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Article #2191Re: Jet engines...
From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:15
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:15
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In article <1993Jan11.044646.13055@c3177208.ssr.hp.com> bill@ssr.hp.com (Bill Chidester) writes: > There are ram jets available, but nobody in their right mind will fly > them. As near as I can tell, 49% of the energy emitted is heat, 50% > is sound and about 1% is thrust. Now, now, they aren't that bad. The reasons they aren't used for R/C are: 1) they're LOUD and 2) they run very hot. If they only convert 1% of their energy to thrust then they wouldn't go 200+ mph on a C/L Speed job. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
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Newsgroups: rec.models.rc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!silver.ucs.indiana.edu!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: Jet engines... Message-ID: <C0rF25.579@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <1ioof1INNmtj@ub.d.umn.edu> <1993Jan11.044646.13055@c3177208.ssr.hp.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:15:40 GMT Lines: 27