MBDA Meteor

emsoy · 08-14-14, 03:37 PM

http://www.bayern-chemie.com/ramjet.htm

The rocket is the booster and the ramjet is the sustainer. Seems the weapon can throttle back to save energy for the end game, but not sure if it can shut down and restart the ramjet engine for long-range shots.

A restartable rocket motor was planned for one of the AAAM compeditors before that program got killed in the early 1990s. Pretty interesting stuff (if you're an engineer at least) but that is not something that Meteor uses. Python 5 can supposedly control how fast the fuel burns too, to prevent it from going too fast and overshooting when being fired over the shoulder.

08-14-14, 03:37 PM	#7
emsoy Loader Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 81 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	http://www.bayern-chemie.com/ramjet.htm The rocket is the booster and the ramjet is the sustainer. Seems the weapon can throttle back to save energy for the end game, but not sure if it can shut down and restart the ramjet engine for long-range shots. A restartable rocket motor was planned for one of the AAAM compeditors before that program got killed in the early 1990s. Pretty interesting stuff (if you're an engineer at least) but that is not something that Meteor uses. Python 5 can supposedly control how fast the fuel burns too, to prevent it from going too fast and overshooting when being fired over the shoulder. __________________ Database guru, sensor model developer, system tester and senior scenario designer in the "Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations" project!