Comments on: Dawn Aerospace small-scale rocket-powered airplane breaks the sound barrier https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532487 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:59:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532487 Doug Jones,
I was sorry at the demise of XCOR, and I hope you and everyone else there are now doing well at other companies that are also bringing the benefits of space closer to the rest of us.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532308 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:57:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532308 I was thinking of a simple ground attack missile not air interceptor.

One of those simple hyper sonic missiles that will speed past enemy defenses.

At 1500 to 2000 MPH would it need more than a 10 pound steel penetrator to pass through an armored ship or deep into a tunnel system?

]]> By: Doug Jones https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532169 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:28:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532169 Good for Dawn- this is very much like what we were trying to do at XCOR Aerospace, I’m glad to see them reaching their goals.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532157 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:35:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532157 “Talos was a fearsome thing.”

“On May 23, 1968, a Talos fired from Long Beach shot down a Vietnamese MiG at a range of about 65 miles. This was the first downing of a hostile aircraft by a missile fired from a ship. The hit also destroyed a second MiG which flew through the debris. In September 1968, Long Beach scored another MiG destroyed at a range of 61 miles.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-8_Talos

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532141 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:22:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532141 In reply to Andi.

Andi: Fixed. Thank you.

]]> By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532137 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:56:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532137 Minor edit in first paragraph after quote: ” two-stage-to-orbit version”

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532116 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:06:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532116 Talos didn’t–it almost blew the ship Oklahoma City dead in two.

Talos was a fearsome thing.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532106 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:10:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532106 Modified it has a good chance of being a marketable hyper-sonic missile.

Launch it off a rail.
Remove the wings and give it three tail fins.
It might need a solid fuel booster fir this.
Remove any landing gear.

Would it even need explosives?

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/dawn-aerospace-small-scale-rocket-powered-airplane-breaks-the-sound-barrier/#comment-1532089 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:26:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=109998#comment-1532089 Has any R/C size plane ever broken the sound barrier?

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