OT: Mach 10 Scramjet!!!

[Camoman]

For those that are interested in this stuff, I just got this thru email. Thats pretty darn quick ay..Sounds interesting despite not knowing how it works (and being too lazy to research it cos I know someone here will shed some light on it for me for less effort on my behalf, hehe)..So if u know would you care to give a quick summary.:book:

 

 

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence Media Mail List

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HIGH SPEED SUCCESS AT WOOMERA

 

Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has today

successfully launched one of the world’s fastest air-breathing engine

experiments, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Mr Peter

Lindsay announced.

 

The scramjet engine experiment reached speeds of up to Mach 10, approximately

11,000 km per hour, or ten times the speed of sound.

Scramjets are air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engines that could make

it possible for a two hour flight from Sydney to London.

 

“This research is a major boost to Australian and international scramjet

technology research,” Mr Lindsay said.

 

“Today’s flight rocketed to an altitude of 530km, and reached Mach 10 during

re-entry,” Mr Lindsay said.

 

“Australia is a world leader in hypersonics research.”

 

“Scramjet research has taken place in Australia for over three decades. We have

active research programs in niche technologies of scramjet propulsion as well as

guidance and control at hypersonic speeds.”

 

The flight took place at the Woomera Test Facility in South Australia under a

collaborative effort between the United States’ Defense Advanced Research

Projects Agency (DARPA) and DSTO, also representing the research collaborators

in the Australian Hypersonics Initiative (AHI).

 

"This test has obtained the first ever flight data on the inward-turning

scramjet engine design," said Dr. Steven Walker, Deputy Director of the Tactical

Technology Office at DARPA. "DARPA will compare this flight data to ground test

data measured on the same engine configuration in the US."

 

"We are pleased with this joint effort between the US and Australia and believe

that a hypersonic airplane could be a reality in the not to distant future."

 

While DSTO was the lead Australian research agency for the flight, the AHI’s

collaborative partners include the University of Queensland, the University of

New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the Australian

National University, together with the State Governments of South Australia and

Queensland.

 

DSTO scientist Dr Warren Harch said hypersonic propulsion using supersonic

combustion ramjet (scramjet) technology offered the possibility of very high

speeds and fuel efficiencies.

 

“This technology has the potential to put numerous defence and civilian

aerospace applications within our reach during the next couple of decades,” Dr

Harch said.

 

Hypersonics is the study of velocities greater than five times the speed of

sound (Mach 5) and could have a significant impact on Defence as well as on

international transport and future access to space.

 

Future defence applications for hypersonic vehicles include long-range time

critical missions, with civilian applications including low-cost satellite

launching and high-speed aircraft.

 

Dr Harch said DSTO’s scientific contributions to the research program had been

the computer modelling of the combustion processes, non-linear mechanics,

guidance and control, and trajectory analysis.

 

“Assisting with telemetry collection is another important area, which presents

quite a challenge when working with a vehicle travelling at hypersonic speeds,”

Dr Harch said.

 

As part of its continuing commitment to a research program in Hypersonics, in

November last year DSTO signed the $74 million Hypersonics International Flight

Research Experimentation (HiFire) Agreement with the United States Air Force,

under which up to ten Hypersonic flight experiments are planned to occur at

Woomera over the next five years.

 

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DSTO: Steve Butler 0418 800 323

Defence Media: (02) 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664

 

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[Groove]

Mac 10 is nice, i like !

 

Check this one:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)

 

Mach 10 in 5 seconds, whos yoo daddy ? :D

[britgliderpilot]

Mac 10 is nice, i like !

 

Check this one:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)

 

Mach 10 in 5 seconds, whos yoo daddy ? :D

 

 

Solid fuel's a different world from air-breathing.

 

Manned, air-breathing, hypersonic transport aircraft will probably remain the stuff of sci-fi for a little while longer, though . . .

[Camoman]

That video on Wiki is insane (and im assuming its not sped up). Gives the acceleration a little perspective..

 

Mac 10 is nice, i like !

 

Check this one:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile)

 

Mach 10 in 5 seconds, whos yoo daddy ? :D

[Skopro_PL]

well i read about this a while back,there were discussions,at the time,about how it worked and if i remember correctly the engine has to be at a certain speed before it works,meaning the air has to move at the correct speed through the engine for it to(combust?) i know that they use lasers' pinpoint accuracy to ignite the air(in a sense). Cant rememeber much more info,take a look around online its very cool stuff.

[Groove]

Solid fuel's a different world from air-breathing.

 

Manned, air-breathing, hypersonic transport aircraft will probably remain the stuff of sci-fi for a little while longer, though . . .

 

Damn, and i thought surviving a 100 g acceleration is a normal thing ;)

 

I just tried to give a comparsion that there are Mach 10 vehicles so far. But as you already mentioned, manned Mach 10 flights are sci-fi atm.