I wonder if anyone has tried a hypergolic mixture at the spikes tip to replace the need for a big power supply? Not only would it add the energy, but also excess gas. For that matter, what about a small upward pointing HTP rocket engine, similar to the supersonic Russian torpedos discussed in the literature.
Dan In a message dated 8/13/02 4:08:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Usually. There is a reasonable paper on the web which I read a while back: http://lightcraft.meche.rpi.edu/Research/publications/AIAA97-0795.pdf which he cowrote for NASA, where he actually investigated the hypersonic behaviour in a windtunnel from mach 10-15. No obvious unobtainium involved in this case (which makes a nice change). >> _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
