To: Doogle
I thought it was scramjet, not ramjet. Haven't we had ramjets forever?
To: hinckley buzzard
it is....reporters..*grins*
7 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: 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.
19 posted on
12/21/2009 4:13:19 PM PST by
El Gato
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