Reaction Engines’ SABRE development program plans to flight-test the engine using an unmanned aircraft called the Nacelle Test Vehicle. In addition to measuring your reaction time, this test is affected by the latency of your computer and monitor. Combining brilliant minds with the tools they need to make beyond possible – the development of our facilities has played a critical role in opening up a faster and more affordable route to achieving operational high-speed vehicles.

It involves a consortium consisting of Cranfield Aerospace … Re: Reaction engines Flight Test Vehicle speculation « Reply #31 on: 05/03/2018 12:00 am » The biggest problem about a M6 vehicle is no customer really needs it, either for recon aircraft or strike missile. The study was initiated through the UK Space Agency and will be conducted under the European Space Agency General Support Technology Programme (GSTP). Small-scale laboratory … We are extremely pleased to top the rankings and to be recognised alongside such esteemed company. The ground test campaign is beginning with the testing of the engine’s precooler at a high-temperature airflow test facility built by Reaction Engines at Front Range Airport near Watkins, Colorado, this year. The engine that changes everything. A truly versatile propulsion system – SABRE is an air-breathing rocket engine that can propel an aircraft from zero to five times the speed of sound in the atmosphere and 25 times the speed of sound for space access. Using a fast computer and low latency / high framerate monitor will improve your score. The purpose of the precooler is to reduce the temperature of the air going into the engine at high flight speeds, preventing overheating and enabling the air to be used as oxidizer.

Reaction Engines was recently honoured to be named top of the BusinessCloud South East Tech 50 list for 2020. The precooler is a key element of Reaction Engines’ revolutionary SABRE engine and is a potential enabling technology for advanced propulsion systems and other … SABRE engines are unique in delivering the fuel efficiency of a jet engine with the power and high speed ability of a rocket. Test Facility 2 (TF2) Colorado, US. The performance of our proprietary precooler technology was validated at hypersonic … This is discused in further detail on the the statistics page.

That's first flight of the FTV, Annex A says "the continued development of air-breathing SABRE core to a flyable configuration" and "the two development paths will eventually merge" (my emphasis) so I would argue the test engine will be the size deemed most suitable by the consortium (but the "new" smaller test engine size seems to be a reasonable size, so I'd be surprised if it were terribly … Reaction Engines is delighted to announce the launch of a conceptual study to develop a flying Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) concept for the in-flight demonstration of SABRE technology. We are extremely pleased to top the rankings and to be recognised alongside such esteemed company. This time last year, Reaction Engines trousered £26.5m in funding, as we previously reported. The study was initiated through the UK Space Agency and will be conducted under the European Space Agency General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).

This inaugural event aims to recognise the most innovative companies in the region and is compiled through a combination of public votes and an expert judges panel. “Reaction Engines’ precooler heat exchanger successfully achieved all test objectives in the first phase of high-temperature testing designed to directly replicate supersonic flight conditions and future tests are planned at even higher temperatures. Re: The Reaction Engines Skylon/SABRE Master Thread (7) « Reply #15 on: 07/11/2018 04:11 am » Wasn't there a PDF floating around somewhere on NSF of an air ionizing turbo jet (MHD generator/air flow speed reducer, turbojet, then MHD accelerator) where they were exploring using e-beam ionization of air to energize the incoming flow enough for MHD ops?

To demonstrate the uses for SABRE in Mach 5 cruise applications, Reaction Engines engaged in a 50% EU-funded project as part of Framework 6, called LAPCAT — Long-term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies.