Airframe-integrated scramjet engine testing has been completed at Mach 7 flight conditions in the NASA Langley 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel as part of the NASA Hyper-X program. This test provided engine performance and operability data, as well as design and database verification, for the Mach 7 flight tests of the Hyper-X research vehicle (X-43), which will provide the first-ever airframe-integrated scramjet data in flight. The Hyper-X Flight Engine, a duplicate Mach 7 X-43 scramjet engine, was mounted on an airframe structure that duplicated the entire three-dimensional propulsion flowpath from the vehicle leading edge to the vehicle trailing edge. This model was also tested to verify and validate the complete flight-like engine system. This paper describes the subsystems that were subjected to flight-like conditions and presents supporting data. The results from this test help to reduce risk for the Mach 7 flights of the X-43.
Hyper-X Flight Engine Ground Testing for X-43 Flight Risk Reduction
10th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference ; 2001 ; Kyoto, Japan
2001-01-01
Preprint
Keine Angabe
Englisch
SPECIAL SECTION: HYPER-X - Hyper-X Flight Engine Ground Testing for Flight Risk Reduction
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