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 ...

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 ...

I know of no other aftermarket manufacturer that actually uses their own parts in real-world running engines." The Merlin III has many of the real-world benefits of the Merlin Pro block that was ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—SpaceX is investigating a botched qualification test of a next-generation Merlin rocket engine, though the company says it does not expect the accident to affect its ...

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 ...

For most people, an engine just gets us from A to B - and drinks expensive petrol. But one, the Rolls-Royce Merlin, may have been the difference between freedom and tyranny. Such is its lasting ...