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To: Red Badger

Doesn’t someone have to vet this design out? How long would that take? Or are they just going to build it and light that sucker up?

‘Ang on a tick, how does one static test a ramjet?


67 posted on 05/20/2026 12:31:42 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: TalBlack

That would be a problem.

The SR-71 engines had to be started externally using two Buick engines in tandem to get them up to speed.................


68 posted on 05/20/2026 12:34:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: TalBlack

“how does one static test a ramjet?

Use a tubojet exhaust to generate the supersonic intake flow.

I gather the test cells for those used to rattle windows in the San Fernando valley a long time ago.


74 posted on 05/20/2026 10:22:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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