8 Seconds Hot Fire Test - RFA

We are not resting! After successfully testing our staged combustion engine for two seconds in late June, we immediately raised the bar - again with success:
On July, 22th, we fired our engine for a duration of eight seconds. We achieved stable combustion and reached a thermal steady-state through every component of the engine, which is considered proof in the industry that an engine is fully functional. Ignition, operation in steady-state and controlled engine shutdown were nominal.
Another big step towards the next small thing!

[@eugenschutze5981]

Gute Arbeit! Glueckwunsch! 👍

[@pigmentwhitesmith3573]

Ein kleiner Raketenstart in Augsburg wäre ein Traum.😄

[@simonwagar4713]

How can you test on July 24th? Today is July 23th! :P

[@frankf2887]

the future is yesterday

[@rfa_space]

Good eye! At RFA, anything is possible ;) We have corrected it anyway, thank you for the tip.

[@simonwagar4713]

@@rfa_space You are making great progress. I hope you will become the next SpaceX! Btw: What is your next step? Full duration or higher chamber pressure?

[@Paul50850]

Wann fliegt die Rakete?😅

[@alfihalma4320]

Moar chamber pressure!

[@stefanklass6763]

graphs!

[@Ca1nxd]

Yee