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Scramjet challenge poster

1,623 LockheedMartinAerospace  7.8 years ago
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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)

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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
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    2,217 Raiyan

    i can"t do this

    7.7 years ago
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    53.1k Franticmatty

    @Kerbango Dont think I'd ever be able to do that haha

    7.7 years ago
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    102k Kerbango

    @franticmatty

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    @stormysarge Since 2 days ago.

    7.8 years ago
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    @LockHeadMartinAerospace when is this open for entries?

    7.8 years ago
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    @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.

    7.8 years ago
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    @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).

    7.8 years ago
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    @BogdanX Just like all engines (except rockets and ion engines)

    7.8 years ago