...and travels 170 miles in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Wow.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/x-51a-scramjet-sets-hypersonic-f...
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/27/air-force-hypersonic-jet-waver...
national champs baby
OT - Air Force X-51A goes Mach 5
July 20th, 2010 at 12:39 AM
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OT - Air Force X-51A goes Mach 5
July 20th, 2010 at 12:54 AM | 
Wow
Wow
July 20th, 2010 at 12:56 AM |
Silly Air Force
Silly Air Force
They keep one-upping gillettes razors.
July 20th, 2010 at 1:04 AM |
I'm going to use this as a
I'm going to use this as a
I'm going to use this as a pickup line next time I'm at the discotheque. Success is virtually guaranteed!
July 20th, 2010 at 1:09 AM |
Sweet
Sweet
Where I come from, that's pretty damn fast.
I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.
July 20th, 2010 at 1:21 AM |
Apparently, NASA has
Apparently, NASA has
Apparently, NASA has something that goes twice as fast.
July 20th, 2010 at 1:40 AM |
So does Michigan. His name
So does Michigan. His name
So does Michigan. His name is Denard.
"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."
July 20th, 2010 at 10:15 AM |
Both the X-43 and X-51 are
Both the X-43 and X-51 are
Both the X-43 and X-51 are testbeds for "scramjet" (Supersonic Combustion Ramjet) technology. The difference between the X-43 and X-51is that the X-51 was designed to test a scramjet with a relatively long burn time (up to 300 seconds, if it works out). The X-43, which was primarily a test to see if they could get a scramjet to fly at all, had a maximum 12 second burn time.
July 20th, 2010 at 10:19 AM |
Correct me if I'm wrong
Correct me if I'm wrong
But a SCRAMjet has relatively few moving parts, correct? There is no turbine or anything else. It's merely the air pressure created by the forward motion of the craft that causes the air to compact and pressurize in the combustion chamber, right?
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
July 20th, 2010 at 10:30 AM |
That's right, there's
That's right, there's
That's right, there's basically nothing that moves other than the fuel itself. That's why they need a booster rocket to get them moving fast enough to ignite. A ramjet operates under the same principle. This difference is that, in a ramjet, shock waves in the inlet slow the airflow down to subsonic velocities in the combustion chamber. In a scramjet, the airflow is still supersonic in the combustion chamber. It is extremely difficult to keep a flame burning at supersonic speeds, which is why these things are still in a very experimental stage.
July 20th, 2010 at 1:42 AM |
So does MSU, it's called
So does MSU, it's called
So does MSU, it's called parole.
Hail.
July 20th, 2010 at 5:44 AM |
X-51A fly over for the 2011
X-51A fly over for the 2011
X-51A fly over for the 2011 ND night game.
Book it.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:17 AM |
Um
Um
Unless you want 220,000 bleeding ears from the sonic boom destroying ear drums, probably not.
Actually, I know of some Air Force guys who are Michigan grads who've formally asked to fly over Predator and Reaper drones for the ND night game... paperwork is in progress.
"So I come out of Ohio Stadium after we beat the Buckeyes, and right there on the hood of my friend's car, some one took a dump, in the shape of an 'O'. no shit. Oh, sorry, bad pun."
July 20th, 2010 at 12:34 PM |
Not sure about this
Not sure about this
Not really sure how cool this would be, as far as I know these drones are extremely quiet and would be very difficult to see at dusk (I think you were trying at sarcasm).
July 20th, 2010 at 1:34 PM |
They're not ultra quiet, but
They're not ultra quiet, but
They're not ultra quiet, but you probably wouldn't hear them over 100k+ fans.
As awesome as UAVs can be... surely we have a F-22 or B-1B pilot who's a Michigan grad by now. That would be awesome.
July 20th, 2010 at 7:27 AM |
OH, sweet, lovable Air Force
OH, sweet, lovable Air Force
A 14 foot long, angular, "shark-shaped" craft with no wings to speak of traveling Mach 5... Yeah, that's not going to prompt dozens of calls to local TV stations about aliens every time it flies.
I believe this just proves that the Air Force really gets off on messing with the foil hat crowd.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
July 20th, 2010 at 1:36 PM |
Yeah, except this will never,
Yeah, except this will never,
Yeah, except this will never, ever be tested anywhere close to populated areas. The risk of something going wrong and the aircraft veering off course into an elementary school means that all of these will be tested in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:40 AM |
Damn
Damn
That would seriously cut down on my travelling time on football Saturday's...
All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.
July 20th, 2010 at 9:55 AM |
The company I work for is
The company I work for is
The company I work for is also on the super/hypersonic bandwagon, having also just launched a craft that flew 110 miles at mach 3.3 and executed a dive. Their whole purpose is to serve as target vehicles for the military out over the Pacific. Exciting stuff - hopefully it finds its way into commercial air transportation sometime in our lifetimes!
July 20th, 2010 at 10:07 AM |
Orbital's Pegasus also served
Orbital's Pegasus also served
Orbital's Pegasus also served as the booster rocket for the Mach 10 X-43 several years back.
Where do you work for Orbital? I'm at LSG in Chandler.
July 20th, 2010 at 9:54 PM |
I work OCO2 for SSG in
I work OCO2 for SSG in
I work OCO2 for SSG in Dulles. Been here for just over 5 years and love the company. Did you graduate in Aero? Which year? I was 04 and 05 (MSE).
July 20th, 2010 at 10:08 PM |
psh... the Space Shuttle
psh... the Space Shuttle
psh... the Space Shuttle circumnavigates the globe in 90 minutes.
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:46 AM |
Sometimes you just need a picture.
Sometimes you just need a picture.
Because a picture is worth a thousand words per meter per second, squared.
Thats from where I'm at (Temperance, MI) to the suburbs of Columbus, OH in 3:30. Wow.
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"