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To: Darksheare
pre-cools incoming air from 1000 degrees Celsius to minus 150 degrees in 1/100th of a second

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that bit... What in the world could cool air that fast?

15 posted on 11/29/2012 10:53:09 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: TheBattman

Liquid hydrogen, or methane.
Either will work, but the plumbing is slightly different between them.


17 posted on 11/29/2012 11:06:46 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: TheBattman

My first wife could have accomplished that, but alas that’s only one engine... LOL


20 posted on 11/29/2012 11:17:45 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and over 60 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: TheBattman

“What in the world could cool air that fast? “

Shock waves can cool just as well as they heat.


24 posted on 11/29/2012 12:08:41 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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