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Boeing 'Hypersonic' Jet Goes for a Ride
FOX ^
| 12/21/09
| foxnews
Posted on 12/21/2009 3:12:47 PM PST by Doogle
Boeing's X-51A WaveRider — a jet-fueled, air-breathing hypersonic rocket — is one step closer to reality.
In tests over Edwards Air Force Base in California, a B-52 bomber carried the X-51A WaveRider aloft for the first time, announced manufacturer Boeing Corp. The test was a key milestone in preparation for the X-51A to light its supersonic "ramjet" engine and propel the WaverRider at hypersonic speed for about 5 minutes, before plunging into the Pacific Ocean
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aerospace; boeing; hypersonic; science; scramjet; usaf; waverider; x51; x51a; x51awaverider
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..sources say up to 5 times the speed of sound
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:12:48 PM PST
by
Doogle
To: Doogle
I thought it was scramjet, not ramjet. Haven't we had ramjets forever?
To: Doogle
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:21:18 PM PST
by
Renegade
(You go tell my buddies)
To: Doogle
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:22:21 PM PST
by
blam
To: Doogle
That is one reason (of many) why nobody would ever put me in charge of a project like the "Waverider."
I would have insisted on calling it "Spaceball 1."
Another reason is that I got D's in EE, failed Thermodynamics once, and got another D in Material Science.
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:22:49 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Renegade
Blackbird is good for Mach 3.5+ .
As much as I admire that beautiful plane, I don’t thing there’s another Mach 1.5 hiding in the plus sign...
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:23:14 PM PST
by
Yossarian
To: hinckley buzzard
it is....reporters..*grins*
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:24:00 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Yossarian
Eh, make that Mach 3.2+ . Even harder to squeeze another Mach 1.8 out of the plus....
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:24:56 PM PST
by
Yossarian
To: Doogle
correction....6 times the speed of sound
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:25:08 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:33:57 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
...the X-51A to light its supersonic "ramjet" engine and propel the WaverRider at hypersonic speed for about 5 minutes, before plunging into the Pacific Ocean.This last little detail may impact the commercial application of this aircraft.
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:34:34 PM PST
by
AreaMan
To: USNBandit
That is one reason (of many) why nobody would ever put me in charge of a project like the “Waverider.”
I would have insisted on riding it.
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:36:11 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: AreaMan
It looks like it would make a really effective cruise missile.
To: Doogle
To: Doogle
6 times the speed of sound As a buddy from the deep south used to say.......
"ain't that sumpin? Thas faster than a chev-row-lay! Yesir, I'm here ta tell ya now!"
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:41:19 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: Yossarian
They SAY 3.5 , well, really don’t say , but what’s another 1100 mph and not tell anybody .
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posted on
12/21/2009 3:52:44 PM PST
by
Renegade
(You go tell my buddies)
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To: hinckley buzzard
I thought it was scramjet, not ramjet. Haven't we had ramjets forever? Yes, but "SCramjet" stands for "supersonic combustion ramjet". So a scramjet is a type of ramjet. In a "regular" ramjet, the air is slowed to subsonic speed, and the combustion takes place at those speeds. But as the term implies, this is not true for a scramjet. The trick appears to be keeping the fire lit.
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posted on
12/21/2009 4:13:19 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Yehuda
But a way to go! ( : >)Hmm...maybe they could get MTV to sponsor some flights and they could incorporate it into episodes of Jackass.
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posted on
12/21/2009 4:15:16 PM PST
by
AreaMan
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