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Old 8th May 2014, 05:54
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stevef
 
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A slight drift but I remember reading somewhere that the Merlin ejector exhaust stubs added about 7% thrust. There was apparently a small gain from the radiator outlet/s too, which I'd be interested to know more about.
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