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Yeh, although on https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/inaugural-first-flight-xb1-supersonic-demonstrator https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/inaugural-first-flight-xb1
by trebligdivad 3y ago
Yeh, although on https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/inaugural-first-flight-xb1-supersonic-demonstrator https://boomsupersonic.com/flyby/inaugural-first-flight-xb1-... they say 'Supersonic intakes: XB-1’s engine intakes slow supersonic air to subsonic speeds, efficiently converting kinetic energy into pressure energy, allowing conventional jet engines to power XB-1 from takeoff through supersonic flight.' - so perhaps the engine design problem is not as tricky as it would otherwise be.
- numpad0 3y agoAll current supersonic aircrafts do that. The only kind of jet engine that can take supersonic intake air is scramjet(supersonic combustion ramjet), which is more like a space age gas torch, not a turbine engine. Shockwaves are going to blow off turbine blades if not done or something along that.