Scramjet challenge poster
1,623 LockheedMartinAerospace
7.8 years ago
Build a scramjet capable of breaching Mach 10 (7673 mph).
Deadline: May 3, 2017
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###Entries:
Bifurcation F-77 (Kerbango)
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###Criteria
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Design (10 pts)
MPH above Mach 10 (15-30 pts)
Stability (20 pts)
Creativity (10 pts)
Originality {No predecessors} (30 pts)
Specifications
Spotlights
- MyMessage 7.7 years ago
- Kerbango 7.7 years ago
- Franticmatty 7.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +196 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 147.6ft (45.0m)
- Length 44.3ft (13.5m)
- Height 1.6ft (0.5m)
- Empty Weight 50,156lbs (22,750kg)
- Loaded Weight 50,156lbs (22,750kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 31477
Parts
- Number of Parts 2251
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 3,829
i can"t do this
@Kerbango Dont think I'd ever be able to do that haha
@franticmatty
@stormysarge Since 2 days ago.
@LockHeadMartinAerospace when is this open for entries?
@EternalDarkness The SR-71 has ramjets, but can take off on it's own, because it uses a turboramjet. Similarly, the SR-72 will utilize a turboscramjet.
@LockheedMartinAerospace @Viperfox Scramjet is a version of Ramjet capable of sustaining a supersonic airflow. Ramjet uses the speed of the vehicle it's mounted on to ram the air into the combustion chamber, instead of turbine compressors (that's why it's a ramjet). It cannot function at low speed, and at supersonic speeds it uses a cone to reduce the speed of the airflow through it (similar to the nose of MiG21). That is effective up to a certain speed. Scramjet, on the other hand, can work above that speed limit, and is thus used mainly as a propellent for long-range hypersonic missiles. Vehicles equipped with ramjet or scramjet as a main form of propulsion require assisted takeoff (RATO, JATO, or solid rocket booster as a first stage of a cruise missile).
@BogdanX Just like all engines (except rockets and ion engines)