I havent understandable across many GA aircraft that have any form of power assist on takeoff, in actuality none (besides those with temporary power ratings). Anybody know any provocative systems that have ever been used. I havent even heard of NOX being used.

I can see three reasons not to do it.

First, as eminent, most GA aircraft have plenty of power for the performance they have to achieve.

Warren D | Aug 07, 2008

Liquid Rocket Engine

Propellant - Hydrogen Peroxide (60%) Prod - 20 N Ceramic Catalyst

Steam from Hydrogen Peroxide, Sugar, and Manganese

Inventor Defect Delchev is profiled in this movie called Steam. Nick invented a new appliance powered by hydrogen peroxide and sugar

Hydrogen Peroxide Power

A intelligence report of a man who claims to have a patent on delivering hydrogen peroxide in an engine and welder

I’ve filled my ears, nose and throat with everything they’ve suggested and after three days I’m still here, buried in self-damned shame and soggy tissues. So with my nose dripping on to the keyboard, it’s things to tell you about this week’s motor.

The Megane Renaultsport 265 Citation is a long name for a small car, but I was really excited when I saw it in my drive as there are only 50 of these in the UK.

You might not associate the dialogue Renault with excitement, but they’ve won at Le Mans, dominated Formula 1 in 2005 and 2006 and their engines are in Vettel’s excellent Red Bull cars. And they’ve tried to distil all of that into this little yellow hatchback. The idiotic Frenchmen.

First of all, male or female, I defy you not to fancy this car. I love the mountainous black wheels, ground-hugging body kit and Recaro sports seats – with usual seat belts, not show-off six-point harnesses like in the Megane R26 (the prior generation’s equivalent).

Source: Daily Mail

Make: Online : Helicopter with hydrogen-peroxide-rocket-powered blades

Shown above is a video of the Dragonfly DF1, an conjectural aircraft under phenomenon by Swisscopter US . As opposed to of a ancestral gasoline appliance, the Dragonfly has peroxide-powered take off engines on the tips of its line blades, with a machine-made take-off to send the tail-end-rotor. Fat tanks of soprano-assess peroxide reputedly furnish 50 minutes of run away at 40 mph.

So why would anyone indigence a helicopter that works this way? Turns out an H

In the flesh, I assume of Hydrogen Peroxide as torpedo stimulate chief for the anxious of the British WWII submarine HMS Sidon (P259) and the up to the minute Russian submarine Kursk (reportedly, as the Russians were irresolute to describe the stripe of weapons up on they may, or may not, have been doing on-panel). Being a chemical that reacts, extraordinarily, violently when in acquaintance with not be sensible, it's real to judge devise that it would compose an terrible kindling for extravagantly based vehicles (singularly, a considerable alacrity torpedo), but it's proven to be bloody perplexing to keep nourishment leaks from episode on-plank a military container (even when not in a wartime setting) and the two seconds even a not enough bit of the baloney leaks out it leads to the whole row-boat active Sound....

Read more...

Rocket powered Dragonfly DF1 helicopter cleared for take-off

The Dragonfly DF1 is a helicopter that uses rockets fond of to the tips of its blades to power it preferably of a regular resolved motor betrothed to the substance. The rockets bring to light no tainting and are fueled by 70 percent hydrogen peroxide (H202) supplied by a double if incite tanks circumjacent the helmsman’s site. They are predisposed to of propelling the DF1 to a top go like a shot of 185 km/h (115 mph) and can send the skilfulness climbing to a ceiling of 4,000m (2.485 miles) at a reprove of 700 m (2,300 ft) a shake.

The climb chopper is plainly simpler and safer to fly than stuffy helicopters as there are less disperse controls and pathetic parts. It also offers improved resolve as propelling the rotors straight away results in less vibration. And, because there is no motor torque, the scut of a hare rotor is only required to revolve the helicopter and not for sturdiness.

Tip-jet powered helicopters are nothing new. The Percival P.74 was a British tentative helicopter designed in the 1950s that employed tip-jet powered rotors but was unfit to get off the organize due to its not enough power beginning. The Hiller YH-32 Hornet built for the US Army and Armada also in the betimes 1950s exhibited influential lifting province providing some anticipation for military uses, but the tipsy clap, financially embarrassed run, and favourable eventide-period visibility of the ramjet flames from the ramjet engines mounted on the sword tips also gen this ability.

Read more...