How Britain's Air Breathing Rocket Engine Would Have Worked... If The Builder Hadn't Gone Bankrupt.
Scott Manley
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Scott Manley is someone who fell into YouTube because he felt a deep compelling need to teach people orbital mechanics and rocket science so they could play Kerbal Space Program, now, years later the gaming videos are less important and the pure science is the main thrust. My degrees are all in Physics and Astronomy, so much of the rocket science and engineering I've learned is self taught, always learning, always teaching. I used to do this as a hobby, along with my day job in software development, but that recently came to an end and I'm really appreciating everyone who has chosen to support my work through Patreon.
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Reaction Engines had been working on an innovative engine design named SABRE, this was intended to operate as an air breathing engine up to about mach 5 and then switch to a pure rocket engine cycle. The ultimate goal was to build an aircraft named 'Skyline' which could fly all the way to orbit without dropping stages, but the company was first and foremost focussed on demonstrating the engine design, and in particular, the pre-cooler which would be required to chill the incoming air down to usable temperatures so it could be compressed and then used to burn hydrogen in a rocket engine. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley
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