THE VIDEO SHELF · detonation engines
What Is A Rotating Detonation Engine - And Why Are They Better Than Regular Engines
Scott Manley explains rotating detonation engines, how they differ from pulsed detonation engines, and why thermodynamics predicts they beat traditional jet and rocket engines.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as the introductory explainer whenever rotating detonation engines show up in the news.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Scott Manley
- Topic
- detonation engines
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Would an toroidal aerospike work with rotary detonation? :-) What sort of nozzles can one use with an RDE? I see that one can have multiple rotating pulses in an RDE [1]; I guess with some work the engine designer can control the number of …
chrispeel on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Japan tests a rotary detonation engine in space, big increase in fuel efficiencyAnother similar thing from the end of last year: [LINK] They really seem to love to talk about how fast they move except wait: [LINK] Per the above in 2019 they had been developing RDE technology for 5 years. Now developing the tech is different …
class3shock on Hacker News · 2024-07
In GE Aerospace Successfully Develops and Tests New Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet
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