Oh, trust me, they put billions on that inlet design, there are literally thousands of inlet design out there, the whole “aerodynamic doesn’t Matter that much at such speed” thing is the boeiniest Boeing bullshit I’ve heard
Chinese Hypersonic Developments (HGVs/HCMs)
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Is it valuable for a fighter/interceptor regarding power to weight, you know a fighter-interceptor or strike aircraft traveling at Mach 6 for short time for a dash and the payload itself being HCM so it immediately starts scramjet without rocket booster?
Designing isn't an issue these days it's making one based on that is the real challenge most countries can't even make it work properly in a wind tunnel and I don't know who told you that but aerodynamics absolutely matters at that speed even more so, Atmospheric air starts to behave like water at that point
This is such a clever platform, it’s perfect as a foundational test platform for everything to come from the University.
This booster plus HV combination recently did a parachute test to return booster and HV to earth after a successful scramjet test I believe.
This platform starts the test at scramjet speeds, not from 0mph, the first engine part to ignite is the scramjet, not the rocket engine.
Only once the scramjet has fully ignited and been confirmed will the test actually start, and if anything goes wrong up until that point, the test can still be aborted and the entire system recovered. That’s pretty clever.
Interesting idea but releasing a payload at Mach 6 inside the atmosphere is pretty much impossible
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
I mean the big reveal in that comment for me is the “the aerodynamics are easy the fluid dynamics is a pain in the ass” statement. The aerodynamics *is* the fluid dynamics. Air is a fluid, aerodynamics are a subset of fluid dynamics. The fluid part of the fluid dynamics in question for hypersonic flight is air.
supercat
Major
Northwestern Polytechnical University is under sanction by the U.S. It makes their achievement even more amazing.
Who's Garcia Marquez and where is this excerpt from? Please link. Thanks.