L18 Jet Engine

Question 1

1910 motor-jet - secret Nazi technology

Answer 1

built by Henri Coandâ (1886-1972) Romania - took the aircraft to France - aircraft got on fire and no time to repair

Question 2

4 type of jet engine

Answer 2

1. Turbojet - come by Nazi Germany - failed:
   exposures to very high temperature
2. Turbo fan - quite
3. Pulsejet - 300km start speed, max 600km
4. Ramjet - C2500km/h start speed, max speed?

Question 3

1935 HeS3 - first modern turbojet engine - 1939 Heinkel He 178 650km/h

Answer 3

Hans von Ohain (1911-1998) Germany (physicist)

Question 4

the world first jet fighter

Answer 4

1942 Me 262 first jet fighter - (Jumbo turbojets)

Question 5

Problems with blades Me 262

Answer 5

blades cannot afford the heat produced by the turbo

Question 6

Me 163 (1941)

Answer 6

rocket fighter - tiny propeller - generated by electric

Question 7

Hanna Reitsch

Answer 7

Female test pilots - friend of Hitler and fight in the WWII

Question 8

T-Stoff and C-Stoff

Answer 8

World’s speed record -problem is the fighter is too fast for pilots to shoot

Question 9

Transonic speeds

Answer 9

supersonic and subsonic airflow act together shock wave back to WWII designs

Question 10

The quest for speed

Answer 10

1. Swept wing design - thick wing
2. Powerful turbojet engines
3. Large control surfaces
4. Coke bottle principle

Question 11

Ho 229 1945

Answer 11

design of shape to eliminate the shock wave effect

Question 12

The quest for speed all came together in one aircraft

Answer 12

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird 1946-1993 over 3500km

Question 13

hypersonic - not limited by technology - human cannot stand such high speed

Answer 13

technology would make human obsolete

Question 14

SR-71

Answer 14

hypersonic