Re: [ERPS] This is one way to do it - Wonder it is works?

[Ian Woollard]

Henry Spencer wrote:

Which is why people build the tunnels.
 

They don't build them much anymore. Computational windtunnels are pretty 
good. Look at Rutans latest effort.

There just ain't no cheap way to *fully* test and *operationally qualify*
a ramjet.  It's not enough if it sort of works; if you're trusting it to
get expensive hardware back from far offshore,
You're not so much though. If the ramjet fails, the vehicle ditches 
itself and you go and attach a tug to it, bring it back and hose it 
down. It would be a pain, and it may sustain some damage; depending on 
the nature of the design.

Anyway, it's moot.

                                                         Henry Spencer
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