Figure 2 shows a schematic of the
hybrid rocket motor laboratory.
A
hybrid rocket motor gives a lot of power quickly.
In May, Virgin Galactic and their partners Scaled Composites switched to an alternative type of fuel for the
hybrid rocket motor.
SS2's propulsion system has been developed by Sierra Nevada Corp and is the world's largest operational
hybrid rocket motor.
11.25 lakh) for work on a
hybrid rocket motor for its suborbital Hermes spaceplane.
Hampson has been charged with creating a steel and alloy structure to hold the EJ200 engine, the
hybrid rocket motor, the peroxide tank, the Formula One engine used as a fuel pump, the parachute mechanism and the speed brake.
Built from lightweight carbon composite materials and powered by a
hybrid rocket motor, SS2 is based on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne concept - a rocket plane that is lifted initially by a carrier vehicle before blasting skywards.
SpaceShipTwo, built from lightweight composite materials and powered by a
hybrid rocket motor, is similar to its prototype cousin with three exceptions.
The vehicle will use the combined power of a
hybrid rocket motor and two RAF EJ200 jet engines (the type currently used on the Eurofighter Typhoon).
To achieve Green's target of 1,000mph in the Bloodhound Project, the vehicle uses a jet engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon for the initial thrust, followed by an impulse from a
hybrid rocket motor.
The Norwegian ammunition systems and rocket propulsion developer Nammo AS revealed on Tuesday (13 September) that its subsidiary Nammo Raufoss AS had carried out a first static test firing of a full-scale
hybrid rocket motor.
Another advance is the nonexplosive
hybrid rocket motor designed to power SpaceShipOne, which Rutan called practically bulletproof.