New unarmed unmanned reconnaissance plane MACH 3+
The Fiefdom of Huahin is proud to announce its first export plane, the RX-1
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/d-21small.jpg
Specifications:
Construction: Titanium Monocoque with some super-high-temperature plastics
Width: 19 feet 1/4 inch
Length: 42 feet 10 inches
Height: 18 feet 6 inches
Maximum Speed: Above Mach 3
Maximum Ceiling: Above 90,000 feet
Powerplant: Huahin RX-1 Type 23 Ramjet
This plane is an unarmed, unmanned reconnaissance drones which are deployed from a parent aeroplane, like the B-52, and then fly over a pre-programmed route before returning to base where it slowly glides back down.
Price: 50 Million Huahin Pounds (1H£:1$)
BUMP
Please buy this plane and look out for more in the future.
This plane is faster than any known AA missile and flies faster than a bullet.
Clairmont
28-09-2003, 21:58
The max speed of a AIM-54 Phoenix is 4,800 kilometers per hour, or Mach 4. The muzzle velocity of the .50 caliber bullet in M82 Barret rifle is 3,060 kilometers per hour. So this is faster than a bullet, but hardly faster than any AA missle. So its fast but if you are a modern tech nation, you could make even a faster one.
Kotterdam
28-09-2003, 22:06
Well, they may not be faster than an Air-to-Air missile, but they're certainly faster than a good many of the fighters that would be tasked to intercept them.
Although, for a ramjet, wouldn't the speed be just a tad low? I'm a bit fuzzy on ram/scramjets, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that a prototype ramjet-powered craft was expected to have a top speed somewhere around Mach 5. Popular Science, maybe? I don't know. I just might be wrong. *Cough-probably-cough*
imported_Ell
29-09-2003, 09:35
I would make it a bit bigger, 42 feet doesn't give it enough range.
Its unmanned and cheap but due to popular opinion we are working on a new, faster more efficient engine and alos on option to have it remote controlled.
Also can you please use MPH rather than KPH
Kekkosmaa
29-09-2003, 18:51
OOC: No, KPH is better :P
OOC: Damn straight!
IC: We'd be interested in buying some, once you get the upgraded version in production. Please contact us once you do.
Sambizie
29-09-2003, 19:01
Well, they may not be faster than an Air-to-Air missile, but they're certainly faster than a good many of the fighters that would be tasked to intercept them.
Although, for a ramjet, wouldn't the speed be just a tad low? I'm a bit fuzzy on ram/scramjets, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that a prototype ramjet-powered craft was expected to have a top speed somewhere around Mach 5. Popular Science, maybe? I don't know. I just might be wrong. *Cough-probably-cough*
The speed would be a bit low for a ramjet. Here hope this helps..
OOC:Scramjet is an acronym for Supersonic Combustion Ramjet. The scramjet differs from the ramjet in that combustion takes place at supersonic air velocities through the engine. It is mechanically simple, but vastly more complex aerodynamically than a jet engine.
The Sambizie Areospace Division has completed testing and development of the SCRAMjet. Test resulted in the decesion being made to use Hellium, (HE3) as the best type of "injector-fuel" for the SCRAMjet. Due to the combustion needed during supersonic airflow, Hellium is the needed source.
The scramjet grabs most of its fuel from the air it rushes through. Mechanically simple - it has no moving parts - it has proved very tricky to develop, chiefly because it only starts to work at speeds above Mach 5.
CONSEPTUAL TEST RESULTS:
The test was of a 10-centimetre- (four-inch) diameter, 20% model of a conceptual missile fired from a gun. The projectile experienced a peak acceleration of approximately 10,000 Gs, and emerged from the gun at Mach 7. After the titanium projectile was launched, it used its scramjet to cover a distance of 80 metres (260 feet) in slightly over 30 milliseconds.
Scramjet engines provide propulsion at speeds above Mach 5 by capturing atmospheric air to mix with on-board fuel. These air-breathing engines are therefore more efficient than conventional rocket motors because they do not need to carry an oxidant with them.
We have proven these test to be succesful and have started the manufacturing of the SCRAMjet. Due to the fuel used, Hellium (HE3), the engine has been named: He3-SCRAMjet.
He3-SCRAMjet:
http://www.g2mil.com/scramjet.jpg
The Fiefdom of Huahin is proud to announce its first export plane, the RX-1
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/d-21small.jpgOOC: isn't that the Unmanned Ramjet plane that rode piggyback on an SR-71 variant? That thing is like 40 years old lol
Well done, and it is a real plane and the stats are real except for the name of the engine.
hmm... putting a scramjet on that would be useless by the way, unless it were some freaky hybrid, or it qwere launched from the back of an SR-71 lol
btw, I was recently at the Boeing museum of Flight, I saw that little UAV up close ;) How about this one I took with my camera? lol
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/d21b.jpg
Wouldn't you just love to fly a SR-71 :)
Those will be for sale soon aswell.
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Thank you, they are on their way already.
If this things only form of propulsion is a RAMJET how does it takeoff?
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If this things only form of propulsion is a RAMJET how does it takeoff?a ramjet is just a normal jet engine that uses a lot more fuel and combusts it with a lot more air... its power would increase as it got faster.
Its not like a SCRAMjet, where you have to be supersonic to combust.
But also note, RAMjets suck for fuel... they take in gallons per second...