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Detail of the coil which was welded between the two walls of the thrust chamber. This formed a spiral passage through which fuel travelled from the fuel manifold at the thrust chamber exit plane to the injector at the forward end of the engine; the fuel then provided regenerative cooling to the thrust chamber wall.

 
Double-walled construction of LR-101 Cut-Away at Mark Wells Collection
Time picture taken Sat Jan 19 13:07:28 2013
Location picture taken Home of Mark Wells
Northern Alabama
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