Modified engine controls, new techniques to aid SR-71 aerospike test
Researchers will use unique pilot techniques and a modified engine control system to loft an 11,000-lb. aerospike test engine to high altitudes and supersonic speeds on the back of an SR-71 aircraft, an engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center told a conference here. Tim Conners, an aerospace...
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