Pulse Detonation Engines (PDE's)

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:22:40 GMT, "Ed Majden"
wrote:


"Grantland" "Grantland"
Nope. Pulse-burn. Much less efficient.

Symantics! It was a pulse jet!



Fiesler Fi-103 (V1) Specifications

Engine: Argus pulse-jet
600 pounds of thrust
Length: 25' 4"
Wingspan: 17' 6"
Weight: 4800 lbs. Fully fueled
Fuel: 150 gallons of Acetylene gas
1 mile per gallon
Range: Approximately 160 miles from launch site
Performance: Speed between 360-400 mph
Flew at altitude of 2000-3000 ft
Average flight time of 22 minutes
Armament: 2337 pound war head

Not as efficient, but still an early prototype PULSE JET!!! Different
principal perhaps! Time marches on and so do design techniques.

Sorry but the V1 was not powered by acetylene -- they used very
low-grade gasoline. There would be no way to (safely) store sufficient
acetylene onboard even if they wanted to use it as a fuel.

Acetylene was used for starting in very cold weather but most
certainly never as a fuel.

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