Monday, May 13, 2013

USAF X-51A Hypersonic Scramjet Makes Record-Breaking Final Flight


As I said earlier, once the elections are over I would like to blog some other things. Here is something that will be a game changer :


  • X-51A Waverider flew for four minutes at top speed of Mach 5.1
  • reached top speed of Mach 5.1 during test flight
  • traveling more than 230 nautical miles in six minutes 
  • "full mission success," 
  • released at 50,000 feet and accelerate to Mach 4.8 in just 26 seconds.
  • sped up to Mach 5.1 at an altitutde of 60,000 feet 
  • powered by its air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine
  • $300 million technology demonstration program
  • "X-51A Waverider bedrock for practical application of hypersonic flight," 
  • Hypersonic flight defined as five times the speed of sound
  • first X-51A test flight occurred in May 2010. 
  • U.S. studying hypersonic flight to strike targets anywhere on Earth in an hour 
The world is now reaching hypersonic speed. We should catch up too

Thank to: outsyedthebox

P/s: kita sibuk berpolitik... mereka dah sampai kelajuan hypesonic ...this is technology

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