Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Scramjets Message-ID: <1990Dec3.050627.2654@cbnews.att.com> Date: 3 Dec 90 05:06:27 GMT References: <1990Nov20.021943.27530@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov21.222203.20991@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov27.045102.3975@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 14 Approved: military@att.att.com From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: beede@sctc.com (Mike Beede) >No need for supersonic speed -- a ramjet can work fine at much lower >speeds... Work, yes. Fine, no. :-) Subsonic ramjets can be built, but their performance is terrible. For practical purposes, ramjets are of little interest until speed is at least transonic, and preferably highly supersonic. -- "The average pointer, statistically, |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com