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To: servo1969
From the Wikipedia:

The F-1 burned 3,945 pounds (1,789 kg) of liquid oxygen and 1,738 pounds (788 kg) of RP-1 each second, generating 1,500,000 pounds-force (6.7 MN) of thrust. This equated to a flow rate of 413.5 US gallons (1,565 l) of LOX and 257.9 US gallons (976 l) RP-1 per second. During their two and a half minutes of operation, the five F-1s propelled the Saturn V vehicle to a height of 42 miles (68 km) and a speed of 6,164 miles per hour (9,920 km/h). The combined propellant flow rate of the five F-1s in the Saturn V was 3,357 US gallons (12,710 l) per second.[5] Each F-1 engine had more thrust than three Space Shuttle Main Engines combined.[6]

9 posted on 07/19/2013 4:57:33 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_(rocket_engine)


11 posted on 07/19/2013 5:04:11 PM PDT by donaldo
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To: cynwoody
"Each F-1 engine had more thrust than three Space Shuttle Main Engines combined."

As the saying goes: There is the money quote...........

20 posted on 07/19/2013 10:08:20 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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