Yes, what finally ended up as the XB-70. It was fun, in those days,
because the USAF was funded well enough to maintain expensive facilities
and carry out intensive ground test programs. Things are much different
now. :-(
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 6/1/2015 8:35 AM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:
B-70? As in XB-70 Valkyrie ? Very cool! What a fantastically
interesting plane, if so. Neat that you got to work on that project.
The SR-71 engines are pretty unique too, in that they convert to ramjet
operation above a certain speed (mach 2? )
On 5/31/15, 11:54 PM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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Re: [OM] Of interest perhaps to Indiana Barker and other
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The most complex ones that I worked with were the F-111 and the B-70.
We tested inlet/engine combinations in the PWT Supersonic Wind Tunnel
(16x16x40ft test section) to determine inlet performance at various Mach
numbers. The desired characteristics of such inlets are high pressure
recovery and freedom from inlet unstarts (where the shock system is
expelled from the inlet).
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