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Originally posted by Mav23
what WC ships would create lift?
Originally posted by $tormin
its a jet engine without turbofans. it has to operate at high speeds to force or ram the air into it. then the fuel is burned to create more thrust. the SR-71 uses engines that can work as turbofans and as a ramjet
Originally posted by Sonntag
Originally posted by $tormin
its a jet engine without turbofans. it has to operate at high speeds to force or ram the air into it. then the fuel is burned to create more thrust. the SR-71 uses engines that can work as turbofans and as a ramjet
Why do you think that they must have ramjets? I mean an ion engine produces lift, no matter where you are flying, so I think they should be used in both atmosphere and space.
Originally posted by $tormin
Originally posted by Sonntag
I don't think ion engines would produce enough thrust to allow a spacefighter to fly in an atmosphere. ion engines are really quite weak. to get an idea of the thrust produced by a modern ion engine rest a piece of paper on your fingertips. the weight is about the ammount of thrust produced by a small ion engine. in 600 years they came a long way but still they would have to overcome both air resistance, which is considerable. and gravity.
But where should the ramjet get the air and the fuel from? In this case, ordinary Hydrogen-oxigen engines as they are used on the space shuttle would do best.
And as the Wing commander engines are so powerful in space, I still think that they would create sufficient power in atmosphere conditions.
Originally posted by Sonntag
Originally posted by $tormin
Originally posted by Sonntag
I don't think ion engines would produce enough thrust to allow a spacefighter to fly in an atmosphere. ion engines are really quite weak. to get an idea of the thrust produced by a modern ion engine rest a piece of paper on your fingertips. the weight is about the ammount of thrust produced by a small ion engine. in 600 years they came a long way but still they would have to overcome both air resistance, which is considerable. and gravity.
But where should the ramjet get the air and the fuel from? In this case, ordinary Hydrogen-oxigen engines as they are used on the space shuttle would do best.
And as the Wing commander engines are so powerful in space, I still think that they would create sufficient power in atmosphere conditions.
the air would come from the atmosphere and the fuel is probably the same stuff the fighters regularly use.
I will have to calculate the power of those engines. simple really. all i have to do is time how long it takes to fly between 2 fixed points of known distance and calculate with the mass of the ship.
Originally posted by Mav23
oh... aren't most WC naval fighters ment for one and only one thing, Space Combat? Wouldn't they have developed seperate fighters for atmospheric combat, like the Kilrathi did in WCIII?