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Title: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: danny_galaga on March 25, 2006, 09:41:59 pm


and because i've moved to queensland i feel part of the credit must lie with me  O0

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1600810.htm
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Harry Potter on March 25, 2006, 10:49:14 pm
What this means to Australians: We'll have faster air travel, less pollution as a result and cheaper airfares.

What this mean to Americans: Hmmm. Wonder if I'll be able to strap this baby to my Buick?  ;)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: HaRuMaN on March 26, 2006, 07:35:11 am
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It travelled more than 300 kilometres into the air before crashing ten minutes later, 400 kilometres down the range.
:lame:
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Harry Potter on March 26, 2006, 08:26:06 am
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It travelled more than 300 kilometres into the air before crashing ten minutes later, 400 kilometres down the range.
:lame:
Let's see the scramjet you built.  ::)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: HaRuMaN on March 26, 2006, 08:35:28 am
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It travelled more than 300 kilometres into the air before crashing ten minutes later, 400 kilometres down the range.
:lame:
Let's see the scramjet you built.  ::)

Actually...  I'm a junior Aerospace Engineering student... so you never know.  O0
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Harry Potter on March 26, 2006, 08:45:03 am
come back when you design something other than paper airplanes.  ;)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: mccoy178 on March 26, 2006, 08:48:57 am
 :applaud:  funny.  me laugh.
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: pointdablame on March 26, 2006, 12:14:48 pm
neat.

So.... can I strap this thing to my Buick?
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Ed_McCarron on March 26, 2006, 12:28:04 pm
Sure, you can strap it to your Buick.

Just remember, scramjets have a minimum functional speed -  you need to be supersonic before you can even light the thing off.

What size engine did that Buick have in it again? ;)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: pointdablame on March 26, 2006, 12:39:46 pm
Sure, you can strap it to your Buick.

Just remember, scramjets have a minimum functional speed -  you need to be supersonic before you can even light the thing off.

What size engine did that Buick have in it again? ;)

I think it's the eleventy brazillion cubic inch model..... I should be fine.
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: danny_galaga on March 27, 2006, 03:59:56 am
Sure, you can strap it to your Buick.

Just remember, scramjets have a minimum functional speed -  you need to be supersonic before you can even light the thing off.

What size engine did that Buick have in it again? ;)

I think it's the eleventy brazillion cubic inch model..... I should be fine.

there's no substitute for cubes (",)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Monkey on March 27, 2006, 09:55:50 am


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4018117.stm

this ones faster
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Tiger-Heli on March 27, 2006, 10:27:09 am
there's no substitute for cubes (",)
No replacement for displacement.  :laugh2:
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: pointdablame on March 27, 2006, 10:46:02 am
there's no substitute for cubes (",)
No replacement for displacement.  :laugh2:

exactly   :applaud:

heh
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: RayB on March 27, 2006, 11:24:13 am
PLEASE WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE KANGAROOS!!?!!
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: pointdablame on March 27, 2006, 01:51:55 pm
PLEASE WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE KANGAROOS!!?!!

I'll buckle them up in the back of the Buick.  They'll enjoy the ride.
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: danny_galaga on March 28, 2006, 08:33:13 am
PLEASE WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE KANGAROOS!!?!!

did you know they did atomic tests around this area of australia in the 50s? did they think of the kangaroos then? huh? did they? poor lil fellas...
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: captainpotato on April 01, 2006, 06:49:21 am
Minor point - it wasn't QUT (Queensland University of Technology), but rather UQ (University of Queensland), AFAIK.

Still pretty cool though.
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: danny_galaga on April 01, 2006, 09:05:18 am

good point. i still take some credit for having moved here though  (",)
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: TOK on April 01, 2006, 09:40:52 am
A supersonic jet engine known as a scramjet, which could dramatically reduce the time of air travel around the world, has been tested in South Australia's far north.

Seconds after the jet set off, there was a supersonic boom across the Woomera test range.

It travelled more than 300 kilometres into the air before crashing ten minutes later, 400 kilometres down the range.


Talk about some poorly written copy. I'm not sure if I want my travel time reduced by crashing  and burning 400 kilometers after takeoff.  :o
Title: Re: woohoo! first successful scramjet launch headed by QUT (",)
Post by: Harry Potter on April 01, 2006, 02:28:05 pm

...by crashing  and burning 400 kilometers after takeoff.  :o

sounds like one of my girlfriends