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It's closely related to something called a Silver Dart by PlanetSpace:
Its RBCC engines will be derived from this NASA GTX design which unfortunately got McNamaraed along with hafnium diboride TPS: "Duplicate Research" my ass:
Its RBCC engines will be derived from this NASA GTX design which unfortunately got McNamaraed along with hafnium diboride TPS: "Duplicate Research" my ass:
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As you may probably not know, the swing-wing design is inspired by this old Sukhoi design study called the T-4MS, or the "Two Hundred" for its proposed takeoff weight in tons.
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All it need is a wormhole to TBOverse, and its got a new home already. also In before Space Marines. Exclent work Ein!
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Hmm, I see shades of Sänger Silverbird in the side view. I still need to put the wing and tailplane on, but the engines, of which there are two GTX-style RBCCs, are essentially frozen unless I get a new idea.
Essentially it uses compression lift (and lift from the thrust plume out the back) to stay aloft at speed. You'll probably also notice the rocket in the tail; I'm thinking that's the ship's OMS thruster; I'm very likely to replace it with two smaller rockets roughly equivalent in thrust.
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Another idea re: SRBs: I think I'm gonna move the SRBs inboard to minimize collision risk and aerodynamic interference from their bow shocks hitting the vertical tails. I'd think the SRB shocks will produce a moment perpendicular to the vertical tails' surfaces forward of their CGs and pivot points, not only forcing the tail down but causing the tails themselves to twist outward and amplify the moment with their own aerodynamic forces.
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Is that shuttle its dropcraft? I may use this Ship in a story of mine, if you wouldn't mind
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Shuttle? Naw, those are its SRBs, which have now been given the capability of being carried all the way into orbit and dropped off to reenter at any time as an Uninhabited Aerospace Vehicle. The dropship would be in the payload bay, where the satellites, warheads, kinetic energy weapons, passenger modules, or what-have-you normally reside.Redleader34 wrote:Is that shuttle its dropcraft? I may use this Ship in a story of mine, if you wouldn't mind
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Ein! That's not how you do it, you're supposed to charge him! Nice ship, by the way.Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Shuttle? Naw, those are its SRBs, which have now been given the capability of being carried all the way into orbit and dropped off to reenter at any time as an Uninhabited Aerospace Vehicle. The dropship would be in the payload bay, where the satellites, warheads, kinetic energy weapons, passenger modules, or what-have-you normally reside.Redleader34 wrote:Is that shuttle its dropcraft? I may use this Ship in a story of mine, if you wouldn't mind
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I'm curious why you're using solid boosters. Once they've got wings and vectored thrust like that, you might as well make them liquid fueled. The shuttle SRBs are a nightmare to refurbish - yours aren't segmented so perhaps the motor casing swaps out of the airframe, but that sounds suboptimal for weight purposes. Really liquid boosters give better performance, turnaround time and operating costs if you're prepared to pay the extra upfront cost - see the proposed reusable boosters for Energia for an example.
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