answer; big engines have acoustic/vibration side effects making them unstable. smaller engines more reliable, reduce risk of overall failure.
11 0 ReplyThat, and a single Rocketdyne F-1 would have waaaaay too much thrust for the job of getting an almost empty booster to hover
(Didn't watch the video, don't know if this was covered)
12 0 ReplyI'm going to assume in the 50's/60's the manufacturing time table played a role, as did the limited control systems?
5 0 ReplyControlling that many engines back then was very difficult. A lot of the N1 issues were from the limited processing power in its computer.
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Also additional engines equal more fault tolerance. They can sustain several engine failures without mission loss
7 0 ReplyThis isn't really an "also" it was literally covered in the video
3 0 ReplyDon’t need to watch the video when you already know the answer
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