Scramjet Test!

[jetairteam]

If at all we do make ScramJets passenger ready..., how the FUK are we gonna stop this thing, slow it down !? lol

[MistahRandum]

thumbs up for me seeing my first intelligent conversation on youtube

[FRANKGU968]

LOL, the next thing NASA will be trying out will be smthing like electron gun propulsion i guess

[TopGunMan]

such a nice windtunnel...

WTB Hypersonic Windtunnel

22 Dollars and four nickels! Email please

[TheNamaste2012]

well your talking way slower than the speed of light. we need something that can do multipule lvls of c. or superluminal speeds to even get somewhere with out dieing 1/100 of the way there. And yes it is very possible to optain those speeds.

[barthoedemaker]

No, the future is nuclear atom propulsion. The energy that comes free when an atom is seperated, like with a nuke. ( Space travel )

[iiztehpwnagelol]

@barthoedemaker

or possibly even anti-matter propulsion, once we find a practical way to manufacture it...

[thecreativeone31]

@iiztehpwnagelol there it not enoughanit matter to fuel a jet.

and there only one partical accelrator in the world to produce it. which in switserland. google cern

[y512516]

we got antimater and anti electrons

But we just can't get enough of it

[elevadon]

Nuclear propulsion has been abandoned as a realistic means of propulsion.

[kjun13]

@barthoedemaker good luck getting someone to try that, the radiatiion and x rays would fry your balls.

[9Paradigm]

scramjets are now outdated even before being declassified the real deal is magneticly charged plasma ion propulsion using a compressed argon mixture.

[deviance87]

They are 2 different things. Plasma propulsion is much less powerful and suited more for long distance interplanetary space travel rather than hypersonic, high altitude intercontinental travel (since ramjets require air).

[GenevaSuspension]

Modern day jet engines are the result of pithy jet engines of a few decades ago. Ion propulsion technology will improve and become more practicable for commercial use rather than simply propelling inter-planetary probes and maintaining orbits.

[Helge129]

@9Paradigm: which sucks in planetary atmospheres because you get more thrust from an extinguisher than from an ion engine.

[brunofporto]

@Helge129 I remember a north american professor saying that ion engine have the thrust of a fart ;)

[Helge129]

@brunofporto: Well, it has very little thrust, but provides it over a very long time.

A small impulse during a long time can have the same effect as a very fucking powerful impulse over a short time :P

[shawnaw2]

@brunofporto

well in space, the deceleration from friction is almost null or actually null itself, so any acceleration in space will be kept

like say, if u have that farting engine that gives 1m/s2 of acceleration, the spacecraft will continue to accelerate at that 1m/s2, comparing to IN earth atmosphere, there's gravity to take care of even moving up... and theres air resistance to take care of moving faster and faster, this is not for space as an object can continue to accelerate forever

[kjun13]

@9Paradigm like those tin-foil lifter things that use a shitload of electricity?

[9Paradigm]

@kjun13 The device you are talking about is a ion wind generator - like in a air purifier with no parts. Still J. hutchison is on to somethin..

I was talking about the theoretical 39 days to mars argon plasma assisted rocket mission with working prototypes to prove claims.

But the ions I was talking about originally, I meant to say sub atomic particles of some yet to be determined type which could be released @ 99% of the speed of light for a long period of time. Einstein may be disproven!?

[hobbiz]

@9Paradigm

well, there are 2 totally different uses for those.

ramjet can only operate within the atmosphere, as it needs air. the VASIMR you talk about can only operate outside...

[thejalderman]

It would be sweet though

[boomshanka]

When these engines finally get perfected, we may yet see airliners that can cut the travel time across the Pacific from the current 12hrs down to maybe 2hrs.

[thejordan01]

I doubt it, these things drink fuel. The power required to overcome air friction is just not worth it.

[boomshanka]

Not when you take into account the fact that airliners with these engines fitted on will travel at three times the altitude height that current airliners fly at.

[entrailsgalore]

Exactly, that is why planes like the SR-71, Rumored aurora, etc are meant to travel at high altitudes, less air resistance and better thrust using the same or less energy. The only thing is I don't know how smooth of a ride it will be traveling so high at speeds of mach 4 and higher lol.

[HenronValdez]

@boomshanka its gonna suck if you ov er shoot your destination by a 100 miles and if ur 3 times higher then ur decent ad ascent is goin to be extremely quick depending on the distance traveled.

[thejordan01]

That's true, I didn't think of that

[thejalderman]

that wont happen bro. Its possible. But its just not worth it. The ends dont justify the means. If they did Concord would still be around despite the crash...RIP. The wealthiest of the wealthy that could justify the testing dont need to cross the pond in a hurry in mass anymore. As fast as we can fly we cant go faster than the internet.

[rainerfilm]

nice hairdryer.

[Kivencito]

hey i have a question.... humm if a human goes at that velocity is there a kind of danger talking about the gforces?

[Kustav]

Well you have to potential to go 15 times the speed of sound so I'd say its pretty likely you'd get messed up.

Awesome vid.

[ston932]

speed is not the problem only acceleration and deceleration (both are the same actualy only a matte rof reference frame) are dangerous ( the fall wont kill you , the impact does. to put it that way ^^)

sory for my bad english ( im not a native english speaker)

[Takeital]

if you accelerate normally it will feel like a normal plane, if you try to do a loop at mach 15 then yeah the gforce will probably kill you

[HenronValdez]

@Kivencito g force is caused by rapid acceleration and deceleration. thats why if you travel at 100 miles per hour on the highway at a constant it feel the same as 20 miles per hour in a city.

[hobbiz]

@Kivencito

try to google gforces. it is not affected by speed