A rocket-powered aircraft or rocket plane is an aircraft that uses a rocket for propulsion, sometimes in addition to airbreathing jet engines. Rocket planes can achieve much higher speeds than similarly sized jet aircraft, but typically for at most a few minutes of powered operation, followed by a glide. Unhindered by the need for oxygen from the atmosphere they are suitable for very high altitude flight. They are also capable of delivering much higher acceleration and shorter takeoffs.
Название: Rocket Aircraft U.S.A.
Издательство: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Год издания: 1961
Автор: Erik Bergaust
Формат: pdf в rar
Страниц: 62
Язык: English
Размер: 26 MB
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