Reaction engine test is success!

Eames said:
Tldr version of what is a reaction engine?
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reaction engines are a company.

they're making a pre cooled jet engine that can also close its intakes at higher altitudes and become a rocket engine to make a single stage to orbit reusable space craft.

they've just proved the precooler technology works.

preecooler lows it to fly much higher and faster than normal engines.
 
StriderX said:
Think Concorde, but like...faster.

:)
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that would be the reaction engines A2, a hypersonic mach 5 air liner.

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No windows unfortunately due to heat and weight.
 
Tefal said:
that would be the reaction engines A2, a hypersonic mach 5 air liner.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1831/a2plane3.jpg[IMG]

No windows unfortunately due to heat and weight.[/QUOTE]

Yeah but who cares, its hardly like people look out of them anyway, they will be adding displays as well for "comfort".
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StriderX said:
Yeah but who cares, its hardly like people look out of them anyway, they will be adding displays as well for "comfort".
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A nice display showing a camera feed from the outside is far better than a tiny round window that barely 1 person can look out of!

Impressive stuff coming out of these places though.
 
I just thought of a cool thing, the whole inner hull (whatever you call it) of the passenger decks, should have the roof be a huge OLED, so you can basically just show feeds around the craft...so awesome...hope it occurs.

Perhaps it would be a power hog though?
 
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StriderX said:
I just thought of a cool thing, the hole inner hull (whatever you call it) of the passenger decks, should have the roof be a huge OLED, so you can basically just show feeds around the craft...so awesome...hope it occurs.

Perhaps it would be a power hog though?
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would also weigh a few tons and be a huge fire and electrical hazard.
 
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