BAD HARDWARE WEEK

Seems like a bat. No pilot windows. Must be driven by outside cameras, or no pilots inside at all.





Here.


Please note 4 PDE above the frame.
Aurora project is here.

Source Sweetman
Year 1990
Dimensions: Length - meters 35
Span - 20 meters
Height - 6 meters
wing area - m2 300
Weights: tons
Empty 32.5
Fuel 44.0
Payload 2.0
Max T/O 78.5
Propulsion:
Thrust - kN ?
Fuel Methane
Performance:
Cruise - Mach 5-6
Ceiling - km 40
Range - km 17,000




PDE grandfather was Nazi's V1. What an new innovative concept !. All should try this.
However, 1400 Fahrenheit degree frame flight temperature is a new big problem.
What fuels can withstand that working temperature? Look at here.

I’ve been leading PDE collaborative effort with NASA for the past four years and we’re in our final phases of the program.


A detonation is a shock wave travelling at Mach 5 (5 times the speed of sound!!) that ignites the fuel-air mixture as it passes.


A hypersonic vehicle at 30km and above may not leave any perceptible supersonic boom on the ground.