How many people use aerospikes to get to orbit because so many creation I see don't use them, so why don't we use them because they are very efficient when getting to orbit.
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10.1k GSpace3.7 years ago
Yeh the reason why I don’t use them is because I don’t like the look of them and they aren’t used in real rockets yet (they have been in the past on SSTO’s but I don’t tend to build SSTO’s)
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3.8 years ago
Yeah they are. Especially İf you are making a Ssto that flies like a normal rocket
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they look sorta cool (imo) but from what i've seen they don't put out as much power as the other nozzles, like if i have an engine with like 18k kN of thrust with bell or cone nozzle, aerospike tends to have around 17k kN instead for me, but otherwise yeah they're quite rare