Well, because flat nozzles (only the throat is square) in this case are
very simple to manufacture... and that's where the benefit comes from.
Your proposal is still subject to the other three loss mechanisms I
pointed out. 

	-p