Bruce
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This video,
shows a lightweight turbine powered model plane.
I especially liked the high alpha and smoke.
If the whole plane has a 2 to 1 thrust ratio, couldn't you make a rocket which would be simpler and lighter and have a 3 to 1 thrust ratio?
Maybe use Joe Barnard's gimbal system?
Boost a small rocket up to 40,000 feet and ignite it at that altitude?
Use the oxygen in the atmosphere for the motor for the first 40,000 feet which are the hardest aerodynamically to get through anyway...
Probably more complex and expensive than just brute forcing it with a large rocket booster though, right?
shows a lightweight turbine powered model plane.
I especially liked the high alpha and smoke.
If the whole plane has a 2 to 1 thrust ratio, couldn't you make a rocket which would be simpler and lighter and have a 3 to 1 thrust ratio?
Maybe use Joe Barnard's gimbal system?
Boost a small rocket up to 40,000 feet and ignite it at that altitude?
Use the oxygen in the atmosphere for the motor for the first 40,000 feet which are the hardest aerodynamically to get through anyway...
Probably more complex and expensive than just brute forcing it with a large rocket booster though, right?