Engine sectional view
ORM-1 - experimental liquid rocket engine . The first, developed in the USSR. Created in the GDL V. P. Glushko in 1930-1931. Toluene or gasoline was used as a fuel , and nitrogen tetroxide or liquid oxygen was used as an oxidizing agent . When working on gasoline with liquid oxygen thrust reached 200 N. Cooled with water. Combustion chamber and steel nozzle with copper plating . Jet nozzles with filters and non-return valves . Corrosion protection made by gilding . The total number of parts - 93.
Samples
- In the museum of cosmonautics and rocket technology (St. Petersburg)
Literature
- Glushko V.P. Development of rocket science and cosmonautics in the USSR. - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Mashinostroenie, 1987.