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In the shadow of the looming Stob Ban amidst the splendour and relative shelter of the upper reaches of Coire Mhusgain we made our occasionally wet & windy base for the weekend. As places to bed down go, pretty spectacular...
Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte - Lagoinha: Inauguracao da Base Comunitária da Lagoinha, uma parceira entre o Unibh, Facisa e Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais
After the 6 hour drive up from the Lake District, we pitched the tent and then went off in search of much needed sustenance!
The base of the tower of the old Baptist Church, Woodborough Road, St Anns, Nottingham, UK. Built by Watson Fothergill in 1894, the building is now a Pakistani Community Centre. See www.watsonfothergill.co.uk/building.htm.
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Advanced Additive Manufacturing for Hypersonic Aircraft
Utilizing new methods of fabrication and construction, make it possible to use additive manufacturing, dramatically reducing the time and costs of producing hypersonic platforms from missiles, aircraft, and space capable craft. Instead of aircraft being produced in piece, then bolted together; small platforms can be produced as a single unit and large platforms can be produces in large section and mated without bolting. These techniques include using exotic materials and advanced assembly processes, with an end result of streamlining the production costs and time for hypersonic aircraft; reducing months of assembly to weeks. Overall, this process greatly reduced the cost for producing hypersonic platforms. Even to such an extent that a Hellfire missile costs apx $100,000 but by utilizing our technologies, replacing it with a Mach 8-10 hypersonic missile of our physics/engineering and that missile would cost roughly $75,000 each delivered.
Materials used for these manufacturing processes are not disclosed, but overall, provides a foundation for extremely high stresses and thermodynamics, ideal for hypersonic platforms. This specific methodology and materials applications is many decades ahead of all known programs. Even to the extend of normalized space flight and re-entry, without concern of thermodynamic failure.
*Note, most entities that are experimenting with additive manufacturing for hypersonic aircraft, this makes it mainstream and standardized processes, which also applies for mass production.
What would normally be measured in years and perhaps a decade to go from drawing board to test flights, is reduced to singular months and ready for production within a year maximum.
Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle (U-TBCC)
To date, the closest that NASA and industry have achieved for turbine based aircraft to fly at hypersonic velocities is by mounting a turbine into an aircraft and sharing the inlet with a scramjet or rocket based motor. Reaction Engines Sabre is not able to achieve hypersonic velocities and can only transition into a non air breathing rocket for beyond Mach 4.5
However, utilizing Unified Turbine Based Combine Cycle also known as U-TBCC, the two separate platforms are able to share a common inlet and the dual mode ramjet/scramjet is contained within the engine itself, which allows for a much smaller airframe footprint, thus engingeers are able to then design much higher performance aerial platforms for hypersonic flight, including the ability for constructing true single stage to orbit aircraft by utilizing a modification/version that allows for transition to outside atmosphere propulsion without any other propulsion platforms within the aircraft. By transitioning and developing aircraft to use Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle, this propulsion system opens up new options to replace that airframe deficit for increased fuel capacity and/or payload.
Enhanced Dynamic Cavitation
Dramatically Increasing the efficiency of fuel air mixture for combustion processes at hypersonic velocities within scramjet propulsion platforms. The aspects of these processes are non disclosable.
Dynamic Scramjet Ignition Processes
For optimal scramjet ignition, a process known as Self Start is sought after, but in many cases if the platform becomes out of attitude, the scramjet will ignite. We have already solved this problem which as a result, a scramjet propulsion system can ignite at lower velocities, high velocities, at optimal attitude or not optimal attitude. It doesn't matter, it will ignite anyways at the proper point for maximum thrust capabilities at hypersonic velocities.
Hydrogen vs Kerosene Fuel Sources
Kerosene is an easy fuel to work with, and most western nations developing scramjet platforms use Kerosene for that fact. However, while kerosene has better thermal properties then Hydrogen, Hydrogen is a far superior fuel source in scramjet propulsion flight, do it having a much higher efficiency capability. Because of this aspect, in conjunction with our developments, it allows for a MUCH increased fuel to air mixture, combustion, thrust; and ability for higher speeds; instead of very low hypersonic velocities in the Mach 5-6 range. Instead, Mach 8-10 range, while we have begun developing hypersonic capabilities to exceed 15 in atmosphere within less then 5 years.
Conforming High Pressure Tank Technology for CNG and H2.
As most know in hypersonics, Hydrogen is a superior fuel source, but due to the storage abilities, can only be stored in cylinders thus much less fuel supply. Not anymore, we developed conforming high pressure storage technology for use in aerospace, automotive sectors, maritime, etc; which means any overall shape required for 8,000+ PSI CNG or Hydrogen. For hypersonic platforms, this means the ability to store a much larger volume of hydrogen vs cylinders.
As an example, X-43 flown by Nasa which flew at Mach 9.97. The fuel source was Hydrogen, which is extremely more volatile and combustible then kerosene (JP-7), via a cylinder in the main body. If it had used our technology, that entire section of the airframe would had been an 8,000 PSI H2 tank, which would had yielded 5-6 times the capacity. While the X-43 flew 11 seconds under power at Mach 9.97, at 6 times the fuel capacity would had yielded apx 66 seconds of fuel under power at Mach 9.97. If it had flew slower, around Mach 6, same principles applied would had yielded apx 500 seconds of fuel supply under power (slower speeds required less energy to maintain).
Enhanced Fuel Mixture During Shock Train Interaction
Normally, fuel injection is conducted at the correct insertion point within the shock train for maximum burn/combustion. Our methodologies differ, since almost half the fuel injection is conducted PRE shock train within the isolator, so at the point of isolator injection the fuel enhances the combustion process, which then requires less fuel injection to reach the same level of thrust capabilities.
Improved Bow Shock Interaction
Smoother interaction at hypersonic velocities and mitigating heat/stresses for beyond Mach 6 thermodynamics, which extraordinarily improves Type 3, 4, and 5 shock interaction.
6,000+ Fahrenheit Thermal Resistance
To date, the maximum thermal resistance was tested at AFRL in the spring of 2018, which resulted in a 3,200F thermal resistance for a short duration. This technology, allows for normalized hypersonic thermal resistance of 3,000-3,500F sustained, and up to 6,500F resistance for short endurance, ie 90 seconds or less. 10-20 minute resistance estimate approximately 4,500F +/- 200F.
*** This technology advancement also applies to Aerospike rocket engines, in which it is common for Aerospike's to exceed 4,500-5,000F temperatures, which results in the melting of the reversed bell housing. That melting no longer ocurrs, providing for stable combustion to ocurr for the entire flight envelope
Scramjet Propulsion Side Wall Cooling
With old technologies, side wall cooling is required for hypersonic flight and scramjet propulsion systems, otherwise the isolator and combustion regions of a scramjet would melt, even using advanced ablatives and ceramics, due to their inability to cope with very high temperatures. Using technology we have developed for very high thermodynamics and high stresses, side wall cooling is no longer required, thus removing that variable from the design process and focusing on improved ignition processes and increasing net thrust values.
Lower Threshold for Hypersonic Ignition
Active and adaptive flight dynamics, resulting in the ability for scramjet ignition at a much lower velocity, ie within ramjet envelope, between Mach 2-4, and seamless transition from supersonic to hypersonic flight, ie supersonic ramjet (scramjet). This active and dynamic aspect, has a wide variety of parameters for many flight dynamics, velocities, and altitudes; which means platforms no longer need to be engineered for specific altitude ranges or preset velocities, but those parameters can then be selected during launch configuration and are able to adapt actively in flight.
Dramatically Improved Maneuvering Capabilities at Hypersonic Velocities
Hypersonic vehicles, like their less technologically advanced brethren, use large actuator and the developers hope those controls surfaces do not disintegrate in flight. In reality, it is like rolling the dice, they may or may not survive, hence another reason why the attempt to keep velocities to Mach 6 or below. We have shrunken down control actuators while almost doubling torque and response capabilities specifically for hypersonic dynamics and extreme stresses involved, which makes it possible for maximum input authority for Mach 10 and beyond.
Paradigm Shift in Control Surface Methodologies, Increasing Control Authority (Internal Mechanical Applications)
To date, most control surfaces for hypersonic missile platforms still use fins, similar to lower speed conventional missiles, and some using ducted fins. This is mostly due to lack of comprehension of hypersonic velocities in their own favor. Instead, the body itself incorporates those control surfaces, greatly enhancing the airframe strength, opening up more space for hardware and fuel capacity; while simultaneously enhancing the platforms maneuvering capabilities.
A scramjet missile can then fly like conventional missile platforms, and not straight and level at high altitudes, losing velocity on it's decent trajectory to target. Another added benefit to this aspect, is the ability to extend range greatly, so if anyone elses hypersonic missile platform were developed for 400 mile range, falling out of the sky due to lack of glide capabilities; our platforms can easily reach 600+ miles, with minimal glide deceleration.
Okay, I don't have my notes on me, but here's the story as I remember it: A singer from Waterloo met with some measure of national success and thanked her hometown's support by donating a fountain to the city. I happened to read about it just before what would've been the fountain's 100th anniversary, and I was saddened to see that this was the condition it was in. A librarian told me it had toppled over--just like that!--a few years previous, and its carcass was stashed in a garage somewhere.
Elsewhere in this set: A happy ending.
U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., enjoy a break between flying operations in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 30, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic aviation exercise that provides realistic, scenario-based training to prepare forces for enemy defensive systems. U.S. forces are engaged, postured and ready to deter and defend in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Rebecca Roodhouse)
A 1/6th scale model of a 16 foot Redbird wood strip canoe, based on a design by Bear Mountain Boats in Canada.
This photo was taken during the ceiling and auditorium restoration project at the 7th Street Theatre in Hoquiam, Washington. EverGreene Architectural Arts was the contractor for this project, and they have done an amazing job. The 7th Street Theatre was built in 1928 and is an atmospheric theatre built in the style of John Eberson.
5/12/18: USF BASE vs BYU at Benedetti Diamond in San Francisco, CA. Image by Chris M. Leung for USF Dons Baseball
Weston Bike Nights 04 June 2015
This weekly Thursday meet during the summer is based at the sea front in the sea side resort of Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, UK.
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Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-451 (N666US) touches down on Runway 24L - Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan July 31, 2008. The Sky Gate Bridge and the ANA Rinku Gate Tower Building Hotel appear in the background. N668US - photo by Brian Howell.
Still intact Buildings 64 and 60 look imposing in the middle of the picture while around them are the foundations of other buildings from Lake Boga's time as a RAAF Flying Boat Repair base.
Microscopic views of natural structures and the cells of life forms such as plants excite me. Inside these objects I see naturally occurring shapes and forms that I come in contact with every day. These formations repeat on all scales of life from microscopic to life size and beyond. For example, the visual elements of an onion’s cell structure closely resemble a Red Maple tree’s bark. The organic oblong shapes of the onion’s cellular walls are visually similar to the vertical texture of the bark. In my paintings I investigate these multiple layers of natural forms, which reflect the changing scales of natural life simultaneously on one fractured plane.
Artist: Nicholas Stewart
Based on the success of the Schwalbe Marathon Supremes I used on my touring bike in SA, I thought I might try Schwalbe Durano Plus tyres to replace the worn smooth Huchinsons on my rims presently.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - (August 2, 2013)- Cmdr. Richard Seif is relieved as commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) by Cmdr. Matthew Boland at a change of command ceremony at the submarine piers on board Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Aug. 2. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/released)
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland military and civilian members hold positive messages of support at base gates during the morning inbound commute as part of their new initiative, “We Care,” at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 16, 2022. They spent the morning at various gates letting each person know that the simple, yet powerful display allows for everyone to stand together in support of those struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please go directly to the Mental Health Clinic or to your closest Emergency Room. You can also reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Basing House is an early 12th century earth and timber ringwork and bailey fortress, founded by the de Port family. In 1261, Robert de St John founded the stone castle, when adding a keep and a gatehouse encased by a heighten rampart but the outer defences remained of timber. In 1531, Sir William Paulet, constructed the Citadel inside the ringwork, when he was granted a licence to crenellate. Later to the north east of the ringwork, he constructed a brick Tudor palace, comprising of a series of rectangular buildings, arranged around a central courtyard. In 1643, Civil War earthwork defences, were added to the castle, which was under siege, until being stormed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645. The successor to Olivers Battery, the castle was then slighted, with the remainder being demolished after the Restoration. Both buildings now survive as ruins.
U.S. Army Spc. Laura Grieco, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat team, operates a radio during the stress shoot/warrior tasks portion of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 26, 2023. Competitors are tested on physical fitness, marksmanship, land navigation, and other soldiering tasks. Seven Soldiers and five noncommissioned officers are competing, April 25-27, 2023, with the top Soldier and NCO going on to compete against seven other states of Region I at Bangor, Maine, May 15-19, 2023. The Best Warrior Competition recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to the Army Values, embody the Warrior Ethos, and represent the Force of the Future. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)
Chkalovsky Air Base (CKL/UUMU) outside Moscow on July 25, 2008. Russian Federation Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD RA-76668 (cn 0053465946/fn 49-07). This aircraft was operated by the 224th Flight Unit State Airline of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the time of this picture. Note the "224" tail badge.
Pictures from our home base... Coconut tree of DOOM that tried to kill us no less than 7 times. Our f
Pictures from our home base... Coconut tree of DOOM that tried to kill us no less than 7 times. Our five-star housing, complete with mosquito nets and steel doors, for both doors AND windows. Oh, and for nothing extra, we'll throw in steel bars on the window for that "trapped in prison" feel.
Pictures from our home base... Coconut tree of DOOM that tried to kill us no less than 7 times. Our five-star housing, complete with mosquito nets and steel doors, for both doors AND windows. Oh, and for nothing extra, we'll throw in steel bars on the window for that "trapped in prison" feel.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosts a Chief Recognition Ceremony at JBER, Alaska, March 6, 2020. The base held the event to formally recognize 12 Chief Master Sergeant selects from across the installation for their accomplishments in joining the highest 1 percent of the Air Force’s enlisted force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Farnsworth)
Plaque for the Japanese lantern in front of Walter Williams Hall and the Journalism Arch. The lantern was a 1926 gift from the America-Japan Society of Tokyo. Photo by Nate Brown | copyright: 2021 - Curators of the University of Missouri
The Armed Services YMCA hosts the 43rd annual Salute to the Military at the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 15, 2020. U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was the keynote speaker for the event, which was held to honor 12 enlisted service members from each of the U.S. military services for their achievements in the last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Farnsworth)