Full-scale Blackswift Scramjet!

Does your wife have any idea you have this much spare time on your hands? :-)

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Thank you for posting this write up. I to was in the process of making my own scramjet and was going to use the same materials. After reading this, I will skip to the third vehicle so I can save time and the lives of the two blind test pilots. Thanks again for the post and the great advice….haha

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puzzled, also, make sure to keep some spare gauze pads in the glove compartment of your scramjet; it’s great to be able to grab some to dab up the blood dripping out of your eye sockets and ears after jumping to mach 25 – just a friendly tip.

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everyone needs one…

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Patrick,

What a beautiful project. Thanks for posting it and keep up the good work.

I’ve been working with carbon fiber and nano-technology hybrid paints too and I’ve been having a little trouble. I wonder if you could expand on that a bit, perhaps in a blog or something, next time you need to mix up a batch. I’m also curious how you came to the conclusion that quarter sawn white oak would have just the right mix of weight and strength? I started with mesquite and found it to be too heavy but plenty dense (takes a lot of carbon fiber filler for all the “character” though). I’m thinking we need a hybrid Janka scale that gives the ratio of strength to weight to resistence to combustion to floatation characteristics all in one number. Thoughts?

-- Jim

OutPutter,

The paint mix was quite simple, I’ll share it with you. You just mix equal parts of Loctite adhesive’s “Carbon Fiber N Forget ‘er” and Behr’s ” Nano or ‘nuttin” deck stain. The secret ingredient is burned eggs. As you know, you cannot get burned eggs off of anything. Mix all three parts in equal amounts, and boil, so as to burn the eggs (my scramjet required 40 dozen eggs), then apply to the fuselage while scalding hot. Simple.

Yes, white oak was the choice. My supplier had it on sale. Simple. I was considering balsa, and actually made up a test vehicle, but the scramjet engine shot thru the fuselage the second I turned it on. Destroyed my neighbors’ dog house.

Hope that helps.

-- -Be Blessed!, Patrick

That’s where I failed!!! I was using wenge for the main cone of the engine… I couldn’t figure out why it disappeared every time I tried to start the engine…. I’ll try again… this time maybe making the cone from resin core low-temp lead solder will do the trick?? :-P

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I like a side of bacon with my scramjet..

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I probably ought to look into this… It’s taking me 6 months to ride my horse to the Pizza Hut, and that explains why I’m still an assistant manager after 127 years.

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Just waaaaaaaay to much time on your hands. :-)

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I can sure see why you got promoted to manager…what would Taco bell do with out you!

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Wow…that would sure speed up the commute from the kitchen coffee pot, to the back room office, to the back yard shop….Maybe that way I Could find more hours in a day!
Let’s see…the bedroom is just slightly west of the shop, so if I go to the shop first, then west to the kitchen for coffee, then further west to the office…I should get to the office before I get to the shop?...I like this traveling faster than time thing!

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Could you post the SU files? What ratio of Loctite adhesive’s “Carbon Fiber N Forget ‘er” and Behr’s ” Nano or ‘nuttin” deck stain did you use as they are kind of pricey and I’d like to cut down on the experimenting (how do you get Nano or Nutting out of the carpet?) :-)

Great project, thanks for the postl

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well now i see why im the night shift manager !

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Yea…i’ve heard of you. You’re the guy being sued for the failed White Oak heat shield tiles on the shuttle.

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Thanks for the very detailed blog! One remark – you could have made the exterior is a weaved pattern, with some darker wood between the white oak pieces. would be a little harder to glue, but you can still build one is a weekend…. it looks very nice from the ground!

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sorry, double posting and don’t know how to delete

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I saw the fuel manufactured on TV the other night.
They’s got a bunch of algae that eats up the old fry grease and vegetable oil and converts it into machine oil.

Don’t tell Pashley about this. Management found out about both these projects so he’s gonna be promoted, again. This time he will manage 2,300 shops, collect all the old grease (thereby saving the owners lots of money they used to have to pay to have hauled away), which because they will give that to him they will then take away half his salary as he no longer has to pay for gas.

Unfortunately, 2300 managers will now be out of work but management calls that carbon credits to make up for the excess greenhouse gasses from the scramjet. 2300 managers driving SUV’s to work create more emissions than one scramjet so there is a net loss in CO.

Al Gore wants to feature him in his next movie.

I agree with the white oak choice.

Lee

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