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HE JL-200 CARAMJET engine

3,999 UltravioletBlood  5 hours ago

JL-200 is an experimental engine developed by Helios Engineering for heavy interceptor planes. It utilises a novel compressed-air ramjet design that allows it to start without any airflow, producing more than 300kN of thrust.

Unlike a normal ramjet, which requires the aircraft to be at an aready high speed to start, the CARAMJET uses compressed air injected into the combustion chamber. The air tank allows it to reach a speed at which it can function like a normal ramjet.


Instructions

AG1 enables the air compressor (it uses a small turbine in the front). You can monitor the air tank pressure using the display. Once the pressure reaches at least 30% (preferrably higher), the red light changes to green indicating that you can start the engine. To do that, increase the throttle to 100% and disable AG1. The air pressure will start to drop, giving the aircraft some time to accelerate. At the speed of about 350 kph it no longer needs the air tank


Free to use as a subassembly, just disconnect it from the flight computer. Also ignore the fuselage parts on the sides, they were just used to stabilise it for screenshots (thats why the mass is so high)

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 75.5ft (23.0m)
  • Length 27.7ft (8.5m)
  • Height 10.8ft (3.3m)
  • Empty Weight 301,850lbs (136,917kg)
  • Loaded Weight 302,612lbs (137,263kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.2
  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 5212

Parts

  • Number of Parts 75
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 250
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    @Graingy Yeah. Bonus point for a turbojet is nought but a ramjet with a compressor powered by its own exhaust gases.

    +1 3 hours ago
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    So uhhhhh... This ramjet is made of Caramel?

    3 hours ago
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    6,065 dabestsock

    @UltravioletBlood ok

    3 hours ago
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    35.8k Graingy

    Cool idea, but incredibly unrealistic. Jet engines use a lot of air, far more than what a compression take could feasibly provide, at least at a reasonable mass.
    Looks cool, however.

    +1 3 hours ago
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    @dabestsock thanks

    i will use it in my own plane soon (in fact, 3 of my last posts are all parts of it)

    4 hours ago
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    6,065 dabestsock

    Love it
    Hope people use it

    +1 5 hours ago