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Sounds similar to the jet version, pulse detonation engines (PDE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_deto
by seiferteric 6y ago
Sounds similar to the jet version, pulse detonation engines (PDE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine
- burfog 6y agoWell, minus the pulse, which would be great for air-breathing engines too. If you made a ring of pulse-detonation engines that fired one after another in sequence, you'd almost have such a thing. Connect the tubes side-to-side if you can, merging them into a coaxial detonation chamber with a helical detonation wave that rotates. (looking almost like an annular aerospike engine but leaving a helical exhaust trail) You probably need to run with more than one helix in the engine to avoid disastrous vibration.