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Could the Aurora D8 have Ramjets instead of traditional jet engines?
The Aurora D8 doesn't have traditional jet engines at all. The design incorporates a very large bypass fan which due to its size is not mechanically linked to the engine core. It's more like a turbo-...
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Could the Aurora D8 have Ramjets instead of traditional jet engines?
Replacing the turbines with ramjets won't work.
If the airplane had ramjet(s), it would still need enough thrust from non-ramjet engines to reach about Mach 0.5, because ramjets can't accelerate from ...
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