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snovv_crash on June 13, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban

If you vary the inlet and outlet geometry of a ducted fan you can have your fan running at subsonic, while the plane moves supersonic.

rrmm on June 13, 2016 [–]

You could also heat the airstream after the compressor.

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