tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post230778479116412033..comments2023-10-29T06:33:26.576-07:00Comments on Oil Is Mastery: Skunk Works BelievesOilIsMasteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-11707089899869914372009-10-21T00:51:27.326-07:002009-10-21T00:51:27.326-07:00SAMs fly at multi-mach speeds and the Russianshad ...SAMs fly at multi-mach speeds and the Russianshad alead on fast jets for a while. <br /><br />Using titanium and allowing for an expansion/contraction during flight of 25 cm is stil a feat that may require further explanation.<br /><br />Maybe SR 11 to 70 are available?Fungus the Photo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14879977479841544025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-90742380671054424952009-10-20T10:53:37.844-07:002009-10-20T10:53:37.844-07:00Perhaps there were flow models on primitive comput...Perhaps there were flow models on primitive computers and some of the atomic bomb research contributed to the development of the SR-71 blackbird, however I am still pretty skeptical that was all there was to it. There must have been more there for the engineers at Skunk to have gone off of.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-43193674150282531242009-10-20T10:50:23.116-07:002009-10-20T10:50:23.116-07:00Well, that's the story at least. It is myster...Well, that's the story at least. It is mysterious how the SR-71 Blackbird was designed, however I had thought they did that via research on the X-15. Now, the X-15 was basically just a horizontal takeoff rocket with a throttle, but it did seem to be an important step at least. I am willing to bet that there were undisclosed research prior to the SR-71 Blackbird, however, it is possible that some of that was done by reverse engineering, I am actually not aware of any supersonic-hypersonic wind tunnels that existed in the 1960s, and it is presumptuous to think that all of the SR-71 blackbird and the Spaceshuttle flight dynamics were learned based on merely the X-15 data and perhaps reentry capsules from Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.com