Liquid Fuel
Engines
•Liquid Fuel is by far safer and can be switched off and on at will. Liquid fuel engines can also be fully throttled by controlling the amount
of liquid fuel,
oxidizer and pressure in the reaction chamber.
•A scenario where liquid fuel is advantage over solid fuel
is for a rocket flight or trajectory requiring multiple burns during the
course of launch. Liquid fuel is ideal for dealing with what’s called Max-Q.
•A disadvantage of liquid fuel is the
refrigeration and time/complexity required to load and pressurize such volatile and dangerous
fuels into a spacecraft prior to launch.
F1 Engine used on
Apollo/Saturn V Rocket