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Testing proceeds on X-51A 'WaveRider' jet
Valley Press on ^
| Friday, March 27, 2009.
| ALLISON GATLIN
Posted on 03/27/2009 2:42:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:42:22 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Image search results for X-51A...
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:50:09 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 67 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: BenLurkin
Wow, I didn’t know turbojet engines carried oxidizers in order to work properly....
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:50:49 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Senators and Representatives : They govern like Calvin Ball is played, making it up as they go along)
To: BenLurkin
Artist's image:
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:51:52 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: null and void
Dude, the Silver Surfer was a 'waverider'.
To: stylin_geek
Wow, I didnt know turbojet engines carried oxidizers in order to work properly....Gee, next time I fly, I'm gonna have to look under my seat or in the overhead for the LOX tank...
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:55:15 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: BenLurkin
Since the mid-1990s, a series of projects have been working toward creating an air-breathing hypersonic engine Thought there was an article on FR about a team that recently broke Mach 4 with diesel fuel.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:59:05 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
To: buccaneer81
Yeah, and not only that, they’re gonna have to pay us rather than charge us to fly on that thing.....
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:01:38 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Senators and Representatives : They govern like Calvin Ball is played, making it up as they go along)
To: stylin_geek
No wonder the planes are no smoking these days.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:05:10 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: null and void
It looks even more cool in the air.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:05:15 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(And oh, Hey! I've been travelin' on this road too long)
To: BenLurkin
If they’re saying it’s “under development” it’s been operational for years and they’re taking it public because they’ve already got something better.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:05:50 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: stylin_geek
It is bad prose, isn’t it?
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:06:58 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
To: buccaneer81
Well, there is that tank in the luggage rack up in the front.
Guess that’s why your bag will not inflate.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:08:06 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
To: buccaneer81
Can you imagine what would happen if pure oxygen were injected into a jet engine? How long do you suppose it would last before it melted or seized?
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:10:28 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Senators and Representatives : They govern like Calvin Ball is played, making it up as they go along)
To: stylin_geek
Can you imagine what would happen if pure oxygen were injected into a jet engine? How long do you suppose it would last before it melted or seized?That would be something to see. I'm sure it was done way back in the day on the test platforms.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:12:39 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
You know, you’re probably right. The guys who did the early testing on jet engines were a pretty swashbuckling breed.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:17:12 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Senators and Representatives : They govern like Calvin Ball is played, making it up as they go along)
To: MeanWestTexan
Clearly written by a proseur.
To: buccaneer81
What do you think those oxygen masks are attached to that drop down if cabin pressure drops? It’s a little known fact that when people suck on those things, engine fuel mixtures get rich.
cliff claven
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:26:50 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: mamelukesabre
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:27:45 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
When I was a teenager, I hopped up a flat-heat 4 stroke briggs and stratton single cylinder motor with a reamed out fuel orifice and a small oxygen cylinder & hose running to the air cleaner. I melted the muffler off before the engine died.
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posted on
03/27/2009 3:31:10 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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