Swagelok used to have many sizes of these 20 years ago.
John
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Paul Breed
Sent: dinsdag 13 november 2018 22:21
To: arocket
Subject: [AR] Re: Quick disconnects...
The only problem is that they only come in one size, and one color, so getting
fuel and oxidizer lines swapped is possible....
:-(
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 11:10 AM Paul Breed <paul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actuate meaning "powered", spring loaded closed on release might or might not
be actuated depending on your definition...
I even drew up one QD with an external motor that screwed a plug into the
line...
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 11:08 AM Norman Yarvin <yarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 08:32:53AM -0800, Paul Breed wrote:
Most of the QD designs described here have a common feature, a check valve.
I want to be able to do remote fill and drain like the big boys, so it has
to flow both directions....
and I don't want to add the weight of an actuated valve on the rocket side.