An Estimation of the Operational Limits of Pilotless Aircraft Using Various Jet Engines

Abstract

This report deals with the comparison of the five types of engines as applied to the special problem of propelling an air vehicle in level flight at a constant speed. The five engines considered are the turbo-jet, turbo-jet with afterburning, ram-jet, pulse-jet, and liquid rocket. The study covers the intervals of Mach number .5 to 3, range from 0 to 4,000 nautical miles, and altitude from 0 to 70,000 feet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1947
Accession Number
AD0496243

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People

  • Eliah P. Perlman

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afterburners
  • Afterburning
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustion Products
  • Flight
  • Jet Engines
  • Level Flight
  • Mach Number
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Sea Level
  • Turbines
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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  • Aerospace Engineering