Walter rocket engine

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The Walter rocket engine was a German World War II-era liquid-fuel rocket propulsion system, best known for powering the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet interceptor and pioneering high-thrust, short-duration flight technology.

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Walter rocket engines 3
Walter rocket engine canonical 2
Walter rocket motor 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid-fuel rocket engine ⓘ
rocket propulsion system ⓘ
application Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet ⓘ
rocket-powered interceptor aircraft ⓘ
associatedOrganization German Navy research establishments ⓘ
associatedPerson Hellmuth Walter ⓘ
associatedTechnology Walter HWK series engines ⓘ
linked to: Walter HWK 109-509
category German experimental aircraft engines ⓘ
rocket engines of Germany ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
designFeature bi-propellant system ⓘ
regenerative cooling ⓘ
steam-driven turbopump ⓘ
developer Hellmuth Walter ⓘ
Walterwerke ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
fuel hydrazine hydrate ⓘ
methanol ⓘ
water ⓘ
influenced early spaceplane concepts ⓘ
post-war rocket aircraft development ⓘ
notableFor enabling high climb rates ⓘ
pioneering rocket-powered fighter propulsion ⓘ
short powered flight endurance ⓘ
operationalUse interceptor missions against Allied bombers ⓘ
oxidizer high-test peroxide ⓘ
powerplantOf Messerschmitt Me 163B ⓘ
Messerschmitt Me 163C ⓘ
productionPeriod early 1940s ⓘ
propellantComponent C-Stoff ⓘ
T-Stoff ⓘ
propellantType liquid propellant ⓘ
propulsionCycle pressure-fed with turbopump assistance ⓘ
safetyCharacteristic highly corrosive propellants ⓘ
operational hazards on the ground ⓘ
technologyDomain aerospace engineering ⓘ
thrustCharacteristic high-thrust short-duration ⓘ
timeInServiceCharacteristic very limited powered flight duration ⓘ
usedBy Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ

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T-Stoff → propulsionSystem → Walter rocket engine ⓘ
Walter HWK 109-509 → family → Walter rocket engines ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine
Walterwerke → developed → Walter rocket engines ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine
C-Stoff → usedInEngineType → Walter rocket motor ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine
Walterwerke → developed → Walter rocket motor ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine
Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft → developed → Walter rocket engines ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine
Hellmuth Walter → notableWork → Walter rocket engine ⓘ
Hellmuth Walter → notableWork → Walter HWK 109-509 rocket motor ⓘ
linked to: Walter rocket engine