ROCKET RACING LEAGUE ENGINE PASSES TESTS.Byline: Daily News MOJAVE -- XCOR Aerospace XCOR Aerospace is a private rocket engine and spaceflight development company based at the Mojave Spaceport in Mojave, California. XCOR was formed by former members of the Rotary Rocket rocket engine development team in September, 1999. XCOR is headed by Jeff Greason. said it completed a successful round of tests on its 1,500-pound-thrust liquid oxygen/kerosene rocket engine. The XR-4K14 engine is a prototype for a proposed rocket plane for a new air racing league scheduled to start meets next year. ``After recent test runs, we have shown that the XR-4K14 rocket engine chamber design is sound,'' said Doug Jones, XCOR XCOR Cross-Correlation engineer. ``It looks and sounds awesome, with a very bright eight-foot rocket-exhaust plume.'' During tests at Mojave Airport, where it is based, XCOR performed multiple runs of increasing duration, allowing engineers to characterize the engine's regenerative cooling, said XCOR CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jeff Greason. ``The requirements are for a reliable and robust engine. We are on the right track with the workhorse engine for the Rocket Racing League The Rocket Racing League is a proposed racing league that would use rocket powered aircraft. The formation of the league was announced by Granger Whitelaw two time Indy 500 winning team owner and Peter Diamandis, founder of the Ansari X-Prize, on October 3, 2005, in partnership .'' Derivatives of the engine will be used in XCOR's future suborbital suborbital /sub·or·bi·tal/ (sub-or´bi-t'l) infraorbital. sub·or·bit·al adj. Situated on or below the floor of the orbit of the eye. n. vehicles, the company said. The most recent round of tests also reached the milestone of more than 2,600 engine firings for XCOR Aerospace, and a total running time of 316 minutes encompassing all XCOR engine types. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: XCOR Aerospace's XR-4K14 rocket engine is pictured here during a recent test at Mojave Airport. |
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