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To: the scotsman

Is it similar to the SCRAMJET?.........


3 posted on 11/29/2012 10:00:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: Red Badger; the scotsman

Not really, it uses a cryogenic precooler to cool the incoming air before stuffing it into the rocket nozzles.
They had a successful test of the precooler recently.
It’s not so much a scramjet as it is a ducted rocket with cooled air being fed to it from outside.
Inverse cycle engine or some such?
Seems to me that’s what it may be called.
I think.

Don’t quote me on that one.


5 posted on 11/29/2012 10:07:33 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Red Badger

No, the SCRAMJET must be brought up to operating speed with jet engines or rockets. This one is supposed to be able to take off from the ground, although I believe it would be more efficient for it to be dropped from a cargo jet.


26 posted on 11/29/2012 12:38:17 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: Red Badger

I should add that the SCRAMJET only operates in the atmosphere while this engine can operate both in the atmosphere and in space.


28 posted on 11/29/2012 12:49:03 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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