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The359 · Mar 29, 2004

Originally posted by keram
Bottom, right corner:

From left to right:
X-31, X-36, modified F-15, SR-71, QF-106, modified F-16, and the X-38.

Your "Aurora" is a scale mockup of the X-38 emergency escape shuttle for the ISS. So in other words, you have the wrong plane. The "Aurora" that Viper Zero posted is an assumption that has been around for nearly a decade. Same applies to the video game.

The reality is that no known photograph or drawing of the Aurora exists, and no one has proven that it even exists.

Jpec07 · Mar 29, 2004

there are "photos" showing the exhaust trails out there, but I'm leaving that stuff to conspiracy theorists and the like. I'm talking about the pulse ignition technology. I seem to remember reading about it in popular science; if I can find the article later I'll scan it and show you what I mean...

The359 · Mar 29, 2004

Yes, the so called "Donuts on a rope" exhaust trails. It's all still theoretically, and all still not proven to exist.

ExigeEvan · Mar 29, 2004

I have been in Concorde

It was a test model in the Fleet Air Arm museum. The question I have, is to reach the correct speed to even engage the scram jet (mach 5 i think) you would need a certain amount of acceleration. Surely this amount of acceleration would cause some discomfort and stress on any future passengers.

Famine · Mar 29, 2004

Concorde used to do regular Mach flights on a circular run from Leeds-Bradford airport. Tickets cost £10 for a half hour, with a guaranteed supersonic flight.

ExigeEvan · Mar 29, 2004

leeds-Bradford? THAT short a journey? But didn't Concorde have to wait untill it was overseas to enter Mach speeds so as not to disturb residents with its sonic boom?

Jpec07 · Mar 29, 2004

Originally posted by ExigeExcel
I have been in Concorde It was a test model in the Fleet Air Arm museum. The question I have, is to reach the correct speed to even engage the scram jet (mach 5 i think) you would need a certain amount of acceleration. Surely this amount of acceleration would cause some discomfort and stress on any future passengers.

Well, until we get into inertial dampening technology then we shouldn't really be going that fast, now should we?

Originally posted by The359
Yes, the so called "Donuts on a rope" exhaust trails. It's all still theoretically, and all still not proven to exist.

I'm not talking about the donuts on a rope; as those are purely theoretical. I'm talking about a propulsion system that is already being developed that uses pulse-style bursts to propel the airplane. I read about it in Popular Science, I think. Whatever, I'll see what I can find..

ExigeEvan · Mar 29, 2004

Well, until we get into inertial dampening technology then we shouldn't really be going that fast, now should we?

Did I detect a hint of sarcasm :odd:

Famine · Mar 29, 2004

Originally posted by ExigeExcel
leeds-Bradford? THAT short a journey? But didn't Concorde have to wait untill it was overseas to enter Mach speeds so as not to disturb residents with its sonic boom?

You really ARE Welsh, aren't you?

There is an airport - just the one - in West Yorkshire, called "Leeds-Bradford Airport" (code LBA). Concorde ran test flights on a circular route - meaning it took off and landed at the same place - to which tickets were sometimes available. The 30 minute run took them out over the North Sea, where they had a short supersonic burst, and back to Leeds-Bradford Airport.

Solid Lifters · Mar 29, 2004

Originally posted by Jpec07
Well, until we get into inertial dampening technology then we shouldn't really be going that fast, now should we?

I'm not talking about the donuts on a rope; as those are purely theoretical. I'm talking about a propulsion system that is already being developed that uses pulse-style bursts to propel the airplane. I read about it in Popular Science, I think. Whatever, I'll see what I can find..

Are you talking about ion engines? They used for spacecraft mostly, but I've seen tests by NASA, and private companies, on regular aircraft.

NASA Successfully Tests Ion Engine | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
Address:http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13083

Unless you mean Pulse Detonation Engine Technology. It's been around for a long time.

Address:http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/AERO/base/pdet.htm Changed:2:32 PM on Monday, March 29, 2004

keram · Mar 30, 2004

I went on Concorde at Duxford Airport Museum - Midlands somewhere. When I went to Wales they were flying training BAe Hawks at very low altitudes the locals seemed to not notice a thing.

ExigeEvan · Mar 30, 2004

You really ARE Welsh, aren't you?

There is an airport - just the one - in West Yorkshire, called "Leeds-Bradford Airport" (code LBA). Concorde ran test flights on a circular route - meaning it took off and landed at the same place - to which tickets were sometimes available. The 30 minute run took them out over the North Sea, where they had a short supersonic burst, and back to Leeds-Bradford Airport.

*lowers head in shame*

Jpec07 · Mar 30, 2004

Originally posted by Solid Lifters
Unless you mean Pulse Detonation Engine Technology. It's been around for a long time.

Address:http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/AERO/base/pdet.htm Changed:2:32 PM on Monday, March 29, 2004

Exactly what I'm talking about (I just couldn't figure out what it was called). Thanks for that.

240Z freak · Mar 30, 2004

Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
Coumadin (for those of you who don't know what it is, it's a blood thiner...but also used to kill rats by making the blood so thin that it cant stay in their blood vessels)

*horrible mental image*
:sick:

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