By: Al - 10th February 2011 at 08:36
I wonder how Qinetiq are getting on with their scramjet testing?
By: Lincoln 7 - 9th February 2011 at 23:52
Hi Bruce!! I hope your not in the flooded areas over there are you?.
One of my mates has lost everything except his wife, dog an son.
Hope your O.K. 🙂
Lincoln ,7
By: Deskpilot - 6th February 2011 at 23:53
That’s a heck of a speed. I certainly have no desire to travel on anything that goes that fast. You’d almost be back before you left.
Bring it on, I’m sick of the 24hr+ Oz to UK. I’ll gladly accept the discomfort for 2 hours.
By: Nashio966 - 6th February 2011 at 14:50
Not entirely sure – However the link speaks for itself
The small amount of O2 at the Operational hight of a scramjet would pall in comparison to the compression of the engine when scooping it up at mach 10 :diablo:
By: Lincoln 7 - 6th February 2011 at 12:37
I know :diablo:
This would be the one 🙂
I seem to remember seeing on TV, that the scram jet was only able to go so far up, as there was not enough air for the cobustion to be efficien
nt, and they were trying out another engine that didn’t need air.
Lincoln .7
By: Nashio966 - 6th February 2011 at 05:11
I know :diablo:
NASA flew a third version of the X-43A on November 16, 2004, achieving/maintaining a speed of Mach 9.68[2] at about 34,000 metres (112,000 ft) altitude [3] and further testing the ability of the vehicle to withstand the heat loads involved.[4]
This would be the one 🙂
By: mike currill - 6th February 2011 at 04:39
That’s a heck of a speed. I certainly have no desire to travel on anything that goes that fast. You’d almost be back before you left.
By: Nashio966 - 6th February 2011 at 02:10
AFAIK there were a number of interesting prototype air breathing engines in test at the moment.
I believe the scramjet holds the world record for airbreathing flight at mach 10+
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