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Technology Chat => New Technology, Science etc ... => Topic started by: DD1975 on August 14, 2012, 20:22:04 PM

Title: Hypersonic flight
Post by: DD1975 on August 14, 2012, 20:22:04 PM
So after a failed attempt last year the US will attempt to reach Mach 6 with the X-51A

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19257769 (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19257769)

Will they beat MAch 5 this time?
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: Diesel on August 14, 2012, 20:51:38 PM
Nice find DD. I see that this thing will break up after the test, I hope they sort that bit out before it becomes a commercial flight.  :o
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: DD1975 on August 14, 2012, 20:58:34 PM
It will become the ultimate cruise missile long before there is any human flight Diesel....try seeing tha one coming!!!!
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: Diesel on August 14, 2012, 21:00:54 PM
I guess you would be toast long before you'd seen it coming let alone heard the thing.  :LOL:
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: DD1975 on August 14, 2012, 21:06:49 PM
Would be like the first V2 hitting London in WW2......a "Gas main explosion"
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: DD1975 on August 15, 2012, 18:44:55 PM
And the latest news is that the flight was a total failure, that the craft had a problem with a fin and crashed before it's scramjet could even fire up..........another expensive "D'oh"
Title: Re: Hypersonic flight
Post by: DaveMorton on August 16, 2012, 08:17:59 AM
Boy, they're just hip deep in bad luck, aren't they? :o
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