We’ve been thinking and decided to put together a short lecture series on the topic “When the Earth was still warm, and winged jet-powered mammoths and pulse-jet dinosaurs roamed it,” or more precisely, on the history of aviation. Alongside our YouTube series, we’ll do it in parallel.
We’ve simply noticed, to put it mildly, that some of our know-it-all comrades know so much about a pulse-jet engine that they… know practically nothing about it. But they explain it with a smart demeanor. And a lot of people listen to them. That’s why we needed the series.
It’s a very informative lecture series, we must say. Stay tuned, you won’t get bored.
Indeed, let’s see if a pulse-jet engine is really that ineffective for aviation.
Indeed, for a good 75 years, three generations of specialists burned through tons of paper and erased tons of keys, first from typewriters, then from computer keyboards, in an attempt to prove that the pulse jet engine was truly worst, and that the V-1 cruise missile was built by the Germans for some unknown reason, especially in such unprecedented quantities – 25,000 units.
It got to the point that the pulse engine was effectively erased from all textbooks, as if it had never existed. Only a few, most responsible scientists occasionally recalled – yes, it seemed like there was one, but what and how was unknown.
Despite such serious efforts, which were perhaps driven by the need to scientifically prove that the victors are always smarter and better than the vanquished (history is always written by the victors – remember?), the “pulsejet question” was never finally resolved. The “stupid” and “indiscriminate” V-1 cruise missile, which, according to the most advanced researchers, was clearly worse than any of the most worthless bombers of World War II, nevertheless periodically resurfaced from obscurity and spoiled the entire beautiful picture of a beautiful history.
As is usually the case, we decided to add fuel to this combustion chamber. First, we developed a mathematical model of a pulsejet engine, then an online program, Pulsejet-Sim, so that anyone could build their own engine and even see how it works. But it turned out that no one understood anything for a long time – neither of this program, nor how and for what purpose it should be used. Even our YouTube lectures, didn’t help; judging by some of the comments, those who understood were clearly in the minority.
All this prompted us to return, so to speak, to our roots. And to start with the “mammoths and dinosaurs” who invented and then fashioned pulsejet engines and mass-produced cruise missiles.
But the most interesting thing is what we finally arrived at, through a simple logical analysis. And you’ll truly be surprised by our result.
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