Jet with no moving parts.

[ChrisVJ]

I know in theory ram jets don't need moving parts (as in rotating or reciprocating ate engine speed) but they don't work until they get to a speed that compresses the air at the intake. How does this work or is it just a bit of hype for a ram jet.

Revolutionary jet engine has no moving parts - Yahoo! News Canada (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/revolutionary-jet-engine-no-moving-parts-040959857.html)

Turns sound waves into power? SAeriously?

[Slasher]

The Avro engine converts sound waves into energy.

It would have to be a hell of a noisy engine, but then my missus
could provide it with enough fuel to power it to M 7.0 and beyond.

[Checkboard]

Here's a couple of better (i.e. more firmly grounded in reality) tech articles on the Atlantis Research Labs ramjet concept:

Building a better ramjet (http://www.leaderpost.com/Building+better+ramjet/6476366/story.html)

Regina's Avro Aircraft Develops Low-Speed Ramjet Engine with No Moving Parts - Techvibes.com (http://www.techvibes.com/blog/avro-aircraft-develops-low-speed-ramjet-engine-with-no-moving-parts-2012-04-18)

Mravcak said Atlantis, which previously had worked in solar energy, was able to acquire at low cost the results of research on this concept in Quebec, and hopes to take it farther along and sell it.

The Atlantis subsidiary doing this is called Avro Aircraft Limited, a recycling of one of the most famous names in Canadian aircraft manufacturing.

"Avro" was left legally unprotected for 40 years, said Mravcak, who said Atlantis snapped it up because it embodies "spirit and quality".

So - it's a metal-and-wood mockup (you can see the quality of the mockup in the photo below:8) of an unproven design, bought by a solar energy company with zero experience in engine development or aviation and marketed under a famous aviation name they picked up as it wasn't legally protected. :hmm:

I'm not holding my breath :rolleyes:


http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv20/Checkboard/AvroRamjet.jpg

[Tinstaafl]

Maybe its a version of a valveless pulse jet?

[The SSK]

A normal jet engine turns energy into sound. Just throw it into reverse.