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Mach 6 Aircraft (1/11)
 8/14/12 5:08pm
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The Air Force plans a key test of an experimental aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound, or about 3,600 mph.


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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (2/11)
 8/14/12 5:23pm
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I had one of those and it did'nt work.  Pffft waiting for the new zr-77 to come out  Big smile

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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (3/11)
 8/14/12 7:14pm
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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (4/11)
 8/16/12 10:01am
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It failed the test............man!

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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (5/11)
 8/16/12 5:36pm
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Oh no.

I've read:  Lighting off those scram jets is like lighting a match in a hurricane.

Hypersonic travel will just have to wait for a while.

Keith


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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (6/11)
 8/16/12 8:06pm
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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (7/11)
 8/16/12 9:54pm
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Oh man!

A subsystem failure.  They didn't even get to light the fire.  That is the big question.
Can they get it lit and stay lit?  The air traveling through the combustion area is
above supersonic speeds unlike jet engines on supersonic aircraft.

At least they have one left.   $$$s   Thanks for the link.

Keith


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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (8/11)
 8/17/12 12:21pm
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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (9/11)
 8/17/12 9:28pm
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If we had what they (aliens) have, we wouldn't be farting around at
mach 6......  Hey.  I'm still trilled to put along at 150 kts.
I do bet when our team gets that thing going it will be over mach 10
before you know it.

Keith


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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (10/11)
 8/20/12 11:20pm
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What do you fly?

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Re: Mach 6 Aircraft (11/11)
 8/20/12 11:39pm
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Hey Gary,

Nothing Hypersonic.  Just flew a V tail Bonanza last week and flew a RV-6A and RV-10 quite a bit over the past few years. 
My CFI check ride was in a C-182RG last April.  But it is mostly 172s and 150s lately.

I did work on F-4s and F-15s at Luke back in the 80s.

Keith


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