B-70? As in XB-70 Valkyrie ? Very cool! What a fantastically
interesting plane, if so. Neat that you got to work on that project.
The SR-71 engines are pretty unique too, in that they convert to ramjet
operation above a certain speed (mach 2? )
On 5/31/15, 11:54 PM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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>The most complex ones that I worked with were the F-111 and the B-70.
>We tested inlet/engine combinations in the PWT Supersonic Wind Tunnel
>(16x16x40ft test section) to determine inlet performance at various Mach
>numbers. The desired characteristics of such inlets are high pressure
>recovery and freedom from inlet unstarts (where the shock system is
>expelled from the inlet).
>
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