E-2’s first 90-second test fire was a success! It performed at 55% power with a low conservative 1.6 mixture ratio as planned. The hardware appears in perfect condition ready for more tests. This is an exceptional result for a first test article (E-2 SN1). The test was also a key milestone for our US Space Force TACFI contract. We’ve wrapped up this test campaign and will be back in January with an updated injector featuring lower LOX passage pressure drop to allow us to increase the LOX mass flow and in turn reach full thrust and high performance O/F mixture ratio of 2.62. We thank our team and partners for making this possible - especially NASA Stennis and their team. We would also like to thank the United States Space Force for their TACFI contract support.
I was just casually scrolling and saw E2 and automatically thought Embraer …. That would certainly speed up the European sectors! Think the fuel consumption could be a problem though 🤔
Huge congratulations, amazing test🔥
Congratulations!! What an awesome burn for the first fully integrated hardware!
Congrats
Great work! My congratulations for the Team!
Very cool
Congratulations!
Wow, looks incredible!! Congratulations! 👏Successful tests always feel like reaching a major milestone, we know the feeling 🚀