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Forum: Military Aviation

16th Jul 2016, 11:13

Replies: 110

Skylon

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Posted By tartare

Could not agree more. The history of...

Could not agree more.
The history of engineering as a discipline, let alone aerospace, is full of examples of pontificators and pessimists who knew better - and upstarts who raised a finger, took a...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Jul 2016, 01:46

Replies: 110

Skylon

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Posted By tartare

Just once in my lifetime I'd like to see a really...

Just once in my lifetime I'd like to see a really exponential aerospace breakthrough.
Maybe this will be it.
Fifty years old; so just maybe I might get to ride on a Sabre powered hypersonic...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Mar 2016, 23:43

Replies: 110

Skylon

Views: 42,241

Posted By tartare

Really? Fantastic if true - but wouldn't one...

Really?
Fantastic if true - but wouldn't one want to keep this as an SCI programme?
If I interpret this article correctly it is hinting at designs for a USAF single stage to orbit spaceplane.
If...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2015, 00:10

Replies: 110

Skylon

Views: 42,241

Posted By tartare

Yes - very interesting paper with lots of lovely...

Yes - very interesting paper with lots of lovely algebra.
And the two most interesting lines - right at the end:

The engine poses several design and development challenges in intakes, heat...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Apr 2015, 11:28

Replies: 110

Skylon

Views: 42,241

Posted By tartare

Best of luck to them, and I hope they keep trying...

Best of luck to them, and I hope they keep trying until they succeed - explosions or not.
Aerospace is so bleedin' boring at the moment.
When did everyone become so frickin risk averse and...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Jan 2015, 20:41

Replies: 110

Skylon

Views: 42,241

Posted By tartare

True Willard. It's a sobering experience to...

True Willard.
It's a sobering experience to stand in the science museum and look up at Prospero, or look at Woomera on a map and think of what might have been.
Remarkable achievement, and usually...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Jan 2015, 01:23

Replies: 110

Skylon

Views: 42,241

Posted By tartare

It would be wonderful if SABRE works. The BBC...

It would be wonderful if SABRE works.
The BBC doco on it was very interesting.
IIRC the claim is that the pre-cooler drops the temperature of the hypersonic airflow by 100 degrees in a hundredth of...

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