To: the scotsman
I don’t ‘get’ why a great heat exchanger is so important.
Seems like it would be cooling waste heat that would better be used for propulsion.
6 posted on
11/29/2012 10:10:40 AM PST by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: mrsmith
I don’t ‘get’ why a great heat exchanger is so important.
The article explains that at supersonic speeds, the air intake is compressed to such high temperatures that it melts the engine.
11 posted on
11/29/2012 10:25:26 AM PST by
Colinsky
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