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Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by ThenAsNow on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:53PM (#17279257)
Conventional ways to do this include casting or, as is done on the RL-10 and SSME, building the nozzle out of thin-walled tubes (very labor-intensive and expensive). 3D printing is the future here, but there's still lots of improvement required in terms of wall thickness and roughness control, not to mention build volume.
Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by avmich on Sunday June 10, 2018 @07:06PM (#17280642)
The previous phrase was that the part is lost-wax cast. To me it's interesting how one can build cooling channels in the part which is cast.