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| Tango01 | 02 Dec 2020 1:19 p.m. PST |
… Reach Anywhere On Earth Within 2 Hours' "Chinese scientists have built what they claim is a revolutionary plane engine for Mach 16 flight. An aircraft powered by the engine could reach anywhere in the world within two hours, they said. The test flight of a prototype in a hypersonic wind tunnel in Beijing suggested unprecedented performance in terms of thrust, fuel efficiency and operational stability. The engine could also serve "reusable trans-atmospheric planes [that will] take off horizontally from an airport runway, accelerate into orbit around the Earth, then re-enter into the atmosphere, and finally land at an airport," said the scientists, led by Professor Jiang Zonglin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Mechanics in a peer-reviewed paper published in the Chinese Journal of Aeronautics on Saturday…"
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 02 Dec 2020 1:39 p.m. PST |
But by all accounts they haven't perfected regular fighter engines yet. Chinese reverse-engineered fighter engines don't last as long as Russian ones, much less western engines. |
| JMcCarroll | 02 Dec 2020 4:10 p.m. PST |
I'll put my Mach 17 engine against their Mach 16 engine.
Both run on the fantasy drive. |
| Thresher01 | 02 Dec 2020 5:30 p.m. PST |
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Raynman  | 02 Dec 2020 10:04 p.m. PST |
At that acceleration and Mach, wouldn't it squash the pilot? I mean, press him so far back into the seat he becomes part of the upholstery! |
| Tango01 | 03 Dec 2020 12:36 p.m. PST |
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Old Glory  | 03 Dec 2020 3:07 p.m. PST |
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bases up the rifle teams.
