NASA NTRS · 19910000728
OVRhyp, Scramjet Test Aircraft
Abstract
A preliminary design for an unmanned hypersonic research vehicle to test scramjet engines is presented. The aircraft will be launched from a carrier aircraft at an altitude of 40,000 feet at Mach 0.8. The vehicle will then accelerate to Mach 6 at an altitude of 100,000 feet. At this stage the prototype scramjet will be employed to accelerate the vehicle to Mach 10 and maintain Mach 10 flight for 2 minutes. The aircraft will then decelerate and safely land.
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Aslan, J., Bisard, T., Dallinga, S., Draper, K., Hufford, G., Peters, W., Rogers, J.. 1990-05-01. OVRhyp, Scramjet Test Aircraft. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910000728
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