Detail of the fuel return manifold.
Fuel flowed down two adjacent tubes, cooling the engine wall (known as
"regenerative cooling"). It reached the fuel
return manifold (the silver ring at the exit plane of the thrust
chamber), where it returned through two "up" tubes, reaching the fuel manifold
and then being injected into the combustion
chamber.
Note the marking for No. 120
tube. Even though this is a "fuel-down" tube, the arrow is for some
reason pointing up (i.e., toward the throat). This marking is between two
tubes; presumably, the tubes on either side of this mark lead back up to the
single main No. 120 tube at the bifurcation
joint.
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