03-03-2010, 10:51 PM
[quote name='ankit-s' date='03 March 2010 - 09:10 AM' timestamp='1267635748' post='104780']
It proves beyond reasonable doubt that DRDO is capable of handling scramjet tech, as it is supposed to end up in AVATAR. And all the Brahmos-II reports are indicating that Brahmos-II will be using scramjet, so why you differ unreasonably on this simple issue?
I am all ears my friend - keep it coming!
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Ankit-S, with all humility, your statement DRDO is capable of handling scramjet tech doesn't translate into what I said above i.e. DRDO can develop and manufacture a modification of the BrahMos-II having a range of 500-1000+ km and within 5+ years. AVATAR is an even longer way off! Perhaps (and my apologies if I am PROVEN wrong) is that DRDO has demonstrated a proof-of-principle scramjet configuration, which is quite some way off from what will be required. I'll be more than happy if I were proven wrong. So, do you have (or know where one can find) more deailed actual performance figures and dimensions of the scramjet tested by DRDO, publications, etc...? Naturally, the present state of development would not be advertized, but one can draw ballpark estimates via conservative extrapolation. BTW, in a BrahMos-II, wouldn't the Mach number of the flow into the scramjet combustor exceed Mach 2? Just asking!
It proves beyond reasonable doubt that DRDO is capable of handling scramjet tech, as it is supposed to end up in AVATAR. And all the Brahmos-II reports are indicating that Brahmos-II will be using scramjet, so why you differ unreasonably on this simple issue?
I am all ears my friend - keep it coming!
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Ankit-S, with all humility, your statement DRDO is capable of handling scramjet tech doesn't translate into what I said above i.e. DRDO can develop and manufacture a modification of the BrahMos-II having a range of 500-1000+ km and within 5+ years. AVATAR is an even longer way off! Perhaps (and my apologies if I am PROVEN wrong) is that DRDO has demonstrated a proof-of-principle scramjet configuration, which is quite some way off from what will be required. I'll be more than happy if I were proven wrong. So, do you have (or know where one can find) more deailed actual performance figures and dimensions of the scramjet tested by DRDO, publications, etc...? Naturally, the present state of development would not be advertized, but one can draw ballpark estimates via conservative extrapolation. BTW, in a BrahMos-II, wouldn't the Mach number of the flow into the scramjet combustor exceed Mach 2? Just asking!