Originally Posted by
AF OneWire
THERE ARE NO ENGINES!
Modern airline engines are an engineering model. They operate about 20 hours a day at over 100,000 rpm in incredible extreme temperatures. Now add the stress of supersonic flight. GE and RR found the business model untenable or impossible despite their extensive engineering resources and capital. This thing is a pipe dream.
Me and some other ex P&W engineers were talking about this at a friends wedding. Most likely use for the tech is probably going to go back to a military use.
Last edited by CX500T; 02-12-2025 at 03:36 PM.