AZHRAE Rocket
The AZHRAE Rocket is an Advanced Zero speed to Hypersonic Regime Air breathing Engines (AZHRAE).
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Description (Specifications)
They include a wide variety of exotic engine types designed, unlike turbine engines and ramjets, to function at low speeds for takeoff and landing, where they function as turbojets, hypersonic speeds for high-altitude operations, where they function as ramjets, and in suborbital or orbital insertion profiles, where they close off their intakes and function as rockets, As a group these are referred to as "ducted rockets," and are the preferred engines for trans-atmospheric craft.
While operating in turbojet or ramjet mode, the engine uses jet engine fuel, usually a hydrocarbon distillate. While operating in rocket mode it requires a liquid hydrogen/oxygen fuel mixture. This requires a dual fuel system for mounting these engines.
History & Background (Dossier)
AZHRAE engines are developed as a late TL-8 technology as a competitor to contragrav lift systems.
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