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Offline Replicant

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« on: June 22, 2005, 01:19:06 AM »
The new speed record for a jet-powered aircraft, set by the US space agency (Nasa) in November, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records.  See article here.
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2005, 03:58:29 AM »
Wow I'm living in SCi Fi world. Could someone invent a time machine to take me back to when things were a bit simpler!
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2005, 04:35:30 AM »
Hehe... nearly Mach 10 is pretty impressive and blows away the former record holder the SR-71!
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2005, 05:26:33 AM »
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Wow I'm living in SCi Fi world. Could someone invent a time machine to take me back to when things were a bit simpler!
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its not that bad. iirc, a scramjet is just a tube with fuel injectors, less complicated than props or jets.



inside the tube, they inject fuel and light it, that all there is to it. only problem is that it needs to be moving to work, so that nasa thing needed to be dragged up to mach 9 to start!
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Re: Guinness honours NASA speed record
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2005, 07:14:03 AM »
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The new speed record for a jet-powered aircraft, set by the US space agency (Nasa) in November, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records.  See article here.




damn that is fast !
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2005, 07:42:50 AM »
As more and more science fiction becomes science fact.
How long before we attain warp speed? LOL
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2005, 02:19:21 PM »
I'm a bit disappointed because such records are usually tied to conditions such as actually landing or otherwise recovering the vehicle for post-flight inspection.
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2005, 02:59:20 PM »
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Hehe... nearly Mach 10 is pretty impressive and blows away the former record holder the SR-71!

Maybe, but the SR-71 took off and landed under its own power.
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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2005, 03:02:14 PM »
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As more and more science fiction becomes science fact.
How long before we attain warp speed? LOL


2 weeks!
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2005, 03:02:15 PM »
Next up, Guinness awards NASA the record for "highest functioning nuclear reactor" for the power supplies onboard the voyager spacecraft.
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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2005, 03:19:39 PM »
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its not that bad. iirc, a scramjet is just a tube with fuel injectors, less complicated than props or jets.



inside the tube, they inject fuel and light it, that all there is to it. only problem is that it needs to be moving to work, so that nasa thing needed to be dragged up to mach 9 to start!


Ahh a bit more complicated in reality, the idea is basic as you say in a Ramjet (Bomarc Missle) or a Pulsejet (German V-1).

http://www.spaceline.org/rocketsum/bomarc-a.html
http://conceptengine.tripod.com/conceptengine/id17.html


"Scramjet is an acronym for Supersonic Combustion Ramjet. The scramjet differs from the ramjet in that combustion takes place at supersonic air velocities through the engine. It is mechanically simple, but vastly more complex aerodynamically than a jet engine. Hydrogen is normally the fuel used."

http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ramjet.htm



I dont think we will be riding on any very soon.


http://www.geocities.com/spacetransport/hypersonic.html
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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2005, 03:46:51 PM »
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I'm a bit disappointed because such records are usually tied to conditions such as actually landing or otherwise recovering the vehicle for post-flight inspection.


Well I would think that actually landing and/or otherwise being able to recover the vehicle would be needed to call any such run successful.

Lawndarting it would kinda take away some of the joy of breaking such a record not to mention ruin your day overall dontchathink? LOL
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2005, 03:47:25 PM »
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2 weeks!
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2005, 03:47:58 PM »
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Maybe, but the SR-71 took off and landed under its own power.


Of course I prefer the SR-71, it was such an awesome plane!  I saw it every year between 1982-1991 and even saw one depart the country with a pair of T-38s! :)
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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2005, 04:50:55 PM »

"The goal of the Hyper-X program is to flight validate key propulsion and related technologies for air-breathing hypersonic aircraft. "


all they are doing is testing the engines.
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