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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Jet engines...
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:15:40 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.044646.13055@c3177208.ssr.hp.com> bill@ssr.hp.com (Bill Chidester) writes:
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- > There are ram jets available, but nobody in their right mind will fly
- > them. As near as I can tell, 49% of the energy emitted is heat, 50%
- > is sound and about 1% is thrust.
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- Now, now, they aren't that bad. The reasons they aren't used for R/C
- are:
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- 1) they're LOUD
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- and
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- 2) they run very hot.
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- If they only convert 1% of their energy to thrust then they wouldn't
- go 200+ mph on a C/L Speed job.
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