A reaction engine is an engine or motor that produces thrust by expelling reaction mass (reaction propulsion), in accordance with Newton's third law of... 20 KB (3,331 words) - 18:57, 14 January 2024 |
Reaction Engines Limited is a British aerospace manufacturer based in Oxfordshire, England. In 1989 (35 years ago) (1989), Reaction Engines was founded... 25 KB (2,486 words) - 03:59, 8 November 2023 |
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this... 61 KB (7,818 words) - 07:02, 26 April 2024 |
The Reaction Engines Scimitar is a derivative of the SABRE engine technology, but intended for jet airliners (the Reaction Engines LAPCAT A2 concept),... 3 KB (158 words) - 19:33, 1 November 2022 |
Jet propulsion (section Types of reaction engine) the opposite direction to the jet. Reaction engines operating on the principle of jet propulsion include the jet engine used for aircraft propulsion, the... 13 KB (1,489 words) - 21:33, 7 October 2023 |
Spacecraft propulsion (section Reaction engines) functions of primary propulsion, reaction control, station keeping, precision pointing, and orbital maneuvering. The main engines used in space provide the primary... 87 KB (7,758 words) - 17:54, 4 May 2024 |
The Reaction Engines Limited LAPCAT Configuration A2 (called the LAPCAT A2) is a design study for a hypersonic speed jet airliner intended to provide long... 9 KB (931 words) - 10:31, 12 December 2023 |
Reaction engines generate the thrust to propel an aircraft by ejecting the exhaust gases at high velocity from the engine, the resultant reaction of... 43 KB (5,220 words) - 00:44, 10 February 2024 |
In vehicles, the engine that expels the propellant is called a reaction engine. Although technically a propellant is the reaction mass used to create... 29 KB (3,818 words) - 03:28, 9 April 2024 |
Skylon (spacecraft) (redirect from Reaction Engines Skylon) reusable single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane by the British company Reaction Engines Limited (Reaction), using SABRE, a combined-cycle, air-breathing rocket propulsion... 53 KB (5,658 words) - 20:24, 12 February 2024 |
Reactionless drive (redirect from Inertial propulsion engine) often expressed as: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Many infeasible reactionless drives are a staple of science fiction for... 11 KB (1,282 words) - 03:34, 1 February 2024 |
Fusion rocket (redirect from Cold Fusion Engine) fusion reaction cannot be produced, it might be possible to use fusion to boost the efficiency of another propulsion system, such as a VASIMR engine.[citation... 16 KB (1,769 words) - 14:35, 23 April 2024 |
non-inertial reference frames. Ground reaction force Reactive centrifugal force Isaac Newton Ibn Bajjah Reaction engine/jet engine Shear force Taylor, John R. (2005)... 14 KB (1,972 words) - 19:36, 24 October 2023 |
Ramjet (redirect from Ramjet engine) chamber. The Reaction Engines Scimitar was proposed for the LAPCAT hypersonic airliner, and the Reaction Engines SABRE for the Reaction Engines Skylon spaceplane... 35 KB (4,801 words) - 03:04, 27 April 2024 |
British Aerospace HOTOL (redirect from Reaction Engines RB545) Reaction Engines Limited (REL) to develop and produce Skylon, a proposed spacecraft based on HOTOL technologies, including its air-breathing engine.... 24 KB (2,971 words) - 18:00, 4 November 2023 |
first liquid-propellant rocket engine developed in the United States for use in aircraft. It was designed and built by Reaction Motors Inc., and used ethyl... 5 KB (455 words) - 08:56, 16 August 2022 |
Working mass (redirect from Reaction mass) Working mass, also referred to as reaction mass, is a mass against which a system operates in order to produce acceleration. In the case of a chemical... 3 KB (413 words) - 14:03, 18 January 2024 |
designed and built by Peter Masak Reaction Engines Scimitar, an aircraft engine Scimitar (game engine), a video game engine Split scimitar winglets, a type... 2 KB (278 words) - 00:13, 12 July 2023 |
Director of Reaction Engines Ltd and associated with Project Daedalus, Blue Streak missile, HOTOL, Reaction Engines Skylon and the Reaction Engines A2 hypersonic... 12 KB (1,223 words) - 08:16, 22 June 2023 |
Liquid-propellant rocket (redirect from Liquid rocket engine) orbital maneuvering system (OMS) engines and Reaction control system (RCS) thrusters. SpaceX's Draco and SuperDraco engines for the Dragon spacecraft. For... 53 KB (6,621 words) - 19:07, 6 May 2024 |
efficiency is explained by the Oberth effect, wherein the use of a reaction engine at higher speeds generates a greater change in mechanical energy than... 13 KB (1,968 words) - 13:53, 2 May 2024 |
researchers in 1940. They developed engines powered by aniline and red fuming nitric acid (RFNA). Robert Goddard, Reaction Motors, and Curtiss-Wright worked... 24 KB (2,470 words) - 21:11, 2 May 2024 |