Mach 6

Gee what about those rockets with cockpits the jerry's were flying near the end (but before) of WWII.

We were reading about M25 in the early 80's ? M6.. right about where we should be in technology for 2010? Could the actual year be 2310 at the military industrial complex, The wall is solid due to those infintesimal bound frequencies not macroscopic tunneling.

John

The long, slow progress of scramjets:

They evolved from the ramjet, invented in 1913: The Me-163 Komet was a dead end because pure rockets can carry only a few minutes of propellant, since they carry the oxygen to burn the fuel instead of scooping it up for free from the air.

jsw

IIRC The faster it goes the better the MPG ...

They were largely a dead end street in most ways. And an unfortunately large number of their pilots wound up dead as well.

Not from enemy fire..they were damned hard to hit..but from crashes on takeoff and landing..and from leaking propellant tanks

Fuel note: T-Stoff (hydrogen peroxide) was generally an 80% concentrated form, diluted with water, 20% by weight. When brought into contact with a catalyst, the peroxide decomposes into a mixture of superheated steam and oxygen, at around 500o centigrade. Fed directly to an expansion venturi, thrust will result. This basic process was used as the principle of Walter's so-called "Cold" Motors.

Z-Stoff (calcium permanganate or potassium permanganate )

Komet M163.... a rather fascinating aircraft few know much about

Gunner

The memoirs of a surviving Me-163 pilot:

Not all memoirs are by survivors, Rommel's for instance. WW1 RAF pilot James McCudden's diary was written well enough to publish after he died. OTOH the Red Baron's are rather stiff and dull.

jsw