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Northrop Grumman scramjet engine produces record thrust in test
A scramjet engine made by Northrop Grumman set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in US Air Force history. (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...
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this is huge. This is the type of groudbreaking work that was happening almost daily in the 1950's - 60's, when we had gone from props to mach 1 in a scant few years. Now, lets figure out how to capitalize on this and grow. [similar to the tech trickle-down in the automotive world. What to do with tech from a halo-car V8 engine that makes 700 horse from 4.8 litres? make a 2.0 litre four that makes 330 horses reliably and consistently and reasonably economiaclly] 13,000lb thrust hypersonic jet engine? The possibilities are just waiting for the research engineer (who is right now in 7th grade, but now has a spark of wonder).
1.6 litre Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ - 950–1,000 horsepower (710–750 kW)
Oh goody, downvoted on quoting how technology has advanced, considering same engine design only achieved 650 hp 4 years before is staggering to me.
I, too, was down-voted once, when apparently, my comments strayed too far from the main topic.
In any case I wouldn't take it personally.
In any case I wouldn't take it personally.
In the 1950s we went from propellers to Mach 3+ in the SR-71
Ford today announced a 5.2L engine producing 760hp. It uses more oil than my diesel engine.
I admit to having a fascination for these (formerly) esoteric fast movers, going back to my military controller days. So I'm all-in on the excitement about this.
And, while this research is nearly 100% driven by military concerns it also has significant commercial application as well.
Thanks to William Baker for posting.