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Topic: Apollo/Saturn F-1 engine production numbers
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kr4mula
Member Posts: 642
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 10-14-2016 09:42 AM
   
Does anyone have a definitive figure for the total number of complete F-1 engines produced? I'd like to include R&D/test articles as well as flown and unflown engines. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-14-2016 11:11 AM
According to Alan Lawrie's "Saturn" (page 143): In total, Rocketdyne manufactured and delivered 98 production F-1 engines. A breakdown of the engine disposition is as follows: - 65 engines were launched on S-IC stages
- 10 engines are on flight stages not launched
- 16 engines are either in storage or on display in a museum
- 2 engines are on the S-IC-D museum stage
- 2 engines are on the S-IC-T museum stage
- 3 engines were scrapped or consumed
In addition, there were 2 engines (F-3T1 and F-4T2) that were manufactured by NASA as a learning exercise using spare parts. These engines are on the S-IC-T museum stage. Finally, there are 7 serialized mock-ups. Three of these engines are on the S-IC-D museum stage, one is on the S-IC-T museum stage, one was consumed and the other two are on display/in storage. |
mikej
Member Posts: 481
From: Germantown, WI USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 10-14-2016 09:02 PM
I don't know if a "definitive" list of engines was ever compiled or still exists (much less located where someone like us could find it!), but I just created a page on my website which contains a list of F-1 engine serial numbers courtesy of Bob Biggs, a Rocketdyne engineer who worked on F-1.The second edition of Lawrie's Saturn contains an appendix (to which I contributed) detailing all of the surviving F-1s and containing information on some of the test articles. The book also lists every engine which was ever installed in an S-IC stage and which ones flew. |
Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 678
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 10-15-2016 12:18 PM
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Originally posted by mikej:
I just created a page on my website which contains a list of F-1 engine serial numbers
Great info and explanation of the engines numbers at your website. Thank you. |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 642
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 10-17-2016 10:37 AM
Thanks for the info! From the sources I reviewed, I was coming up with various numbers around 100, but nothing for sure. |
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