Engine torque is transmitted to propeller via two double cardan joints. Angle between yellow shaft axes and vertical direction is 45 deg. That ensures a constant velocity transmission. Thrust direction …
NIAC Fellow Young Bae’s Photonic Laser Thruster (PLT). This is a demo of his PLT moving a 1 lb object on a track in his lab using just light (photons).
DTS-018/019 – Draco thruster firing at full power for ten minutes, then after a thermal soak, restarts for an additional minute. Conducted in the vacuum test chamber at the SpaceX …
SpaceX has completed qualification testing for the SuperDraco thruster, an engine that will power the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system and enable the vehicle to land propulsively on Earth or …