Historic!! India tests world's first fully 3D Printed Engine!

[Ghost Hobbit]

Indian aerospace startups are surging ahead to catchup with ISRO. After testing India's first kerosine rocket engine, Agnikul has started testing their first semi-cryogenic engine. This one was built fully through 3D Printing. At this rate they will be able to launch a satellite soon!

 

[Ghost Hobbit]

Next stop printing 3D toilets.

Thank you for your valuable contribution to the thread.

 

[NAVDEEP DHALIWAL]

Rocket science is easy. Americans are doing it as a hobby. Real challenge would be designing heavy cryogenic engine .Than isro has real competition.
But this firm should be applauded and financed to make it a success.

 

[HostileInsurgent]

Rocket science is easy. Americans are doing it as a hobby. Real challenge would be designing heavy cryogenic engine .Than isro has real competition.
But this firm should be applauded and financed to make it a success.

Yes, but it is their first leap forward, subsequently they’ll grow bigger and bigger.

 

[Ghost Hobbit]

Rocket science is easy. Americans are doing it as a hobby. Real challenge would be designing heavy cryogenic engine .Than isro has real competition.
But this firm should be applauded and financed to make it a success.

actually the biggest market now is in launching small sats. Even ISRO is wokring on a small sat system called ADMIRE

 

[GumNaam]

uhm...you really need to stop using indian buzz words like "historic" & "amazing" & "shocking" & what the hell else ever...you are NOT the first ones to do this, a university in australia beat you to it 6 years ago, all you did is buy the printer & the program from them...

 

[Ghost Hobbit]

uhm...you indian monkeys really need to stop using indian-butt shattering buzz words like "historic" & "amazing" & "shocking" & what the hell else ever...you are NOT the first ones to do this, a university in australia beat your bungholes to it 6 years ago, all you did is buy the printer & the program from them...

because of the number of cryognic engines you keep churning out? Or the extreme success of your technology projects? If we need advice from our inferiors, we will let you know.

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Indian aerospace startups are surging ahead to catchup with ISRO. After testing India's first kerosine rocket engine, Agnikul has started testing their first semi-cryogenic engine. This one was built fully through 3D Printing. At this rate they will be able to launch a satellite soon!

Thats a great thing what material was used ? As most of materials will simply melt at this temp...

Rocket science is easy. Americans are doing it as a hobby. Real challenge would be designing heavy cryogenic engine .Than isro has real competition.
But this firm should be applauded and financed to make it a success.

Is it Dhariwal or Dhaliwal ?

because of the number of cryognic engines you keep churning out? Or the extreme success of your technology projects? If we need advice from our inferiors, we will let you know.

Inferiors? Just because we are not in the game wont make us inferior... we sent rocket to space 8 yeara before ISRO was even born... we diverted our goal and used all means to produce defence equipment.. and that is the reaaon Suparco isnt making rockets anymore... A lot of sanctions

 

[Surya 1]

Rocket science is easy. Americans are doing it as a hobby. Real challenge would be designing heavy cryogenic engine .Than isro has real competition.
But this firm should be applauded and financed to make it a success.

Actually, this is very important. Now a days there is a big demand of small satellite launch. They have to wait a long till they can be piggy backed with a bigger payload. If we have a highly efficient small launch vehicles, many of our jobs can be very easy and cost effective.
The greatness of this engine is that a 100 KG payload can be launched in LEO. Just 4 days required to make this engine. Once the order is received, engine can be made and used in JUST 4 days.

 

[Surya 1]

Agnikul Cosmos fires single-piece, 3D printed rocket engine
Unlike other rocket engines, which have several components, Agnilet is just one piece of hardware.
MONEYCONTROL NEWS

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 / 01:55 PM IST
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IIT Madras-incubated space technology startup Agnikul Cosmos said it has successfully test-fired a 3D printed, single-piece semi-cryogenic rocket engine.
Unlike other rocket engines, which have several components, Agnilet is one complete piece.



"This entire engine — Agnilet — is just one piece of hardware from start to finish and has zero assembled parts. We don’t think anyone in the world has ever pushed a 3D printing of a rocket engine to this extent," Agnikul Cosmos co-founder Srinath Ravichandran said
"This is the engine that will power the second stage of Agnibaan rocket. This was tested on the ground, as is standard practice before actually flying it. This is done repeatedly to understand all performance parameters of the engine," Ravichandran said, as quoted by The Hindu.
Industrialist Anand Mahindra on February 10 said he personally invested an unspecified amount in Agnikul Cosmos.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/b...ary-says-hdfc-lifes-prasun-gajri-6527261.html
In December 2020, Agnikul signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation to utilise the space agency's expertise and facilities to build its rocket. This was the first pact signed after the government opened the space technology industry to private players

Agnikul Cosmos fires single-piece, 3D printed rocket engine

Unlike other rocket engines, which have several components, Agnilet is just one piece of hardware.

www.moneycontrol.com

 

[Surya 1]

Here is how Agni Kool made a single stage Semi cryogenic engine in a Single piece. There shall be no joint or parts. If something is not very difficult, people will say that it is not a space science. This phrase is now made outdated by Indians. A new phase should be invented.

Agnikul Cosmos Fires Single-piece, 3D Printed Rocket Engine
Unlike other rocket engines, which have several components, Agnilet is just one piece of hardware.

www.moneycontrol.com

 

[Surya 1]

Indian start ups and young engineers are literally toying with space engineering now.

 

[SpaceMan18]

Indian start ups and young engineers are literally toying with space engineering now.

Toying ? You know America was the first to 3d print rocket engines lol ? Indian startups aren't bad but don't get all hyped about something very small.

Two countries are ahead in terms of private space programs , America and China

 

[Surya 1]

Toying ? You know America was the first to 3d print rocket engines lol ? Indian startups aren't bad but don't get all hyped about something very small.

Two countries are ahead in terms of private space programs , America and China

Do you understand the difference between a rocket engine, a Semi Cryogenic engine and a cryogenic engine? Rocket engines are very common and used in all small and big missiles and produced by many countries. Go and search how many countries produces cryogenic and semi cryogenic engines.

This one is not only 3D printed engine but a 3D printed engine in a single piece. Go and check whether that American engine is made of a single piece?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1359063332267855873

 

[jamahir]

I wonder how many Agnilet engines will the Agniban rocket carry. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carries nine engines and the first stage of the in-development SpaceX Starship will have 28 engines !