IO Aircraft
Raven A Model - Single Stage To Orbit Fixed Wing Aircraft - Iteration 10
New iteration for Raven SSTO, Single Stage to Orbit. This isn't the heavy, Discovery. But the smaller one. For example, SpaceX's dragon capsule is 378 Cu Ft, Payload bay of Raven is 1078 Cu Ft. www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven.php
Iteration 10, almost clean sheet. U-TBCC propulsion, 6000F thermal resistance, 3D printed graphene airframe, Note the elimination of "blunt nose". Turn around time under 24 hours total from landing to ready for next flight. No external boosters.
Forward Thruster Bay, other then conventional orbital thrusters, also includes a reverse thruster which decelerates the aircraft pre re-entry into atmosphere from 16,500+ mph ground speed to apx 12,000 mph ground speed. Engines re-ignite once in atmosphere so it can fly to it's landing destination, ie not glide.
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Raven A Model - Single Stage To Orbit Fixed Wing Aircraft - Iteration 10
New iteration for Raven SSTO, Single Stage to Orbit. This isn't the heavy, Discovery. But the smaller one. For example, SpaceX's dragon capsule is 378 Cu Ft, Payload bay of Raven is 1078 Cu Ft. www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/raven.php
Iteration 10, almost clean sheet. U-TBCC propulsion, 6000F thermal resistance, 3D printed graphene airframe, Note the elimination of "blunt nose". Turn around time under 24 hours total from landing to ready for next flight. No external boosters.
Forward Thruster Bay, other then conventional orbital thrusters, also includes a reverse thruster which decelerates the aircraft pre re-entry into atmosphere from 16,500+ mph ground speed to apx 12,000 mph ground speed. Engines re-ignite once in atmosphere so it can fly to it's landing destination, ie not glide.
#ssto #singlestagetorobit #space #newspace #afrl #afwerx #usaf #darpa #onr #arl #boeing #lockheedmartin #raytheon #northropgrumman #aerojet #dynetics #esa #bae #afosr #hypersonics #hypersonic #scramjet #reactionengines #sabre #starship #falcon9 #dragoncapsule #innovation #graphene #hydrogen #spacex #ula #virginorbit #rocketlab #artemis #orion #sls #nasa #snc #sierranevadecorporation #dreamchaser #astra #sdo #sda #spaceforce #dod #icao #dassault #bombardier #gulfstream #cessna #bigalow