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New Glenn/Shepard gimbal engine actuators: hydraulic or electric?
Falcon 9 uses hydraulic cylinders with RP-1 fuel as the hydraulic fluid to actuate the engine gimbals. They do this for stage 1 and stage 2, both of which use RP-1 for fuel. But New Glenn uses methane ...
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How are New Shepard's tilting fins and gimbaling nozzle used together (or separately) to control the rocket?
In the beginning of the video Blue Origin New Shepard self-landing rocket launch with 38 research payloads (5/2/2019) the announcer mentions that both the tilting fins and the BE-3 engine nozzle ...
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