Reaction Engine

[liftnot]

Now THAT is some real news JIT for X'mas. Add 1 for the bucket list.
The Brits are too cool

Reaction Engine http://vimeo.com/45136248

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[Arshad]

WOW! 1000'C to -150'C in 10ms? Holy crap! I wish they had talked about the improvements to efficiency from the cooling...

 

[liftnot]

WOW! 1000'C to -150'C in 10ms? Holy crap! I wish they had talked about the improvements to efficiency from the cooling...

then they have to kill you:biggrin:

 

[A.S. Motorsport]

awesome!! one hell of a intercooler:tongue:

 

[jond]

That's cool stuff, lol
Seriously, being able to just 'turn up' at Mach 5 and go into space is crazy.
Game changer.

 

[scorp965]

Frankly, it looks a bit ghetto, from the duct tape holding their test apparatus together, to the editing of the video.

The renderings are ambiguous, and the design they show isn't anything innovative - the magic would be how that heat is dissipated, which is never touched upon. Basically, it's a bubblegum video to entice uninformed investors.

The company also has a large social media presence, not exactly a priority when developing a 'transportation revolution'

 

[JohnJW]

yup my first thought was "where does the heat go".

 

[liftnot]

Frankly, it looks a bit ghetto, from the duct tape holding their test apparatus together, to the editing of the video.

The renderings are ambiguous, and the design they show isn't anything innovative - the magic would be how that heat is dissipated, which is never touched upon. Basically, it's a bubblegum video to entice uninformed investors.

The company also has a large social media presence, not exactly a priority when developing a 'transportation revolution'

Maybe so.... they could be like many Aftermarket parts for cars....over-promise and under-delivery.

Company management sure look like bunch of ghetto rocket scientists unlike our neighbor JPL.
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/about_management.html