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AlayneLeung
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 Posted: 15-Mar-2015 17:18 Post subject: are BT aerospace combustion chambers "scramjets"? |
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet
quite curious. i suppose it's theoretically possible to have internally contained oxygen containers to provide the scramjet combustion chambers with the "air" they need for supersonic thrust.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 15-Mar-2015 19:58 Post subject: are BT aerospace combustion chambers "scramjets"? |
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I'm not sure of what you are asking.
Why would a scram-jet need an internal air bottle for air supply? The whole point is that it utilizes supersonic air flows for its air supply.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 16-Mar-2015 14:43 Post subject: are BT aerospace combustion chambers "scramjets"? |
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I think this is an attempt to obtain a fluff for super-effective aerospace engine. Which is nonsensical.
The bottles would have to be HUGE and there's no reason to have this arrangement really. Standard BT engines allow for unlimited acceleration as long as they have enough fuel.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 16-Mar-2015 18:10 Post subject: are BT aerospace combustion chambers "scramjets"? |
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Yah, to answer the question in the title, Aerofighter engines are better then Scramjets at least in the lore. It is my understanding that Aerofighters use a method similar to a Nuclear thermal rocket but WAYYYY more efficient and capable of higher thrust values.
| wrote: | | They use fast-pumping, dual-chambered fusion engines, instead of the jet or turbine engines usually employed by conventional fighters, which makes them immune to engine stalling and overall provides them with far more durability, as well as comparatively more space for their loadouts. - Sarna.net |
So aerofighters don't need to 'breath' at all, and put out A LOT of thrust... 48 meters/sec atmosphere and 300 meters/sec space per thrust point.
A 20t aerofighter with a 20 rated fusion engine can produce 1.5 g of safe thrust and 2.5 of overthrust. 20000 kg * 14.715 m/s[s] = 294300 N of thrust or 294 kN. The engines on a F-22 are rated at 160 kN.
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