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Had you ever strapped a rocket engine into a figher? NASA did! NF-104

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Kerbal Space Program: Any resemblance to historic events, real life machines and real persons, living or dead, is **NOT** purely coincidental! :)

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On 11/3/2022 at 12:18 AM, Benzo Kerman said:

On a slightly different note, in my government class we were talking about how metro government works in Oregon. I noticed someone mentioned with an intriguing  last name. Guys, I have found a real life Kerman:

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Dude, I would nominate this as the "Post of the Month" if we had such thing around here! :)

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TIL that beryllium hydride is a solid. That makes Glishko's RD-550 and RD-560 rocket motors even crazier - they were hybrids.

And they somehow pumped the damn thing anyway.

Upd.: apparently they used a screw pump under 100 atm, and then added hot hydrogen gas to produce a "pseudoliquid".

Fortunately, sufficient amounts of beryllium hydride were not made available for the program to progress significantly, and so Glushko's storeable "improvement in ISP over hydrogen-fluorine" was never fully tested.

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1 hour ago, magnemoe said:

Correction ramjet sleight. 
Still faster and just as safe as using an chain saw.

 

Ramjets need supersonic speed to work. That buzzing is from pulsejets, such as the V1 buzzbomb used. 

That number 2 engine looks rather hot, but that’ll happen when it’s in the middle…

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7 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Ramjets need supersonic speed to work. That buzzing is from pulsejets, such as the V1 buzzbomb used. 

That number 2 engine looks rather hot, but that’ll happen when it’s in the middle…

And you are correct, its an pulse jet. Using an ramjet to travel on the ground is an bad idea if you plan to stay in one piece. 
Noticed the center engine, he might need some cooling.  Have something throw snow or ice on it. 
Snowmobiles has an tiny radiator who is cooled by the belt throwing snow on it,  so if you use them on an road or ice with no snow cover they will overheat. 

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22 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Ramjets need supersonic speed to work. That buzzing is from pulsejets, such as the V1 buzzbomb used. 

You read it wrong! It's not a Ramjet, it's a Ram Jet! :sticktongue:

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An Air Force F-35A with the transponder code 13-5067 has squawked 7700 (general emergency) over Norway.

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Yesterday, 13-5067 squawked 7700 over Arizona.

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Option 1: USAF is into transponder shenanigans.

Option 2: OSINTers have discovered USAF's least lucky pilot. Techies must HATE him.

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