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"Hey bud, we've got a new airplane for you to fly. Well, it's not really an airplane, its really more like a cockpit strapped to a rocket engine. Actually, it's
by epiphanitus 7y ago
"Hey bud, we've got a new airplane for you to fly. Well, it's not really an airplane, its really more like a cockpit strapped to a rocket engine. Actually, it's more like a tiny cabin bolted to a super soaker of chemicals so explosive that we didn't bother to include an igniter.
It has some tiny wings for you to control it but we couldn't include any landing gear so we gave it some flimsy skids instead. We were hoping you would at least find them cute even if they aren't particularly useful.
We included a diaper in your pressure suit that will be helpful if you get scared. You also don't have to worry about taking off, but when you try to land please make sure that you descend at the right angle so that you don't accidentally take a joy ride to Alpha Centauri.
Please be careful with our flying bomb with tiny wings and cute little skids. While it may be just a cockpit strapped to a flamethrower, it still cost $999 million to build, so no dents, please and thank you."
Best regards,
Uncle Sam
- partialrecall 7y agofyi the first 20-so flights of the X-15 burned LOX/alcohol, similar to the X-1 or V-2. Later flights burned LOX/ammonia. I'm not sure about the ammonia, but LOX/alcohol is not hypergolic.