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  • Hermeus is building the world's fastest commercial aircraft. And we got to tour their hypersonic flight lab.
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    The aircraft startup Hermeus is aiming to do something unprecedented: build an aircraft that can take off from sea level, hit hypersonic speeds, and land to be reused, all while using one jet engine.
    To achieve that goal, Hermeus is experimenting with a demonstrator aircraft called Quarterhorse - a small single-engine autonomous vehicle designed to test the company’s one-of-a-kind engine and briefly hit Mach 5 to collect data.
    Freethink asked Hermeus whether early experiments with Quarterhorse are likely to succeed. The answer? No. Failure is still the most likely outcome. "And every day that inches a little bit closer to success, a little bit closer and a little bit closer,” said the founder of Hermeus. “And there'll be days when we go the other direction, where we learned something we didn't know, where we fail in a test, and we take a step back. We just keep moving, keep moving a little bit by bit, until we will this into existence.”
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    0:00 The Hermeus mission
    0:57 Meet Quarterhorse
    1:44 Hitting the runway
    3:06 Supersonic vs hypersonic speed
    3:41 Extreme hypersonic heat
    4:54 How the engine works: Chimera
    9:37 A testing failure
    12:52 Vertical integration tech: The smart way to fail
    13:31 Hypersonic passenger flight experience
    16:06 The Hermeus moonshot
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @freethink
    @freethink  Рік тому +1094

    Do you think hypersonic passenger jets will become reality?

    • @thecrusader6401
      @thecrusader6401 Рік тому +74

      Absolutely.

    • @keymartin630
      @keymartin630 Рік тому +112

      No doubt whatsoever. Why? Because they're a stepping stone to single-stage-to-orbit.

    • @JeremyCoppin
      @JeremyCoppin Рік тому +64

      Not while the leading edges are standard materials.

    • @darkslayer6911
      @darkslayer6911 Рік тому +8

      Concord was supersonic but it was banned from going supersonic over land due to sonic booms damaging peoples property
      .
      .
      But they are currently testing new supersonic aircraft to produce a very mild shockwave,
      and will be testing it over residential areas soon
      .
      .
      So yeah.... hypersonic passenger aircraft? definitly
      .
      But only for the super rich 🙄 😅

    • @rdbchase
      @rdbchase Рік тому +205

      No. What Earth needs is efficient (perforce, subsonic) air transport.

  • @TroyRubert
    @TroyRubert Рік тому +4529

    The only absolute failure is not learning from a mistake.

    • @Godscountry2732
      @Godscountry2732 Рік тому +181

      Yes,Space X is probably the best example of a modern day aerospace company who success is rooted from its failures.

    • @hadleymanmusic
      @hadleymanmusic Рік тому

      Thats called stupidity

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan Рік тому +103

      @@Godscountry2732 No such thing as failure all is usefully data.

    • @notofhere
      @notofhere Рік тому +4

      @PC Sorry. Im honestly new to it

    • @yourmother9359
      @yourmother9359 Рік тому +18

      You mean- like going from video to video admiring scammers, praising them for their work and fail to see the scamming?
      I totally agree.

  • @davidjwp
    @davidjwp Рік тому +1109

    As a pringles chip repair man, huge respect to these engineers

    • @billcollins6894
      @billcollins6894 Рік тому +49

      I have a can of Pringles that I dropped from a hypersonic aircraft in flight. Can I schedule a repair appointment?

    • @TURBOMIKEIFY
      @TURBOMIKEIFY Рік тому +10

      A what?

    • @elliotharris3965
      @elliotharris3965 Рік тому +23

      A few of my pringles came broken in their packaging, could I please get a ball-park figure on the repair for these 3 pringles?
      Thanks.
      Kind regards,
      Elliot

    • @dcw56
      @dcw56 Рік тому +7

      Oh, the "Pringles" chip.. One of the only types of chips that China has been able to produce without stealing the technology first.

    • @radagastdk
      @radagastdk Рік тому +3

      Thats a serious job - kudos!

  • @Penguin_of_Death
    @Penguin_of_Death Рік тому +259

    As a 56-year old man who has an engine on each side of his head, huge respect to these engine-ears

    • @methylene5
      @methylene5 Рік тому +30

      That joke is corny as heck, speaking of which - you can never tell a secret in a corn field, way too many ears.

    • @laulaja-7186
      @laulaja-7186 8 місяців тому +7

      Sorry to hear the tinnitus is so out of control... 😆

    • @liberatumplox625
      @liberatumplox625 8 місяців тому +6

      Cool your jets, you're blowing so much hot air, it's baffling me to the point of exhaustion.

    • @kryptonian69
      @kryptonian69 5 місяців тому

      Are u talking about u being a pilot or having a wife

  • @philipjosephbanaag609
    @philipjosephbanaag609 9 місяців тому +90

    As a jet engine, huge respect to these guys

  • @tylerpelletier9323
    @tylerpelletier9323 Рік тому +461

    as a guy who moves bricks from one place to another with my hands mad respect for these guys

    • @seasidescott
      @seasidescott Рік тому +11

      lol, I was just trying to explain to a helper how to move bricks efficiently and safely, moving his feet and not twisting at torso, pulling shoulders back, etc. It took an hour for him to start to get it and of course finally have to leave him to it to figure it out for himself and make it work with his body - or not. Later I heard him saying to someone else, "who would have figured I had to learn advanced physics and anatomy to move bricks?!"

    • @MrTimboy40
      @MrTimboy40 Рік тому +6

      So.....that makes you a pilot too, doesn't it?
      You take the bricks from one pile, and you pilot over there....
      🤣🤣🤣

    • @tylerpelletier9323
      @tylerpelletier9323 Рік тому +1

      @@seasidescott ya some people's pride prevents them from learning but u no what I had to be told how to use a rake 5 times before I listened now I can grade a model home with a rake and a wheel barrow. I tell people how to hold a rake now and that story but they all don't hold the rake like I do. it's experience i guess.

    • @tylerpelletier9323
      @tylerpelletier9323 Рік тому +2

      @@MrTimboy40 I will one day be a pilot when I can afford a plane and a place to store it getting one for 3k when I move out west in a year or 2

    • @seasidescott
      @seasidescott Рік тому +2

      @@tylerpelletier9323 - exactly! I was taught by patient older people how to sweep and mop a floor, how to use a pick and axe, etc, etc. They were gifted teachers somehow transmitting the body motions, the rhythm and "let the tool do the work".
      They also showed a joy in such participation with the material world that was, for me, later mirrored by physicists and other mentors in the sciences doing the same with the conceptual world and mathematics.
      Especially physicists who knew how to move a mop - no joke.
      I deem that's why reliance on youtube vids will never replace that one on one learning with someone physically there to show you that joyful dance to be had with most anything no matter how tedious the task.

  • @tinetannies4637
    @tinetannies4637 Рік тому +552

    As a piston return spring adjuster, huge respect to these engineers.

  • @brammerd1040
    @brammerd1040 Рік тому +48

    As a concorde aircraft, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @that3ggt
    @that3ggt 9 місяців тому +21

    This just makes the SR-71 look even more impressive

  • @fastermaster5555
    @fastermaster5555 Рік тому +2096

    Didnt the SR-71 have jet engines that were turbo jets at supersonic and then transitioned to RAM jets? cant really say no other jet has done it before when there has been one

    • @umsatz-magnetug1986
      @umsatz-magnetug1986 Рік тому +521

      I thought the same when they described how their engine works. Its the same as a SR 71 or 72 engine. In one shot one of the engineers even has a huge book on his desk labeled SR-71.

    • @cyrilio
      @cyrilio Рік тому +268

      Exactly, that’s what the big cones in the engine of the SR-71 are for.

    • @jakebrodskype
      @jakebrodskype Рік тому +488

      Yes, but they never transitioned exclusively to a ramjet mode. The turbojet engine was always running.

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan Рік тому +196

      @@jakebrodskype Correct the cones was there to break the air cushion that was preventing anymore trust at higher speeds. But dam those turbojet engines had to be built very strong to take those loads.

    • @MaddogMD82
      @MaddogMD82 Рік тому +7

      Yep!

  • @saifskyline
    @saifskyline Рік тому +741

    As an engineer at Rolls-Royce, huge respect to these engineers!

    • @skydragon5394
      @skydragon5394 Рік тому +46

      for people who don't know rolls royce made the engines on the b-52

    • @cameron_bowe
      @cameron_bowe Рік тому +43

      @@skydragon5394 rolls royce makes plenty more engines for flight than the b52's LOL

    • @saifskyline
      @saifskyline Рік тому +26

      @@skydragon5394 RR is going to be making new engines for the B52 fleet again after winning a contract.
      And yes, many more engines made by RR.

    • @ghoulslayer__7746
      @ghoulslayer__7746 Рік тому +6

      Wow! that's one heck of a job title. Congrats on being a part of the bespoke Rolls Royce family.

    • @trunki006
      @trunki006 Рік тому +2

      As an engineer at KLM, I have respect for ALL ENGINEERS especially YKW ;)

  • @tylermacmorris1361
    @tylermacmorris1361 Рік тому +12

    As an HPV medical testing volunteer, I have mad respect for these engineers.

  • @mikelbrenn111
    @mikelbrenn111 Рік тому +520

    As an aerospace plumber, I have huge respect to these pioneers.

    • @knrz2562
      @knrz2562 Рік тому +28

      I'm a nasa janitor:^

    • @derekedge2089
      @derekedge2089 Рік тому +10

      They had Scramjets that powered the Blackbird to Mach 3. Same engine concept, hence the Scramjet name. It's cool what they want to do, but Pioneers they are not.

    • @fugginrambo
      @fugginrambo Рік тому +10

      @@derekedge2089 I just flew one last night. I got my licence in MSFS 2020 and my mom lets me play till 930pm anytime I want.

    • @Iaintwoke
      @Iaintwoke Рік тому +2

      Apparently the blackbird used to leak fuel like a sieve when cold on the ground..

    • @yrunaked4
      @yrunaked4 Рік тому +3

      I started out as a in-flight missile mechanic until I got my degree in rocket surgery

  • @axelkusanagi4139
    @axelkusanagi4139 Рік тому +140

    As a guy that pushes a rock up a hill only for it to fall down and start over, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @Mainbusfail
    @Mainbusfail Рік тому +2

    As Steven Seagal's personal attorney, we already patented this technology during the Vietnam war, we will be in touch. But as an novice sugar glider test pilot, mad respect for what you are doing.

  • @byoshizaki1025
    @byoshizaki1025 8 місяців тому +9

    As an adjective that modifies nouns, huge respect to these engineers.

  • @stephanoscollins3824
    @stephanoscollins3824 Рік тому +191

    as a guy that pulls parachutes with a boat, huge respect to these engineers.

    • @kingcosworth2643
      @kingcosworth2643 Рік тому +4

      Are there people on the parachutes or do you just power around with a parachute on the back all day?

  • @thefreelancerider69
    @thefreelancerider69 Рік тому +134

    as a jobless guy , I have a huge respect for this pioneers

  • @mistirion4929
    @mistirion4929 Рік тому +3

    "success is a possible outcome, is it the most likely outcome? No."
    That's a real engineer right there!

  • @johnpace7174
    @johnpace7174 Рік тому +24

    Worked on Concorde for eighteen years and fully understand the complex challenges involved building hypersonic commercial aircraft. All the best to Hermeus engineers and keep up the good work.

    • @matthewallred7471
      @matthewallred7471 9 місяців тому +1

      What did you do while working on Concorde, if you don’t mind me asking?

    • @juggerswood
      @juggerswood 7 місяців тому

      @@matthewallred7471 He smoked crack in the bathroom and sold pictures of his coworkers feet.

    • @davesullivan1649
      @davesullivan1649 4 місяці тому

      Concorde was no where close to hypersonic.

    • @SISU889
      @SISU889 2 місяці тому

      ​@@davesullivan1649 No but HOTOL was ....

    • @pilotnamealreadytaken6035
      @pilotnamealreadytaken6035 23 дні тому

      But did you have huge respect for the engineers?!?!?!?

  • @thedarthlord7724
    @thedarthlord7724 Рік тому +119

    As a janitor, huge respect to these guys!

  • @adamek9750
    @adamek9750 Рік тому +118

    As an unemployed guy, I have huge respect for these engineers

  • @dylanpritchard4981
    @dylanpritchard4981 Рік тому +2

    I was going to make a comment but then I read the other comments, huge respect to those engineers.

  • @JJs_playground
    @JJs_playground 6 місяців тому +4

    *As a guy that works the fry station at McDonald's and always adds too much salt* , huge respect to these guys!

  • @pseudotasuki
    @pseudotasuki Рік тому +388

    This is very similar to the SR-71's J58 engines. As the velocity increased, they would divert air around the turbojet core and directly to the afterburner. At its cruising speed, they were essentially acting as both a turbojet and ramjet at the same time. Chimera takes that concept one step further by having enough bypass capacity to continue accelerating even after the turbojet is shut down.

    • @russellalderman6920
      @russellalderman6920 Рік тому +27

      Ah ha! I was wondering about that. Just a "small" step forward. That makes sense considering their engineering approach. I hope these guys do well, we need more innovation (take risks) and less bureaucracy (don't take risks) in our aerospace programs.

    • @burgerpb5476
      @burgerpb5476 Рік тому +6

      difference: before they had the turbofan inside the moving spike of the ram jet, now they are putting the turbofan infront and adjusting engine bypass

    • @shaunleddy430
      @shaunleddy430 Рік тому +2

      Isn't that called scram jet. Air and fuel, that's it.

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki Рік тому +9

      @@shaunleddy430 That's a ramjet where the air travels faster than Mach 1 inside the engine. This isn't a scramjet.

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki Рік тому +10

      @@burgerpb5476 The spike acted as the J58's intake ramp, which is responsible for ensuring that the air entering the engine remains subsonic. Chimera seems to differ in that there's a much greater emphasis of the ramjet. If I'm remembering the diagrams in the video correctly, the primary path for air was around the turbojet, which is the opposite of the J58.
      Also, the turbojet was in a fixed position.

  • @fruschikante1939
    @fruschikante1939 Рік тому +250

    As a passenger airplane, huge respect to these engines!

  • @j10betty
    @j10betty Рік тому +4

    As a former marine airframe and hydraulics mech on the harrier av8b. Huge salute to these engineers.
    Make it maintenance friendly

  • @curiositytube5924
    @curiositytube5924 Рік тому +20

    As a deep diving submarine, huge respect to this engineers!

  • @shaf3006
    @shaf3006 Рік тому +170

    As a CCCP member huge respect to those engineers,can't wait to get the blueprints

    • @aerodynamic1440
      @aerodynamic1440 Рік тому +8

      CCCP members are ahead in hypersonics

    • @akiara8491
      @akiara8491 Рік тому +14

      @@aerodynamic1440 no they aren't lmao

    • @andressalas595
      @andressalas595 Рік тому +14

      @@akiara8491 lmao he also probably thinks Venezuela is an economical powerhouse

    • @traduni920
      @traduni920 Рік тому +5

      ​@@akiara8491 yes, yes they are

    • @teabagtowers3823
      @teabagtowers3823 Рік тому +4

      ​@@traduni920Mate they literally repositioned spy satellite over the Top Gun set in response to the Dark Star aircraft in that film. So I don't think they are really other in missile technology which is different from aircraft technology.

  • @aniketparbat2073
    @aniketparbat2073 Рік тому +176

    As a pilot for the millennium falcon, huge respect for these engineers! May the force be with you!

    • @slothandturtle8036
      @slothandturtle8036 8 місяців тому

      It’s a Star Trek thing right ?

    • @introboy1
      @introboy1 4 місяці тому +1

      @@slothandturtle8036 i think its star wars but i could be wrong, i know it was the one with the monkey in it

  • @rkgsd
    @rkgsd 8 місяців тому +1

    The fact that it has been over 2 decades since there has been a supersonics airliner to replace the Concorde is a testiment to what Aerospatiale was able to do in 1969 without computer-aided design.

  • @Abduladilosman
    @Abduladilosman Рік тому +8

    As professional Mexican, I have huge respect for these guys and Boondocks

  • @soundofprice
    @soundofprice Рік тому +153

    As a web developer, huge respect to these engineers!

    • @6uiti
      @6uiti Рік тому +6

      As a software engineer , huge respect to these engineers

    • @myeditedhandle
      @myeditedhandle Рік тому +4

      as a fuckin, computer programmer in engineering, nice

    • @PeaceMastah
      @PeaceMastah Рік тому +3

      As a computer, beep boop

    • @6uiti
      @6uiti Рік тому

      @@PeaceMastah come here let me program u

  • @tenormdness
    @tenormdness Рік тому +251

    As a man who identifies as an airplane, huge respect to these guys, and planes.

    • @swesleyc7
      @swesleyc7 Рік тому

      Did you just assume your gender?! Bigot!!!
      Also, I ident as an attack helicopter.

    • @marcwolf60
      @marcwolf60 Рік тому +7

      So.... by lighting your exhaust you move faster????

    • @javviii
      @javviii Рік тому

      How dare you identify as a plane, there are only 2 genders !

  • @charliejones3119
    @charliejones3119 Рік тому +10

    I'll be following them without a shadow of a doubt and I wish them all the luck in the world what a spectacular team

  • @Steinersgarage
    @Steinersgarage 10 місяців тому +4

    as a human standing over 2 meters tall, Huge respect to these guys!

  • @GODOFLIQUOR
    @GODOFLIQUOR Рік тому +847

    As a human trafficker, huge respect to these guys 🤘🏻

  • @xSTH1TMANx
    @xSTH1TMANx Рік тому +5

    @ 4:25 The SR 71's skin was actually its fuel tank. The skin was loosely put together so it had room to expand at high speeds. Fuel would actually leak while it was on the ground. They had to design special fuel so it wouldn't easily ignite. You could even throw a lit cigarette butt into it, and it wouldn't ignite.

  • @oldtimer2192
    @oldtimer2192 8 місяців тому +2

    As a chief celestial and orbital mechanics modifier using gravity tractors powered by anti matter containment systems, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @Qwsgwx
    @Qwsgwx Рік тому +10

    As a marketing major, huge props to these guys

  • @furyflare72
    @furyflare72 Рік тому +40

    As a man with no respect, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @wyomgupta7575
    @wyomgupta7575 Рік тому +83

    as a student of aeronautical engineering, huge respect to these guys

  • @gkfrandsen7739
    @gkfrandsen7739 25 днів тому

    As a blind art critic, huge respect to these guys.

  • @aussiegruber86
    @aussiegruber86 Рік тому +46

    As a professional garden ornament, huge respect to these engineers

  • @FDroid01
    @FDroid01 Рік тому +57

    As a literal single brain cell, huge respect to these engineers and their many many brain cells ✨

    • @JJs_playground
      @JJs_playground 6 місяців тому

      Wait, how are you typing this as a single brain cell?

  • @SoloSailing77
    @SoloSailing77 Рік тому

    This is really exciting. I think it is only a matter of time, before traveling super/hypersonic. is happening. The thought of possibly being a passenger, is mind blowing. I never thought that could could ever become an option. Good Luck Hermeus, we are 1000% behind you!

  • @tim_sek
    @tim_sek 6 днів тому

    The production value on this video is top notch!! As a filmmaker, huge respect to everyone in this production crew.

  • @sccengr
    @sccengr Рік тому +44

    As an aerospace engineer, I expect the group I work in will be getting a call from them in the next couple of years, when they get to the hard part of keeping someone alive inside the aircraft. Go Fast is the easy part. I've seen a few similar startups over the past decade, and they come to us for the hard part.

    • @TheeMurkShow
      @TheeMurkShow Рік тому +1

      If you actually watch the video it's going to be autonomous so no humans inside of it

    • @sccengr
      @sccengr Рік тому +13

      @@TheeMurkShow Yep, if you actually watch the video, they tell you that Quarterhorse is a propulsion test bed for development of Halcyon, a 20 passenger aircraft. No one gives you millions in seed money to make a drone just for the sake of going Mach 5, you need to have a product out of that, and that is Halcyon.

    • @thegingerpowerranger
      @thegingerpowerranger Рік тому +15

      As an aerospace engineer, they bring you in to cripple the project with your overly negative can't do attitude and result in no innovation since the 1950s. No thanks!

    • @kaboom-zf2bl
      @kaboom-zf2bl Рік тому +2

      @@sccengr hmm pick a military drone contract ... ALL of them started off as seed money to see IF they could be used in place of piloted aircraft ... and in what situations they would excel at ... heck the raptor drone was first and foremost a highspeed autonomous engine test frame ... all they did is add a different body around the engine and put in some equipment and poof a predator drone ... or camera drone etc

    • @0siiris
      @0siiris 11 місяців тому

      @@sccengr The flagship product is Darkhorse. Halcyon is the long-term vision.

  • @blasta1218
    @blasta1218 Рік тому +33

    As a pool guy fighting weather itself, huge respect for these guys!

  • @stonedboss4765
    @stonedboss4765 Рік тому

    as a youtube watcher, huge respect to these engineers.

  • @rickemmet1104
    @rickemmet1104 Рік тому +3

    Wow, just wow! That was a great presentation of something that is beyond cutting edge, great reporting guys, and I love the ethos of the development team!

    • @freethink
      @freethink  Рік тому

      Speaking of cutting edge… #shorts

  • @KenSDCA
    @KenSDCA Рік тому +63

    Other than the kid holding an SR-71 model, no one mentioned it used a similar engine concept for mach 3+ flight.

    • @DemonLordGamingAC0
      @DemonLordGamingAC0 Рік тому +3

      Because it's not really. It would've been a cool mention to explain the differences between chimera and the SR-71's engines though

    • @robinj.9329
      @robinj.9329 Рік тому

      And first flew in the 60's!!!

  • @Joshuawelds
    @Joshuawelds Рік тому

    As a Guy Who Hates Overtime while working overtime watching other people working overtime. Huge Respect!....

  • @HellmiresKitchen
    @HellmiresKitchen Рік тому +146

    as an electric drill, huge respect to these engineers

    • @RSCL_BEATZ
      @RSCL_BEATZ Рік тому +2

      Cool avatar 😁

    • @HellmiresKitchen
      @HellmiresKitchen Рік тому +2

      @@RSCL_BEATZ my lost brother where have you been

    • @RSCL_BEATZ
      @RSCL_BEATZ Рік тому +2

      @@HellmiresKitchen Jajajajaja! Cheers!

  • @niftybass
    @niftybass Рік тому +71

    I love it! They're playing from the same sheet of music as SpaceX: hardware-rich development lets you test things aggressively. When you're not testing on your only hardware set, you can find real-world limitations and make design changes to compensate.
    Bravo to the Hermeus team! this is exciting!

    • @dohc22h
      @dohc22h Рік тому

      SpaceX does nothing but use archived blue prints of already tested and developed space vehicles to build their own.. Not original by any means what so ever. The tech and data is literally in front of your face... It's all documented and free for publc use.

    • @dohc22h
      @dohc22h Рік тому

      SpaceX is just trying to develop a profit from the pre existing tech.. Everything else is already known and tested.

    • @kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159
      @kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159 Рік тому +2

      Matt Hays Well your absolutely rootin tootin right there pilgrim!!!!! And also the only one that makes any sense!!!!

    • @protorhinocerator142
      @protorhinocerator142 Рік тому +3

      There's no sense playing it safe. Push the design to the limit and see what breaks.
      Fix that, push the new design to the limit and see what breaks.
      Lather, rinse, repeat.

    • @inevespace
      @inevespace 11 місяців тому

      @@protorhinocerator142 it is philosophy of engineering from 1900 when you don't know physics behind a device and can't simulate. Such approach outdated 70 years ago.

  • @zyzo99
    @zyzo99 7 місяців тому

    huge respect to the people managing such complex thermophysics in real appliances ))

  • @antinbath
    @antinbath Рік тому +2

    A well-presented insight into an interesting company. It's a beautiful looking aircraft.
    Refreshing to hear the talk of expected failures - a product of trying new things.
    I hope the momentum keeps up.

  • @tuqe
    @tuqe Рік тому +419

    Extreme fuel inefficiency, exotic materials, limited flight paths, and instability at low speeds? Love that capital is funding this.

    • @michaelarchibong5453
      @michaelarchibong5453 Рік тому +55

      Yeah will they invent new tech to create fuel efficient hypersonic engine else it is a waste of time. Haven't they learned from concord

    • @jhonsqueaks4573
      @jhonsqueaks4573 Рік тому +19

      You Seem Smart.

    • @hamadaag5659
      @hamadaag5659 Рік тому +74

      well, those are the problems they're trying to solve lol

    • @eane7238
      @eane7238 Рік тому +26

      ​@@michaelarchibong5453 the concord wasn't hypersonic.

    • @FuckYouYouFuck
      @FuckYouYouFuck Рік тому +127

      @sourand jaded Concorde was supersonic.
      Hypersonic is mach 5+. Supersonic is mach 1+.

  • @Supernaut2000
    @Supernaut2000 Рік тому +34

    As wonderful as Quarterhorse is/will be, this shows you the absolute genius of Kelly Johnson and Skunk Works. As you probably know, slide rulers designed the Blackbird and it flew, with 2 men on board, to the edges of space and speed, and returned to earth. These guys are standing on the shoulders of the greatest aeronautical engineers the world has ever seen.

    • @Serveck
      @Serveck Рік тому +1

      I like they named it the J-85 in homage to the J-58 that preceeded it.

    • @jackjman5577
      @jackjman5577 Рік тому +4

      I think you may be too kind here....this doesn't appear to be a crew that operates in such a way that promotes success....perhaps it was the way it was filmed but the boys at skunk works are on a totally different planet, no millennial type thinking with them if ya k ow what I mean😅

    • @nxvh9062
      @nxvh9062 Рік тому +3

      @@jackjman5577 that's utter garbage lol. Willingness to fail is central to success

    • @jackjman5577
      @jackjman5577 Рік тому +1

      @@nxvh9062 not remotely close to what I was talking about😆

    • @rustylinton6330
      @rustylinton6330 Рік тому +1

      Also why does the headquarters look like a huge empty warehouse?

  • @izjusme9504
    @izjusme9504 6 місяців тому

    "Just keep going, bit by bit, until we will this thing into existence." damn. what a quote

  • @MicahScott-pe1jj
    @MicahScott-pe1jj 17 днів тому

    As somebody that doesn't exist, huge respect to these engineers and everyone that exists.

  • @wayland7150
    @wayland7150 Рік тому +76

    I hope they have a steady funding source. I want these lads and lasses to keep going on this.

    • @wayland7150
      @wayland7150 Рік тому +1

      @Tech He's clearly professional. An amateur would sound more natural.

    • @DCDrCoyne
      @DCDrCoyne Рік тому +1

      They hope they do too. Might be the reason this video exists. Lol

    • @JohnDoeWasntTaken
      @JohnDoeWasntTaken Рік тому +3

      @Tech He said in the intro he studied aerospace engineering but then didn't know what a flameholder was, and kept emphasizing how complicated the stuff the engine guys were talking about was. When they never even got into the nitty gritty details.

    • @qoph1988
      @qoph1988 Рік тому

      Trust me, spooks and DARPA will fund it plenty. Because it's a weapons program.

    • @DumbledoreMcCracken
      @DumbledoreMcCracken Рік тому +1

      @@JohnDoeWasntTaken it seems this thing is a ruse.

  • @michaelharrison3046
    @michaelharrison3046 Рік тому +14

    I love the engineer in the green shirt when he describes how his passion was sparked by a seeing a c-5 galaxy take off for the first time. Just goes to show how far your dreams can take you

  • @masso172
    @masso172 Рік тому +1

    As a high flow liquor sampler specialist, mad respect for the engineers!

  • @damiengilbert7055
    @damiengilbert7055 Рік тому +4

    As a software developer, huge respect to these engineers.

  • @Johnnie-s5
    @Johnnie-s5 Рік тому +9

    As a professional steering wheel holder huge respect to these engineers.

  • @greenmonster1027
    @greenmonster1027 Рік тому +22

    It was Pratt & Whitney who first used the combined cycle engine that powered the SR 71 the J58 turbo-ramjet engine !

  • @marbersano
    @marbersano Рік тому

    As a highjackers, mad respect to those innovators, this could be a new & a great challenge to my group

  • @justkiddin08
    @justkiddin08 9 місяців тому

    As a life form, from a far away more highly advanced civilization, we have huge respect for these engineers.

  • @whenurefree
    @whenurefree Рік тому +12

    Wow. The first time I cared, genuinely, about a project… these people are some of the most brilliant people I have heard. Humble and daring. Awesome:)!

  • @myngnas007
    @myngnas007 8 місяців тому

    As a random youtube commenter, huge respect to these engineers 🎉👏

  • @rev8688
    @rev8688 Рік тому +1

    You definitely need to catch up with these guys next year

  • @SuperSnallygaster
    @SuperSnallygaster Рік тому +51

    As a domestic engineer, huge respect for this team!

  • @nickj6927
    @nickj6927 Рік тому +8

    As a guy that's unemployed with 4 kids and 7 felonies huge respect to these engineers

  • @hipstarchild
    @hipstarchild 6 місяців тому

    As an aerospace paint technician, huge respect to these engineers

  • @michaelwardjr7441
    @michaelwardjr7441 Рік тому +1

    As the inventor of the propulsion system that'll get us to alpha and proxima centauri in less than ten years huge respect to these engineers!

  • @MMV0705
    @MMV0705 Рік тому +22

    As a guy who's dad left from sheer disappointment in his kin, huge respect to these guys 👏

    • @RSCL_BEATZ
      @RSCL_BEATZ Рік тому +4

      You win. That was hilarious! My Dad is just going out for smokes.

    • @Notathreelettername
      @Notathreelettername Рік тому +1

      @@RSCL_BEATZ my dad went out to get the milk! he still hasnt returned yet though

  • @level1selamat155
    @level1selamat155 Рік тому +64

    As an aerospace paint specialist huge respect to the team

    • @travisfreeman5153
      @travisfreeman5153 Рік тому +2

      What type of paint resist atmosphere and Mach 3?

    • @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle
      @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Рік тому +4

      @@travisfreeman5153 looks like we have ourselves a poser

    • @thefreemonk6938
      @thefreemonk6938 Рік тому

      ​@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle How is he a poser?

    • @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle
      @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Рік тому

      @@thefreemonk6938 Oh I was just making a joke.

    • @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle
      @HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Рік тому

      @@thefreemonk6938 I would assume that an aerospace paint specialist would be able to answer the question above, and when the answer was not questioned, I would make fun of them not being able to making them not a real paint specialist, but it was all in good fun only

  • @canin7874
    @canin7874 Рік тому

    I love these guys. I don’t understand the government lapse in this hypersonic flight development. Happy to see a private company seek to further the boundaries of atmospheric travel!

  • @DuaLeaD
    @DuaLeaD Рік тому +2

    As someone who didn't even watch the video, huge respect for whoever it was about.

  • @salmonn_gz7987
    @salmonn_gz7987 Рік тому +17

    As a person strugling to be understood, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @danielbae458
    @danielbae458 Рік тому +77

    I think with the team and vision they have it's definitely possible. Just not in the next 10-15 years. I think they'll eventually get to passenger flight but the most interesting thing will be the engine. Even if hermeus fails and doesn't produce an aircraft, if they get that engine right they'll be massive game changers and I'm sure the air force wants to put that on it's future platforms.

    • @Angryoldman50
      @Angryoldman50 Рік тому

      A whole other dilemma when considering a payload. An even greater challenge than passengers .

    • @boijone8440
      @boijone8440 Рік тому +5

      Economically, this wont ever be commercially viable. Hypersonic and even suppersonic simply use too much gas.

    • @thegiantgaming7592
      @thegiantgaming7592 Рік тому +1

      @@boijone8440 and expell too much pollution. Hell, current jet aircrafts are getting flak for already polluting too much and those transport way more people using less fuel than a ramjet type engine...

    • @douglasscovil3447
      @douglasscovil3447 Рік тому

      @@boijone8440 exactly. ramjet engines are gas guzzlers, not practical for commercial air travel. ramjet engines are nothing new, they have been around since the 1950s...don't undertand why everyone thinks this is a "cutting edge" project.

    • @datadavis
      @datadavis Рік тому

      I would probably feel safer just sitting on a ticking bomb than in a hypersonic aircraft.

  • @MustafaDarwiche
    @MustafaDarwiche Рік тому

    As a modern warefare search & destroy pro, Huge respect to these engineers!

  • @finnair7193
    @finnair7193 Рік тому +19

    As a STEM student in high school, huge respect to this team!

  • @nobody-wk6ej
    @nobody-wk6ej Рік тому +6

    "Failure is an option." One of the most wholesome engineering quotes I've heard.

  • @elementalghost
    @elementalghost Рік тому +8

    As a liquor salesman, huge respect for these engineers.

  • @khuramr8244
    @khuramr8244 Рік тому

    As a soft drinks operator, bottling 1 litre bottles for, Victoria, Tesco, Asda, Morris ons, Aldi, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose, Roses, Schweppes, happy dropper?Xmas, Coo-op, Spar, Ocean Spray Cranberry, Sainsbury, Baldwins, huge respect for these engineers.

  • @HeitorGiacomini
    @HeitorGiacomini 7 місяців тому

    As an unemployed, huge respect to these guys.

  • @michaelshort7297
    @michaelshort7297 Рік тому +22

    Incredible! I'm an aviation buff of more than 55 years I've only seen one other group of people like yours and thats SpaceX. I wish you all the best of luck and success. I'm looking forward to seeing you break some records!

    • @SpamSucker
      @SpamSucker Рік тому +5

      Would you not put the 'skunk works' in this category?

    • @ThatSoonerGuy
      @ThatSoonerGuy Рік тому

      @@SpamSucker well, we happen to have a saying in the
      aviation/aeronautical engineering world: “skunk is junk”
      🚀🛩️✈️

    • @davismize
      @davismize Рік тому

      Their biggest failure here is expecting to lose a craft. Your subconscious will always create conditions to suit your expectations. This is something forgotten about in this time. At one point we understood this and empires, things thought impossible and "miracles" are evidence of this phenomenon. Knowing, vision or minds eye focused on what you want as if it's already happened is key to creation. A gift from God to anyone who can comprehend and manifest without a shred of doubt. Neville articulates this phenomenon much better than my regurgitating it here. They need to connect with their subconscious as a unit with a single process. They will be successful if they dont run out of funds first. Crashing crafts cost more than dollars even if it is announced as an expectation.

    • @michaelshort7297
      @michaelshort7297 Рік тому

      @@SpamSucker not so much, their part of a much larger corporation SpaceX was a tiny start up that most people doomed to failure and they nearly did. Look at them now.

    • @michaelshort7297
      @michaelshort7297 Рік тому

      @@davismize testing to failure is a pretty common thing it's done industry wide you have to learn the limitations of your product in order to improve on it

  • @moy_moy85
    @moy_moy85 Рік тому +15

    As an advertising creative, huge respect to these engineers!

  • @dmaverick9525
    @dmaverick9525 Рік тому

    Phenomenal! Impressive! Way to go!

  • @zano9291
    @zano9291 7 місяців тому

    People capable of recognizing flaws but pushing and progressing despite them are always admirable. It's the flaws that make us human, and not some soulless carcass presentable and digestable to shareholders.

  • @adzythepwcblokeinaustralia5467

    It looks like at high mach numbers the cone moves back totally blocking off the turbine section and the airflow then goes around the central turbine engine straight into the ramjet section achieving two engines in one ! Awesome stuff guys .

  • @prosay
    @prosay Рік тому +16

    My first flight was in 1957 on a propeller airplane from the Caribbean to the U.S.
    I marveled recently when I flew first class in my own compartment, from New York to London.
    My grandchildren will fly hypersonic, no doubt!

    • @neilmccann5826
      @neilmccann5826 Рік тому

      It depends upon affordability . I know people who drove their Corvette at 130 mph in the 1970's, and their grandchildren are living in Chicago, unable to own a car, commuting home from work on electric scooters.

  • @CLOCKCHASER2222
    @CLOCKCHASER2222 Рік тому

    As the Cadbury’s mini egg champion 5 years running now , I have so much respect towards these humble engineers

  • @bdubz5150
    @bdubz5150 5 місяців тому +5

    Skunkworks has had ramjet engines for multiple decades. They had 4500mph aircraft since the 90s. The high desert in the West saw lots of hypersonic aircraft throughout the decades. I was in the military and witnessed a test flight coming in from the Pacific Ocean landing back in Palmdale California, which upon decent and slowdown still hit sonic barriers 4 times after it had throttled down 90%. Top speed was calculated at 4500 mph, and was said to be a manned test flight, whereas the cockpit was said to be liquid filled to mitigate speed related G force issues on the human body. The only fact I do know to be true after witnessing it, was that the test flight was a ramjet/pulsejet variety aircraft and it was faster than the SR-71. All other variables of that test flight mentioned above were told to me from a third party military officer with familiarity of the flight and a higher security clearance than I had. Whether their fact or not, I cannot confirm.

  • @AlamBarzakh99
    @AlamBarzakh99 Рік тому +4

    As a guy that drives around all day trying to keep the mpg to its lowest & look to do something, mad respect to these engineers

  • @ChristianStout
    @ChristianStout Рік тому +24

    This is a really young team for the level of engineering they're trying to pull off.

    • @PetSKi67
      @PetSKi67 Рік тому +3

      Maybe the elderly have allready failed too many times and lost the vision that it could be done.

    • @KarmaCadet
      @KarmaCadet Рік тому +10

      @@PetSKi67 the elderly have pioneered and achieved flight, developed the mathematical tools, created design systems, raised industrial complexes just to produce the materials, and literally conceived the notion of hypersonic flight. There is no such thing as failing too many times, because there is no end to the lessons to be learned.
      The vision of what could be done was never lost, it's been more about individuals becoming more wealthy than countries. Luckily some of those people have been becoming involved with progression in aerospace and space travel.

    • @bugglemagnum6213
      @bugglemagnum6213 Рік тому

      i think thats a foolish categorization

  • @user-yp8mq2oo2n
    @user-yp8mq2oo2n Рік тому

    As a REST controller, huge 200 to this engineers!

  • @erikf.7377
    @erikf.7377 8 місяців тому

    As a failed electrician, huge respect to these engineers!