Scramjets goes hyper-freakin' sonic, SSD madness, build your own blazing fast SSD USB Drive, CNC Router, and what to do after you crash your quad.
Hyper-Freakin' Sonic!
Well, now we've got DARPA and the Military saying that we might have Hypersonic craft for the delivery of sensors, cargo, weapons and even people by 2023. We've had a few test flights of varying complexity and success, but none of then have really indicated that Hypersonic flight is ready for prime-time The Nasa X-43A, currently the fastest aircraft on record, was able to hit 10,617MPH
Let's talk about the Scramjet!
The Scramjet is an air-breathing engine This is important, because unlike a rocket, it doesn't have to carry it's own oxidizer. It only carries it's fuel and depends on the atmosphere to give it oxygen to burn that fuel. A scramjet has no moving parts... unlike an traditional turbine engine that you might find on a passenger aircraft In that traditional turbine engine, A set of blades compresses air at the front of the engine and pushes that high-pressure air through the chamber Fuel is added to the high-pressure air and ignited The air is now hot and even higher-pressure That air turns a series of turbines that provides power to the compressor blades at the front of the engine while also providing thrust out the back of the engine Normal turbine engines have difficulty working above speeds of Mach 2 In a scramjet, the engine is moving through the air at supersonic speeds, which means the air will move through the engine at supersonic speeds.
This process is incredibly complicated because it:
But hey... there's a problem!
Now... let's get cooking on our super-fast USB 3.0 Drive!
We're looking for something in the 256GB range
You could get an inexpensive USB 3.0 flash drive like the PNY Turbo 256 (~ $83) You'll probably see 100-150MB/s read // 20MB/s write You could get something ULTRA fast, like the Patriot 256GB These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/know-how/episodes/146
Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Bryan Burnett
