We can't really put our finger on just what it is that makes the 409 such an iconic engine ... blocks come back from World's foundry, but they should be in the same neighborhood as World's Merlin ...

a Motion-spec, 700-plus-hp, all-aluminum 540-inch Merlin big-block ... tubes are 6 inches long with an inside diameter of 2.50 inches. The throttle size was reduced to give the engine good ...

However, SpaceX is pausing development of its block-five Merlin engines not only to investigate the blast, but also make room to keep block-four Merlin engines qualified for flight. This will ...

For example, 496 ci sounds like a lot of engine, until it's sitting next to a 572, which itself is smallish next to a 632ci, 10.2-inch deck Merlin-based big-block ... with a 6.25 pass at 223 ...

The explosion occurred during a test of a "Block 5" Merlin engine, which will be used in a ... destroying the rocket and its payload, the Amos-6 communications satellite. The company traced ...

SpaceX confirmed that a "Block V" Merlin engine, a new version under development, suffered an anomaly during a qualification test on Sunday at the company's facility in McGregor. No one was ...

When SpaceX began building what would become its Merlin engine, it settled on a relatively simple design it could bring to market quickly and scale upwards over time. Over the last 11 years ...

A project that demonstrates this in spades is [mayhugh1]’s quarter-scale model of a vintage Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston ... commercial castings for the engine block, but their finishing ...

A SpaceX Merlin engine test failed this past weekend at the company’s facility in Texas, causing an explosion, reported Space.com. There were no injuries. According to the report, the explosion ...