by hisdirt
An unofficial multi-part model of SpaceX Raptor rocket engine SN (serial number) 18
Scale 1:10
Height 340mm
51 parts
150mm print plate
Special thanks to people on the Nasa Spaceflight forums for photos and technical insight:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?board=72.0
View a more detailed version of this model online here:
https://p3d.in/ORue9
Standards
Overview and Background
SpaceX is a rocket company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk in California USA, with the goal of making humanity a multiplanetary species. A cornerstone of making humanity multiplanetary is lowering the cost of access to space, and a cornerstone of that is designing re-usable rockets. The Raptor engine was conceived to achieve this, and has three key goals: - Re-usability - High efficiency - Mass producable - Fueled by Methane (which can be harvested on Mars)
Modelling the Raptor engine
It started with people posting high-quality photos of the Raptor engine on the Nasa Spaceflight forums. From there I started a model and added layers of information to it. Regular posting of progress on the fourms for feedback / speculation on the Schematic helped gain a better understanding of how the engine worked. Note: The Raptor engine is still evolving rapidly, and will likely change in the future. This model is of SN (serial number) 18 that featured in a photo by Musk in April 2020
Lesson Plan and Activity
Assembly Manual
Step-by-step Assembly Manual (PDF) can be downloaded from this Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ukvldjemil5vfci/20-04-21%20Raptor%20engine%20-%20Assembly%20set.pdf?dl=0 Otherwise, refer to step-by-step below.
