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Originally Posted by mmartin798
I remember suggesting that air plasma could be generated to produce thrust for a jet engine a few years ago on this forum and almost being scoffed at for the idea. Well, whose laughing now?
https://interestingengineering.com/t...ral-air-travel
Same with NASA GL-10, as some said it was only a demonstrator and scale-up would take a long time. Three years to the X-57 Maxwell is not that long. Still a ways to go, but with testing slated for next year, electric-powered flight is starting to look good.
In game, we have time travel, "light" fusion reactors in the 1MW range and more. Somehow a fusion powered jet just doesn't seem that unreasonable to me. |
I agree, fusion powered jet engines could be very feasible. Helo's, jets and any other jet powered aircraft could be retrofitted with these. I assume they need a jump start so a small fusion reactor on board could provide the necessary boost??? Makes sense to me and entirely possible given the tech brought back.