[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-07-02 AT 07:50Â PM (GMT)]The guys from Oz successfully flew the Hyshot scramjet experiment from Woomera last night. This could be the event that breaks the logjam for hypersonic flight!
[link]http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.phtml?article=3414%5B/link]
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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st July 2002 at 00:48
RE: Hyshot
It’s good to have a “walk before you run” type of guy near the top for this sort of thing… 🙂
Also lets put this into perspective… knowing the problems of scramjets this was probably a rocket the launched a small attached scramjet engine up to a speed where the latter could operate. If the entire flight was 10 minutes the Scramjet would have been operating for maybe 30 seconds at most. If I could get a turbojet engine to run for 30 secs would you say it was ready yet?
Of course don’t get me wrong… it is certainly a step forward… and good news for Australia. (If they taken the Sukhoi deal this could be part of a hypersonic long range Advanced AAM program with major input from Russian designers, some of whom have vast experience with ramjet engines.)
By: Dazza - 30th July 2002 at 22:31
RE: Hyshot
Listened to one of the top men on the project being interviewed on Radio 5 Live this morning, he was saying while the test was a success, the scramjets use was more likely to be used for low earth orbit satelite launches first, and that its use for manned flight was a long way off yet.
Regards, Dazza.
By: coanda - 30th July 2002 at 21:28
RE: Hyshot
it’ll take a little more time yet! but its good to see that htey got it sorted out
the very best of luck to them for future launches
coanda
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July 30, 2002 at 7:48 pm