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Hypersonic startup Hermeus unveils first flyable aircraft
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| March 29, 2024
| MIQUEL ROS
Posted on 04/08/2024 9:32:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hypersonic flight startup Hermeus has publicly unveiled its first flyable aircraft, called the Quarterhorse Mk 1. A previous version, Quarterhorse Mk.0, was successfully tested on the ground in January 2024.
Hermeus Via X:
Mk 1 is our second fully-integrated vehicle built in just the past year. This rate of iteration highlights the new standard Hermeus has set for the pace of aircraft development: One aircraft per year.
Each aircraft in the Quarterhorse program progressively increases in complexity, building on the learnings of prior builds.
The new model is not yet capable of reaching hypersonic speeds. However, the uncrewed experimental aircraft will allow the Atlanta-based startup to test a number of design concepts that it may then apply to successive iterations of the technology.
It is expected that Quarterhorse Mk.1 will perform its first flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California, later in 2024. These will include high speed take-offs and landings.
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Travel; UFO's
KEYWORDS: hermeus; hypersonic; quarterhorsemk1
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Hypersonic Hyperventilation Ping!..............
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:32:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Yeah, the word “hypersonic” would have been helpful.
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:38:40 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: knarf
The new model is not yet capable of reaching hypersonic speeds.
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:40:52 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
But it won’t fit in my garage!
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:41:22 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: Red Badger
Wait that’s a F-104 starfighter
To: ZOOKER
You should wait until they get all the bugs out, anyways, like Boeing does...................
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:42:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: butlerweave
I was wondering if anyone would see the similarity!................
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:43:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Its just a missile...
The new model is not yet capable of reaching hypersonic speeds.
...and not even hypersonic.
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:43:22 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: butlerweave
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:44:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Can someone explain what it will be good for? Just wondering.
To: Saintgermain
Can someone explain what it will be good for? Just wondering. Multi millionaires who tend to run late.
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:52:09 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
It looks like a 1950s Lockheed.
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:52:51 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Saintgermain
Well, if it flies without falling apart, they have a leg up on Boeing.....................
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:53:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: ComputerGuy
Retro looks are the ‘in’ thing nowadays..................
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:53:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
So they’re going hypersonic with that stove pipe sticking out of the front?
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posted on
04/08/2024 9:58:37 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
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To: Magnum44
The first flyable aircraft IS acceptable ?
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posted on
04/08/2024 10:02:04 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: ComputerGuy
I damn near spit up my coffee after reading your comment! lol
I worked for lockheed back in 2000 and we were working hypersonics back then. I always amazes me to hear the soviets or the chineese are light years ahead of us??????
To: superfries
Nothin' outrun my V8 Ford Chuck Berry
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posted on
04/08/2024 10:06:33 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
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To: Red Badger
Of course. In the intervening years the laws of aerodynamics just have not changed much! Kind of reinventing the past—which is reality.
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