Quarterhorse: The Future of Hypersonic Flight

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Komentáře • 938

  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects9649  Před 25 dny +32

    Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to keeps.com/SIMON to get a special offer. Individual results may vary

    • @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
      @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation Před 25 dny +4

      I C U In MyPillow BodyBags M-8s

    • @kevinhopper5270
      @kevinhopper5270 Před 24 dny +7

      a Bald man advertising a hair product is like a Cat woman giving relationship advice lmao

    • @alien-x0815
      @alien-x0815 Před 24 dny

      Suggestion : Please continue with the "Everything You Need to Know" series...it's awesome!
      Maybe the next video in the series could be about Missiles?

    • @justbrowsing6327
      @justbrowsing6327 Před 24 dny +1

      I loved this video, and personally I don't give a rats arse if you said quarterhouse instead of quarterhorse, it's literally a slip of the tongue.
      Thank you Simon for a well presented and informative video, let's hope the chinese, Russians and North Koreans aren't watching. 😮

    • @waitingforanalibi2224
      @waitingforanalibi2224 Před 24 dny +1

      I always thought ISR meant Interdiction / Strike / Reconnaissance?

  • @the80hdgaming
    @the80hdgaming Před 25 dny +520

    Take a drink every time Simon says "quarter horse" 🐴🍺🥃😵 Take two drinks when he says "quarter house" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @loribroadbent8573
      @loribroadbent8573 Před 24 dny +24

      No thanks. I won't abuse my liver like that. 🤣

    • @eggsngritstn
      @eggsngritstn Před 24 dny +16

      Half drink on “mark”, half drink on “Mach”. Let hilarity ensue.

    • @TheNewOption
      @TheNewOption Před 24 dny +21

      dude, all these comments are proving 100% that mispronouncing things to ragebait people into commenting works extremely well for engagiement.

    • @charlesdorval394
      @charlesdorval394 Před 24 dny +5

      lmao I'm going to have to get more beer uh

    • @steveskouson9620
      @steveskouson9620 Před 24 dny +7

      Even if it was 3.2 beer, you'd still get PISSED!
      (UK pissed, not American pissed.)

  • @funwithflags7506
    @funwithflags7506 Před 25 dny +588

    you said quarter house alot haha

    • @MrBardache
      @MrBardache Před 25 dny +33

      Even says courthouse

    • @tennesseehomesteader6175
      @tennesseehomesteader6175 Před 25 dny +28

      It's intentional mispronunciation. These CZcams channels get credit when people say things in the comments section. They would prefer if everybody says exactly what you did. It also wastes your and my time. I typically unsubscribe to channels that do this.

    • @jimcappa6815
      @jimcappa6815 Před 25 dny +17

      I read.this before I started watching. At first I thought surely you misheard him. But no, he clearly called it quarter house multiple times 😆

    • @Turkeythigh420
      @Turkeythigh420 Před 25 dny

      I noticed that as well. Haha

    • @xyzero1682
      @xyzero1682 Před 25 dny +10

      "Say it right frenchy!"

  • @allisonfisher9304
    @allisonfisher9304 Před 24 dny +161

    For anyone wondering: the term Quarterhorse comes from the breed of horse specifically bred to race a quarter mile. They have explosive speed, and are actually faster in the quarter mile sprint than the more well-known distance running Thoroughbred, famous for their mile+ races like the Kentucky Derby. Naming something after a Quarterhorse implies it can achieve extreme speed, extremely quickly.
    I’m a horse nerd, I had to say it.
    Where he got Quarterhouse, I know not. But it made me want a steak.

    • @shadetreemech290
      @shadetreemech290 Před 24 dny +1

      Thanks. I thought that a quarter horse was bread to work cattle. Now I know different.

    • @user-px1wj2uv3r
      @user-px1wj2uv3r Před 23 dny +2

      Quarterhouse; for when your only a quarter hungry 😂

    • @coconutsmarties
      @coconutsmarties Před 23 dny +2

      Just be glad he didn't mention the Quarterhose or you'd be needing the bathroom too

    • @mi1400
      @mi1400 Před 22 dny

      Here r numbers and at end of post what they could be hiding... there is a small %age of massively publicized project which fail and since railguns will also have evolved hence the feasibility of this project looks unfit for what it is pitching in whole/entire video... now the thing they are hiding seems to rub shoulders with SpaceX etc they are actually making a Astro version of 777 ... where SpaceX is perusing A380 ... this Astro 777 makes sense specially entering and exiting mach 5+ more gracefully/efficiently they all they need is safe/pressurized fuselage to ferry astronauts/anyone to even moon and back cuz right with takeoff from spaceport/airport sliding into mach 5+ speed will save alot of effort/fuel as inertia etc to continue the travel ... maybe 1 refueling at ISS and off to moon ... reentry to earth wont be problem as it is already designed for mach 5+ frictions... landing on moon will be peace of cake cuz of near zero atmosphere and any factors which dominate mars... also i believe mach 5+ will not let this craft to size any bigger than F16 .. i guess they will remain locked on 1x to 1.5x of F16 for few decades where any size increase will not mean more people but more fuel, better safer engine ... even passenger area (2-4 people) could be used to carry/deploy micro satellite or (emergency) iss-supplies...

    • @theformertexan1642
      @theformertexan1642 Před 22 dny

      It's mostly used for just that, and is extremely popular among ranchers in the US from Texas to Montana.​@@shadetreemech290

  • @dingerr9994
    @dingerr9994 Před 25 dny +158

    One man’s horse is clearly another man’s house

    • @williambrasky3891
      @williambrasky3891 Před 24 dny +2

      Two man’s horse?

    • @mi1400
      @mi1400 Před 22 dny

      Here r numbers and at end of post what they could be hiding... there is a small %age of massively publicized project which fail and since railguns will also have evolved hence the feasibility of this project looks unfit for what it is pitching in whole/entire video... now the thing they are hiding seems to rub shoulders with SpaceX etc they are actually making a Astro version of 777 ... where SpaceX is perusing A380 ... this Astro 777 makes sense specially entering and exiting mach 5+ more gracefully/efficiently they all they need is safe/pressurized fuselage to ferry astronauts/anyone to even moon and back cuz right with takeoff from spaceport/airport sliding into mach 5+ speed will save alot of effort/fuel as inertia etc to continue the travel ... maybe 1 refueling at ISS and off to moon ... reentry to earth wont be problem as it is already designed for mach 5+ frictions... landing on moon will be peace of cake cuz of near zero atmosphere and any factors which dominate mars... also i believe mach 5+ will not let this craft to size any bigger than F16 .. i guess they will remain locked on 1x to 1.5x of F16 for few decades where any size increase will not mean more people but more fuel, better safer engine ... even passenger area (2-4 people) could be used to carry/deploy micro satellite or (emergency) iss-supplies...

    • @kushpacsmike
      @kushpacsmike Před 22 dny +1

      well said

    • @Wi2Low
      @Wi2Low Před 18 dny +1

      One man's horse is the SAME man's house

    • @bodiless99
      @bodiless99 Před 10 dny +1

      Yeah, he kept calling it "Quarter house"

  • @elainebenes7971
    @elainebenes7971 Před 25 dny +156

    The SR71 was made in the 60s but it still looks like it's from the future.

    • @scottbrady6240
      @scottbrady6240 Před 25 dny +4

      DOES IT THOUGH?

    • @rtqii
      @rtqii Před 25 dny +15

      Ben Rich wrote an excellent book about the Skunkworks and covered the SR-71 development. He was in charge of thermodynamics and that design was a major headache for him to solve, and they never got it 100%... The plane got so hot the airframe expanded and the cold fuel tanks did not, it had to use specialized fuel, and the flexible seals degraded and the tanks frequently leaked fuel during and after flights. The cockpit air conditioning had to blow at -40F to keep the cabin temperature at 80 degrees, you could freeze skin holding it next to a cockpit vent. Then they dumped the unstart problem on him because he designed the adjustable cone intakes on the engines and when parameters shifted the shock wave a few degrees it caused an instant compressor stall that slammed the plane around with such force it threatened to knock the pilots unconscious. They installed sensors and a computer to automatically correct the cone position when an unstart was detected.

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket Před 25 dny +10

      @@scottbrady6240 Yes.

    • @dj_dazzy
      @dj_dazzy Před 25 dny +4

      If you see one in the flesh it doesn't.

    • @WarblesOnALot
      @WarblesOnALot Před 25 dny

      G'day,
      Probably because, back in the 1960s, most of the people who designed and built the SR-71
      THOUGHT
      That Humanity had a High-Technology
      Future ahead of it.
      Anthropogenic Global Warming was well understood, by Climate Scientists and Meteorologists...; but the Techno-Heads working for the
      Military Industrial Complex were either uninformed,
      Wilfully Ignorant,
      Or living in
      Denial.
      So they competed to design
      Single-seat Hairygoplanes which could
      Fart more CO-2 in less time, while travelling further, faster ; than anything ever built by People driven by their own
      Overcompensated Inferiority Complexes, projecting all their Self-Hatred and Loathings outwards, onto the
      "Designated Enemy"
      In some Ethnocentric
      Out-Group,
      Who "must" be defended against, and who
      "Needs" to be
      Beaten unto
      Submission.
      And,
      Thus...
      We
      TRASHED
      The EARTH.
      Very Very VERY
      Cleverly... &
      Powerfully,
      At great expense.
      Because
      Worriers are
      Fearful by
      "Profession".
      Such is life,
      Have a good one.....
      Stay safe.
      ;-p
      Ciao !

  • @bbax069
    @bbax069 Před 25 dny +192

    Since they are in Atlanta, I say we call them the "Possum Works". A fitting term for us Southern Boy's down here!😆😆😆

    • @dsloop3907
      @dsloop3907 Před 24 dny +9

      Armadillo Works is good also.

    • @donaldcarey114
      @donaldcarey114 Před 24 dny +5

      There are plenty of skunks in Georgia (and that's not including the politicians).

    • @TheBestDog
      @TheBestDog Před 24 dny +5

      The Opossum Works 😝

    • @pablonh
      @pablonh Před 24 dny

      "southern boys"

    • @KIXWASHERE
      @KIXWASHERE Před 24 dny

      Second

  • @BrianKelsay
    @BrianKelsay Před 24 dny +51

    Ah, the famous quarter house. The single person's dream.

    • @darwinfowler8877
      @darwinfowler8877 Před 24 dny +2

      In this economy??? I think i could afford a eighth house

    • @mi1400
      @mi1400 Před 22 dny

      Here r numbers and at end of post what they could be hiding... there is a small %age of massively publicized project which fail and since railguns will also have evolved hence the feasibility of this project looks unfit for what it is pitching in whole/entire video... now the thing they are hiding seems to rub shoulders with SpaceX etc they are actually making a Astro version of 777 ... where SpaceX is perusing A380 ... this Astro 777 makes sense specially entering and exiting mach 5+ more gracefully/efficiently they all they need is safe/pressurized fuselage to ferry astronauts/anyone to even moon and back cuz right with takeoff from spaceport/airport sliding into mach 5+ speed will save alot of effort/fuel as inertia etc to continue the travel ... maybe 1 refueling at ISS and off to moon ... reentry to earth wont be problem as it is already designed for mach 5+ frictions... landing on moon will be peace of cake cuz of near zero atmosphere and any factors which dominate mars... also i believe mach 5+ will not let this craft to size any bigger than F16 .. i guess they will remain locked on 1x to 1.5x of F16 for few decades where any size increase will not mean more people but more fuel, better safer engine ... even passenger area (2-4 people) could be used to carry/deploy micro satellite or (emergency) iss-supplies...

    • @jasonrhodes9726
      @jasonrhodes9726 Před 12 dny

      We have them, they call them tiny houses. Most of them cost about as much as a small real house and not something a few drunken high school boys could rock and maybe flip onto its side.
      I guess you could as get a few of those prefabricated storage builds and arrange them into house.

  • @THE-X-Force
    @THE-X-Force Před 23 dny +25

    Nice to see a shout for Alex Hollings and Sandboxx News. Award winning military journalism.

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 Před 22 dny +5

      First time I clicked on one of Alex’s videos, I had no idea what the quality would be as military focused YT channels range from great to AI read trash. I was massively impressed. So anyone into military aviation that hasn’t checked out his videos, highly recommended!

    • @nedkelly9688
      @nedkelly9688 Před 20 dny

      He is useless. he go on about Hermeus bla bla. did you know Australia has world fastest scramjet in the world at mach 12 and helped USA in hypersonics since early 2000's since Aussie Ray Stalker was first to get essence of flight from scramjets. HIFIRE and SCIFIRE helped develop USA HACAM and HAWC scramjet missiles, they are joint USA, Australia hypersonic tests.
      Australian company will test fly a scramjet powered drone in 300 days and probably beat this Hermeus. but Alex Hollings will not do anything on it.
      Australian company won a USA HYCAT DUI contract to build USA hypersonic vehicles and won it over 63 other companies including this Hermeus.
      Guys who own the company helped USA in HIFIRE.. guy who designed scramjet worked at NASA and all he did was design scramjets.
      Aussies invented the oval designed inturned scramjet design. problem they found in X43 was it was rectangular and had heating problems..

    • @pigeonpoo1823
      @pigeonpoo1823 Před 19 dny +3

      I'm Alex hollings and this is Air Power

  • @abccomando9329
    @abccomando9329 Před 25 dny +23

    love seeing Alex as a reference he's a good journalist and him and his team at sandbox do good getting info.

    • @williambrasky3891
      @williambrasky3891 Před 24 dny +1

      He’s not a good journalist. He’s a good PR person. He makes some entertaining videos, but don’t expect him to ever report on anything that casts a negative light on the hand that feeds him. That doesn’t mean that everything he says is bullshit, far from it. Just that you should keep that in mind and take with a grain of salt what you hear from him.

    • @Tripskiii
      @Tripskiii Před 23 dny

      theyre probably one of if not my favorite military news (american) by far.

  • @03recon
    @03recon Před 23 dny +8

    I would love to watch the bloopers reel and see EXACTLY the moment when Simon just like, "F*ck it! I said what I said!"

  • @olivialambert4124
    @olivialambert4124 Před 25 dny +59

    If he says quarterHOUSE one more time I swear to god.

    • @AA-vs9kh
      @AA-vs9kh Před 24 dny +3

      😅

    • @wtbanation6268
      @wtbanation6268 Před 17 dny +2

      How do you even make that mistake? How does it even pass editing? I don’t expect perfect professionalism but that is ridiculous lol

    • @soundslave
      @soundslave Před 16 dny +2

      So often they crank out vids full of mistakes. Would it kill them do retakes of fluffed lines, please!

  • @sniper441
    @sniper441 Před 25 dny +50

    I really am a fan of house racing

    • @mi1400
      @mi1400 Před 22 dny

      Here r numbers and at end of post what they could be hiding... there is a small %age of massively publicized project which fail and since railguns will also have evolved hence the feasibility of this project looks unfit for what it is pitching in whole/entire video... now the thing they are hiding seems to rub shoulders with SpaceX etc they are actually making a Astro version of 777 ... where SpaceX is perusing A380 ... this Astro 777 makes sense specially entering and exiting mach 5+ more gracefully/efficiently they all they need is safe/pressurized fuselage to ferry astronauts/anyone to even moon and back cuz right with takeoff from spaceport/airport sliding into mach 5+ speed will save alot of effort/fuel as inertia etc to continue the travel ... maybe 1 refueling at ISS and off to moon ... reentry to earth wont be problem as it is already designed for mach 5+ frictions... landing on moon will be peace of cake cuz of near zero atmosphere and any factors which dominate mars... also i believe mach 5+ will not let this craft to size any bigger than F16 .. i guess they will remain locked on 1x to 1.5x of F16 for few decades where any size increase will not mean more people but more fuel, better safer engine ... even passenger area (2-4 people) could be used to carry/deploy micro satellite or (emergency) iss-supplies...

  • @bradbrandon2506
    @bradbrandon2506 Před 23 dny +9

    Love the Sandbox News shout out! Big fan of Alex, too. Great researcher!

  • @yookalaylee2289
    @yookalaylee2289 Před 25 dny +120

    QUARTER HOUSE

    • @cheeki3998
      @cheeki3998 Před 24 dny +4

      rrrroad house

    • @steveskouson9620
      @steveskouson9620 Před 24 dny

      How many times, does Simon talk about
      a mythical Doctor? Well, Hugh Laurie IS
      from England! (Or, 1/4 of a doctor.)
      steve

    • @PW.Skyline.V37
      @PW.Skyline.V37 Před 24 dny

      9:56

    • @TheNewOption
      @TheNewOption Před 24 dny +9

      dude, all these comments are proving 100% that mispronouncing things to ragebait people into commenting works extremely well for engagiement.

    • @BardovBacchus
      @BardovBacchus Před 24 dny

      Actually, it's a buck and a quarter quarter house, but I'm not telling him that

  • @mtacoustic1
    @mtacoustic1 Před 24 dny +8

    The Quarterhorse Mk 2 (at 14:51) looks amazingly similar to the Lockheed D-21 drone; which was designed to be carried and launched on the back of an SR-71.

  • @Bryanscott88
    @Bryanscott88 Před 25 dny +39

    From the stalls to the stars, Hermeus is the thoroughbred Quarter Horse that will Neyyy its way to the edge of space!!! 😅

    • @marcbeebee6969
      @marcbeebee6969 Před 24 dny

      Or its owners fill their pockets and get lost when its dying in the hanger

    • @MichaelWinter-ss6lx
      @MichaelWinter-ss6lx Před 24 dny

      Ohh, that is still a long way to go. Needs over Mach 25, for orbital velocity. When Mk2 goes Mach 3 and Mk.3 may reach Mach 6, then Mk.6 might come close to a real space plane. It is above Mach 5, where it must switch to scramjet. What this means is, that they must design a hybrid engine from three different concepts into one. Plus a 4th engine type, a rocket, to return from orbit.

    • @Tripskiii
      @Tripskiii Před 23 dny

      just wait untill you hear about darkhorse.

    • @mi1400
      @mi1400 Před 22 dny

      Here r numbers and at end of post what they could be hiding... there is a small %age of massively publicized project which fail and since railguns will also have evolved hence the feasibility of this project looks unfit for what it is pitching in whole/entire video... now the thing they are hiding seems to rub shoulders with SpaceX etc they are actually making a Astro version of 777 ... where SpaceX is perusing A380 ... this Astro 777 makes sense specially entering and exiting mach 5+ more gracefully/efficiently they all they need is safe/pressurized fuselage to ferry astronauts/anyone to even moon and back cuz right with takeoff from spaceport/airport sliding into mach 5+ speed will save alot of effort/fuel as inertia etc to continue the travel ... maybe 1 refueling at ISS and off to moon ... reentry to earth wont be problem as it is already designed for mach 5+ frictions... landing on moon will be peace of cake cuz of near zero atmosphere and any factors which dominate mars... also i believe mach 5+ will not let this craft to size any bigger than F16 .. i guess they will remain locked on 1x to 1.5x of F16 for few decades where any size increase will not mean more people but more fuel, better safer engine ... even passenger area (2-4 people) could be used to carry/deploy micro satellite or (emergency) iss-supplies...

    • @nedkelly9688
      @nedkelly9688 Před 20 dny

      @@MichaelWinter-ss6lx Australia has a scramjet drone and has world fastest scramjet at mach 12, helped USA in hypersonics during HIFIRE joint hypersonic tests of USA, AUS that led to HAWC and HACAM scramjet missiles.
      Ray Stalker Aussie was first to get essence of flight from scramjets.
      Hypersonixs is the Australian company and Dr Michael Smart scramjet inventor was part of HIFIRE and worked at NASA designign scramjets.
      China even stole Ray Stalker free piston wind tunnel designs and now claim they have world fastest hypersonic wind tunnels
      Hypersonixs has recently won a USA HYCAT DUI contract to build USA hypersonic vehicles and won it over 63 other companies and i bet even Quarterhorse.
      Hypersonics has 4 drone designs and few are for space delivering satelites.
      Australia can build scramjets in 3 weeks and first flight of Hypersonixs drone is in 300 days and will probably beat this one in flight and in speed
      Hypersonixs so good Kratos has partnered up with them and atleast Hypersonixs did not use a design that all seem to. their drones are unique. similar to a sleek dart shape and look more suitable for higher speeds of cutting through the atmosphere.

  • @everettputerbaugh3996
    @everettputerbaugh3996 Před 24 dny +10

    The Pratt & Whitney J-58 in the SR-71 was a combined-cycle engine. The JP-7 fuel was formulated to NOT ignite easily partly because of the high temperature inside the tanks but also that it could be used as hydraulic fluid (to keep the hydraulic system cool enough to work) and as coolant for the skin. Pilots claimed that there was still throttle left when flying at the official speed limit of Mach 3.2. Bits of the titanium skin would be getting soft at Mach 3.4. Not bad for 1958 tech.

    • @michaelwilson6358
      @michaelwilson6358 Před 24 dny +3

      In modern terms, the J-58 blurs the line between an 'adaptive cycle engine', which is a turbofan that can vary its core/bypass flow ratio, and a 'combined cycle engine', which has a complete turbojet/turbofan and ram/scramjet (or even rocket) sharing the same inlet and exhaust nozzle. The bypass ducts on the J-58 only started after the 4th compressor stage, and only carried 25% of the airflow. Unlike a true combined cycle engine, the turbomachinery was always active and fuelled, not bypassed and shut down. However unlike any current adaptive cycle engine, at cruise all the useful compression came from the inlet and all the useful thrust came from the afterburner section - the compressor and turbine needed to be active to make the airflow work (and run the ancilleries), but thrust generation was similar to a ramjet. The J-58 was an amazing bit of engineering and often misunderstood - there seems to be a lot of misinformation about how it works.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 24 dny +16

    1:30 - Mid roll ads
    3:00 - Chapter 1 - Meet hermeus
    9:20 - Chapter 2 - Quarterhouse line
    17:00 - Chapter 3 - Progress & potential

  • @robertryan4145
    @robertryan4145 Před 24 dny +9

    Hey, at least Simon wasn’t saying Porterhouse hehe

  • @LoKi-oc8ks
    @LoKi-oc8ks Před 25 dny +12

    For anyone not from the US, bear in mind driving coast to coast in the US takes 35-45 hours. 45 min is crazy.

    • @Milosz_Ostrow
      @Milosz_Ostrow Před 25 dny +6

      The road distance from New York to San Francisco is about 3,270 miles. Even at 45 hours, it would require a sustained _average_ speed of almost 73 miles per hour with no rest stops or fuel stops. Can't be done, legally anyway.

    • @ugn669
      @ugn669 Před 24 dny +7

      the current cannonball record is a bit over 25hours. thats nyc to redondo beach. but yeah, obviously *very* illegal... theres a video around on how they modified the car for the record, fascinating stuff.

    • @LoKi-oc8ks
      @LoKi-oc8ks Před 24 dny

      ​@Milosz_Ostrow Coast to coast usually means rough distance horizontally. Virginia beach to la would also be "coast to coast". The cannonball run has a name because it is one route. The longest would be Key West, Florida to Flattery, Washington. Hence the spread.

    • @pablonh
      @pablonh Před 24 dny

      @@Milosz_Ostrow > The road distance from New York to San Francisco is about 3,270 miles
      No, about 2850. So a little over 60 mph. Through states whose speed limits are mostly 70-80 mph.
      Pretty easy with two drivers
      However, as usual Simon is wrong. "Continental" includes Alaska. He clearly means "coterminous". (And "quarterhorse", not "quarterhouse".)

    • @etherealbolweevil6268
      @etherealbolweevil6268 Před 24 dny

      @@pablonh Imagine how far away your luggage could get!

  • @matteofabbris7877
    @matteofabbris7877 Před 25 dny +17

    can't wait to see ThunderF00t's video

    • @smenor
      @smenor Před 24 dny +8

      Yeah.. this smells strongly of bullshit

    • @H4hT53
      @H4hT53 Před 21 dnem

      @@smenor Oh I believe that the military is going to be *very* interested in this. But the commercial applications? Yeah, BS.

    • @smenor
      @smenor Před 20 dny

      ​@@H4hT53 you're presuming this isn't pure vapourware BS

    • @warpedweirdo
      @warpedweirdo Před 18 dny +2

      @@smenor Elon's continual lies have jaded me to the promise of iterative process in hardware tech projects.

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex Před 4 hodinami

      Yes

  • @cynthiaherbst3909
    @cynthiaherbst3909 Před 24 dny +7

    The moment he opened with "its been..." I had already started hearing that song in my head.
    I'll see myself out lol 😆

    • @jonathanyu1936
      @jonathanyu1936 Před 24 dny

      You seem like someone who'd laugh at a funeral while holding a chickity china chicken drumstick

  • @ruymanbr
    @ruymanbr Před 25 dny +23

    The issue is not to reach such speeds, but to keep the plane in control, plus the temperature and material elongations. I don't think they will be able to create the HALCYION any time soon because of that. But we'll see.

    • @flyingunderwear
      @flyingunderwear Před 24 dny

      Alot of material science has been done with with high heat applications since the sr71.
      The damn space shuttle didn't exist for over a decade after mach 3 was being cruised at.
      And now you got rich assholes that's figured out reentry.

    • @sirseriously
      @sirseriously Před 24 dny

      That was my question. In their launch videos they talk about thrust but not about aero or heat. Control shouldn't be too hard with everything being 'by-wire' now a days.

    • @SortaProfessional89
      @SortaProfessional89 Před 24 dny +2

      The flight computers will take care of the control surfaces for stable flight. I just don't think material science is there yet to create something as re-usable as a production hypersonic recognizance platform aircraft for the us military at scale.

    • @WoodlandFops
      @WoodlandFops Před 24 dny

      ​@SortaProfessional89 we have had reuseable materials capable of burning for long periods during re-entry for decades, what factors make this specifically impossible for now in your mind? From my perspective it sounds like if we aren't currently there, we are incredibly close.

    • @YamahaR12015
      @YamahaR12015 Před 24 dny

      ​@SortaProfessional89 I think you'd be surprised. Hypersonic tech got shelved during the cold war. On paper from what I've seen, is doable. We've had the tech for 40 years now. But due to various politics, corruption, and lack of need it all got shelved. So it's the relearning of already completed concepts

  • @pantern2
    @pantern2 Před 23 dny +5

    If I recall correctly, one of the main reasons work on supersonic commercial aircraft pretty much stopped was because the Concorde was so bloody loud that the number of routes it was allowed on was very limited. If you want a hypersonic craft that will be allowed to fly over any settled ground it will also need to make it be able to fly that fast without a sonic boom.
    I know NASA has a test craft for that, at least for supersonic speeds, but I haven't heard anything about how successful it is.

    • @kqckeforyou4433
      @kqckeforyou4433 Před 19 dny

      You can fly that part at subsonic flight until your cleared for hypersonic.

    • @warpedweirdo
      @warpedweirdo Před 18 dny +1

      @@kqckeforyou4433 Clearly, "just fly slow until you're allowed to fly fast" wasn't good enough to make the Concorde commercially viable.

  • @Davidforprofit
    @Davidforprofit Před 25 dny +30

    He seems extra pumped for this one😂

    • @MickelFrisch
      @MickelFrisch Před 25 dny +8

      Probably has stock in hermeus or what ever lol
      Speaking of that...
      Any know this companies ticker? Lol I wanna buy a, stock 😅

    • @DeltaEntropy
      @DeltaEntropy Před 24 dny +2

      I don’t think they’re publicly traded

    • @smenor
      @smenor Před 24 dny +1

      @@MickelFrisch lol this was exactly what I thought but I wouldn't buy any shares even if you could unless you're trying to do a pump-and-dump

    • @flyingunderwear
      @flyingunderwear Před 24 dny

      It's cocain, its always cocain.

    • @smenor
      @smenor Před 24 dny +1

      @@DeltaEntropy no but they almost certainly have private investors and I'd wager are raising and this video is here to get prospective investors hyped on BS

  • @PeregrinesFury
    @PeregrinesFury Před 24 dny +4

    Touring their factory soon for my aerodynamics class

  • @herethererainbows
    @herethererainbows Před 24 dny +1

    This is really awesome to get an update on this company and all I remember seeing a video explaining the engine a while ago. I hope in 200 or so days from now there is another update

  • @dieseldanmac
    @dieseldanmac Před 24 dny +4

    Say Quarter House one more time!

    • @spacecase13
      @spacecase13 Před 24 dny

      I kept hearing that too! It's Quarter Horse! HORSE!!!

  • @fsj197811
    @fsj197811 Před 25 dny +8

    There are definitely issues to be dealt with besides propulsion. Heat being a major one. The SR71 leaks until it heats up. And one for a passenger aircraft is sonic booming is a no-no over land. This sure sounds like it has potential but it's certainly got some hurdles to clear yet. Thanks for sharing.

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 Před 24 dny +2

      Wrong but never mind.

    • @xpeterson
      @xpeterson Před 24 dny

      ⁠@@samuelgarrod8327it doesn’t have hurdles to overcome?
      You’re dumb but never mind.

    • @Tripskiii
      @Tripskiii Před 23 dny

      you are spewing stuff you read on the internet without knowing the actual physics of it, i suggest you watch engineering today darkhorse

  • @haugealx
    @haugealx Před 25 dny +6

    its not, this, is, the, way, its "this is the way" from mandalore:P

  • @tom23rd
    @tom23rd Před 25 dny +10

    Word to Alex Hollings

    • @Tripskiii
      @Tripskiii Před 23 dny

      too bad they failed to mention Darkhorse?

    • @tom23rd
      @tom23rd Před 23 dny

      @@Tripskiii or Darkhouse 🤣

  • @sailinbob11
    @sailinbob11 Před 25 dny +7

    Doesn't surprise me. Atlanta, my home town , and the Georgia Tech school of engineering. Know a lot of really smart people who taught, and graduated from Tech , including my father. Go Jackets !

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 Před 24 dny +1

      Yeah, really famous 😂

    • @FernandoTRA
      @FernandoTRA Před 24 dny +1

      My uncle a long time ago...

    • @will3346
      @will3346 Před 24 dny +2

      Go jackets! Took a class with the flight test manager of the iron bird version of the quarter horse while at Tech.

  • @lanceferraro3781
    @lanceferraro3781 Před 25 dny +6

    Hmmm. The Concorde problem. What about sonic booms over land? I remember them, and thought they were really cool. Tech I could hear.

  • @proy3
    @proy3 Před 24 dny +3

    Never thought I'd see factboy and Alex Hollings crossover.

  • @Nathan-vt1jz
    @Nathan-vt1jz Před 24 dny +2

    It’s great to see Simon and his team have discovered Alex Hollings from Sandbox News. He’s hands down the best military aviation journalist in the world.
    Also, the hardware rich and rapid iteration method of development seems to be the most successful option for engineering. It’s the method that helped SpaceX become so successful and innovative.

  • @kamenwaticlients
    @kamenwaticlients Před 24 dny +2

    The Mark II reminds me of the D-21 Drone for the A-12 the Loyal Wingman Program reminds me of those old top-down shooter arcade games.

  • @brentdennard6722
    @brentdennard6722 Před 25 dny +25

    Quarter House? Simon must need a new eyeglass prescription lol... But wait.. I thought he said horse at least once. U aight simon?

    • @TheNewOption
      @TheNewOption Před 24 dny +2

      dude, all these comments are proving 100% that mispronouncing things to ragebait people into commenting works extremely well for engagiement.

    • @brentdennard6722
      @brentdennard6722 Před 24 dny +1

      @@TheNewOption think it’s intentional?

    • @TheNewOption
      @TheNewOption Před 24 dny +3

      @@brentdennard6722 oh for sure. There's no reason why someone reading a script with knowledge of the actual name would suddenly change the way he says it.

    • @andymouse
      @andymouse Před 24 dny

      @@TheNewOption BS. look up 'word blindness'

  • @nicholasnugen3904
    @nicholasnugen3904 Před 17 dny +3

    THIS IS THE WAY! He said it he said the thing from the other thing

  • @daviddavid5880
    @daviddavid5880 Před 24 dny +1

    "Quarterhorse" sounds so much better than most project names. (I'm 100% sure there's a 15yr-old somewhere naming US projects and operations)

  • @mykullthecimmerian7183
    @mykullthecimmerian7183 Před 24 dny +3

    Quarter House!!🤣!! Love you Simon!!

  • @ClintBrantley
    @ClintBrantley Před 24 dny +3

    So that wasn’t the SR-71 in the opening. That was the A-12. Only reason I know, is because you showed footage from the USS Alabama battleship park. My favorite place in my hometown.

    • @keithpennock
      @keithpennock Před 16 dny +1

      Not the A-12, the Lockheed YF-12 the Interceptor variant of the SR-71 that had both guns & carried Falcon missiles.

  • @steveschweitzer4181
    @steveschweitzer4181 Před 25 dny +3

    The Space Shuttle was suppose to be low maintenance. Call BS on this claim. The “engine” was actually the “easy” part. Materials for the aircraft and fuel are going to be very challenging. See what made the sr71 so damn expensive to fly.

  • @tacwolf4962
    @tacwolf4962 Před 12 dny

    Super interesting stuff! Thank you for the video!

  • @maximusaralieous1728
    @maximusaralieous1728 Před 24 dny +2

    Everyone is always chasing the GOAT, the SR71. It will still be the asterisk in the history books. Good luck to future engineers.

  • @georgejackson4105
    @georgejackson4105 Před 22 dny +3

    Warfare is about economics. Throwing multi-million dollar systems at what is in essence a fairly low tech problem is unlikely to pan out in the long run.

  • @jaybird0312
    @jaybird0312 Před 10 dny

    "You'll never be him. You may surpass his achievements, but his contributions will outweigh anything you could ever hope to accomplish. Try as you may, but his legend will outlive yours."

  • @TheBestDog
    @TheBestDog Před 24 dny +2

    I want Simon’s voice as my Siri voice

  • @jamesleate
    @jamesleate Před 25 dny +9

    Quarter Horse,, Quarter House, completely interchangeable eh Simon?

    • @TheNewOption
      @TheNewOption Před 24 dny

      dude, all these comments are proving 100% that mispronouncing things to ragebait people into commenting works extremely well for engagiement.

    • @jamesleate
      @jamesleate Před 24 dny

      @@TheNewOption No, it proves that if you want to become very wealthy using CZcams, you still need to be professional rather than lazy.
      It also brings out lily-livered apologists as I'm sure you know better than most.

  • @sof5858
    @sof5858 Před 25 dny +3

    They maybe fast. But Hermes cant deliver parcels for shit

  • @kensai1968
    @kensai1968 Před 16 dny

    Always well researched, informative and excellently narrated

  • @garagatza
    @garagatza Před 18 dny

    Been following this subject a bit! pretty cool!

  • @sberry80
    @sberry80 Před 24 dny +2

    How many times did Simon say quarter house? Lol

  • @damenwhelan3236
    @damenwhelan3236 Před 25 dny +3

    8 minutes in and I csnt listen to Simon gasping for air for another 1.

  • @pr0xZen
    @pr0xZen Před 4 hodinami

    1: Progress and demonstrators sound amazing
    2: Financial efficiency sounds wild
    3: All those things will be out the window once the DoD, USAF etc start their 6-15 year _"Yes and", "Actually..." and "You know what..." project.
    4: Please _please _*_PLEASE_*_ don't be aviation Theranos!!_

  • @wesleyquinn2939
    @wesleyquinn2939 Před 17 dny

    Got to say I love seeing upcoming technology build. That's not just theoretical but has been real world approved

  • @AndrewUtz3
    @AndrewUtz3 Před 25 dny +3

    What’s up with the audio on this video. Whatever the change is it’s hard to listen to now, like an over modulated fm station

    • @zackatwood2867
      @zackatwood2867 Před 25 dny +1

      Agreed but still good content I hope the correct the editing

  • @eaphantom9214
    @eaphantom9214 Před 25 dny +4

    At last! It's here 👏 👏
    Been a while since the last Megaprojects!

  • @darkmatter6714
    @darkmatter6714 Před 17 dny

    All this just goes to show how insane Concorde was. Super cruising at over Mach 2 with over 100 passengers and crew, their cargo and creature comforts, designed and built nearly 60 years ago!

  • @PearlTheFrenchie
    @PearlTheFrenchie Před 24 dny

    I got so excited when you said “special episode “ 😆

  • @dudeguy3391
    @dudeguy3391 Před 25 dny +3

    Theres a great vid done by real engineering on quarterhorse and its a great deep dive.

  • @ElenarMT
    @ElenarMT Před 25 dny +3

    147th 🙄
    LOL, I don't get why people want to have a first comment. But nobody would want to have a 147th comment. So, really I'm first - with having a 147th comment 😅
    Anyway, thank you for another video Simon

  • @the_black_douglas9041
    @the_black_douglas9041 Před 16 dny

    Simon: “It’s tougher work than you think reading off a telepumpkin… hang on… teleprompter.”

  • @willyolio9590
    @willyolio9590 Před 24 dny +1

    @26:40 a barrier that humanity can't seem to pass: yeah, it's called the TSA
    90 minute flight
    270 minute check-in times

  • @CubicSpline7713
    @CubicSpline7713 Před 25 dny +3

    Real Engineering covered this and did some interviews with the CEO of this company.

  • @Venezolano410
    @Venezolano410 Před 25 dny +5

    So it's a vanity project to break the SR-71's record.

    • @TexasStormChaser
      @TexasStormChaser Před 25 dny

      Technically speaking the MiG-25 holds both the speed and altitude records for a turbine engine powered airplane. The SR-71 at cruise was a ram-jet, not using a turbine engine for thrust at those speeds.

  • @williamjanak2013
    @williamjanak2013 Před 24 dny

    We have to wait and see if they will set the standard or be a tale of what Not to do. Great video as always.

  • @Kahvalier
    @Kahvalier Před 24 dny +2

    Hermeus....Hermaeus... Hermaeus Mora....sounds like there's tentacles and library books involved

  • @camdenharper7244
    @camdenharper7244 Před 25 dny +12

    I don't like the comparison of hermeus to skunk works. It's like comparing a promising rookie to a hall of famer. It's not fair to either one. Hermeus hasn't actually done anything yet. I hope they do, and I think they will. Skunk works has been doing the impossible for decades. It's excessive expectations on hermeus and disrespectful to skunk works

    • @Josh-fo5fd
      @Josh-fo5fd Před 25 dny +2

      He's comparing current hermeus to fledgling skunkworks. It's, in fact, like comparing a promising rookie to what was a promising rookie.

    • @camdenharper7244
      @camdenharper7244 Před 25 dny

      @Josh-fo5fd by comparing what hermeus to projects skunk works was doing 15-20 years after they formed with multiple successful projects? Or comparing them to them now?

  • @averystablegenius
    @averystablegenius Před 24 dny +7

    Quarterhorse, like Starship, makes NO economic sense according to the back of my envelope, except as a hustle for grant money and sucker investors.

  • @Herowebcomics
    @Herowebcomics Před 24 dny

    Wow!
    I am glad that America is still innovating when it comes to air craft!😎

  • @rodepet
    @rodepet Před 21 dnem

    Reasons I '👍' a video: Keeping track of what I have already watched.
    You know when you listen too Simon and you don't know if you've seen this vid or the same subject on another channel 🤣

  • @Gentleman_Jester
    @Gentleman_Jester Před 16 dny

    20+ years ago I pitched an idea of device to an executive at Blackberry where I worked. A phone with a large touch screen with multiple applications that you could access with one touch on the screen. Including a camera, date planner, alarm clock. Access to a website where games and music were available. Basically the iPhone a full year or two before the iPhone was launched. The manager looked at me and laughed. He said. And I quote. “We don’t go in for that gimmicky stuff. Our product speaks for itself.”
    I guess not. Last time I saw a Blackberry device it was being used as a door stop. Didn’t even do that well. The time before that I saw one being thrown at a squirrel. Which thankfully missed.

  • @GuentherVanRaven
    @GuentherVanRaven Před 24 dny +1

    This guy is found on every 2nd channel on youtube. Like what da fug??!??

  • @charlescrocco7896
    @charlescrocco7896 Před 24 dny

    If Simon has to go retro and do a Business Blaze episode on this (if so, maybe in ten years or so), I can only imagine what he’ll have for material!!

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Před 24 dny

    Faster than the Bald, Bearded and Bespectacled One setting up a new CZcams channel!
    ( You *know* we love you, Simon! )

  • @NotIT
    @NotIT Před 24 dny +1

    You say tomato, I say tomato. Potato, potato. 🏠🐎?

  • @coconutsmarties
    @coconutsmarties Před 23 dny

    *"Imagine something that can fly like an airplane... but do it while going BLOODY quickly!"*
    Not where I thought that was going

  • @ronaldviens7862
    @ronaldviens7862 Před 15 dny

    Can you imagine how frickin hot that bird will get doing hypersonic in the atmosphere? Even the upper ionosphere has enough air to burn it up.

  • @thomasfaucher2756
    @thomasfaucher2756 Před 24 dny +1

    As an old Tom Clancy fan, I just can't help but think that if we are hearing about it, it already exists. So too does the next generation.

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 Před 22 dny

      But that’s not really the way scientific advancement works. Truly new tech comes from universities and other research level laboratories, then picked up by private companies to make the tech viable outside of a lab setting, and then goes on to be included in military projects.

  • @Artista_Frustrado
    @Artista_Frustrado Před 24 dny +1

    wasn't one of the reasons why Hypersonic flight fell out of use the fact that the constant sonic booms caused a lot of property damage and/or distress in animals?

    • @robloggia
      @robloggia Před 24 dny +1

      The was only supersonic, and yes it was a nightmare for the very brief time it was allowed to take place over populated areas. It wasn't just that it was loud, it was the fact that a supersonic craft would generate them at regular intervals. So you'd get one after another.

  • @StephenTSchuler
    @StephenTSchuler Před 19 dny

    I appreciate this video so much! I feel like I get 2 great cups of coffee out of my harrio grinder and aero press at the office with a local dark roast. I know dark roasts aren't the preference for coffee enthusiasts but your nose knows you know?

  • @steampoweredgamer1080
    @steampoweredgamer1080 Před 24 dny +1

    Very interesting article Simon but I think we all want to know, does it have cup holders?

  • @Tripskiii
    @Tripskiii Před 24 dny

    omg u guys ffinally did a video i recomended

  • @everypitchcounts4875
    @everypitchcounts4875 Před 23 dny

    DarkHorse. Their Chimera engine is what everyone else is looking into

  • @markjohnston1971
    @markjohnston1971 Před 24 dny

    Awesome!

  • @tonyrich7011
    @tonyrich7011 Před 19 dny

    Lockheed Super Constellation engined with the Pratt and Whitney R4360R59B. Good fuel mileage and comfortable travel!

  • @MeshNewsProject
    @MeshNewsProject Před 19 dny

    Great video

  • @martynadams9942
    @martynadams9942 Před 25 dny +2

    How does this compare to the SABRE engine for Skylon?

  • @dwarvenaled
    @dwarvenaled Před 24 dny

    In the natural vapor diamond formation the cavity the diamond crystal forms in is rectangular/square.

  • @sharkfixation
    @sharkfixation Před 24 dny

    Every time he said "Quarterhouse", I thought of a Porterhouse and now I'm hungry.

  • @Johnnybananass-_
    @Johnnybananass-_ Před 24 dny

    its like the Topgun activity module in MSFS 2022. take off under jet, turn on scram get to that speed and hit the go button,

  • @yggdrasil9039
    @yggdrasil9039 Před 17 dny

    Hopefully they can successfully do a Long Range commercial version of this with the Halcyon. Sydney-London and Sydney-New York in a few hours would be awesome.

  • @unkleturpis9253
    @unkleturpis9253 Před 11 dny

    I've been arguing for wingman drones for decades now. Glad they're finally considering it.

  • @guywholikescheese97
    @guywholikescheese97 Před 25 dny +1

    One or 2 rooms, quarter house. Hermeus’s proof of concept aircraft, Quarterhorse.

  • @williamchamberlain2263
    @williamchamberlain2263 Před 22 dny +1

    Horse = house >>>> Simon is secretly from Mongolia, missing his yurts

  • @levendil14
    @levendil14 Před 22 dny

    I appreciate a confident bald man talking about hair products. btw the beard is boss as fuck.

    • @entropy5431
      @entropy5431 Před 20 dny

      Perhaps not the ideal salesman for the product. He should have said he uses it on his beard.

  • @bobthegoat7090
    @bobthegoat7090 Před 24 dny

    Imagine this: you are an airforce pilot flying a dangerous reconnaissance mission into Russia. Then suddenly, alarms beep as you realise that a missile has a lock on your aircraft, and you will be dead in a minute. You decide to do a very advanced maneuver to try to get away alive. You push the throttle up to 100%, and you accelerate up to mach 6 where the missile is left in the dust.
    I know many SAMs can reach speeds up to 9 mach like the SAM fired from the S-500, but there are still a lot of missiles a mach 6 aircraft could outrun, and maybe even outmaneuver hypersonic missiles.

  • @KangoV
    @KangoV Před 4 dny

    I love the SR71, but it's still amazing that a passenger jet could fly at Mach 2.02 (1,330mph) without afterburners (supercruise) at 60,000ft in 1970. According to actual test pilot accounts, Concorde could also perform a barrel roll as it handled a bit like a fighter jet ;)

  • @splitsecondmagician
    @splitsecondmagician Před 24 dny +1

    The Loyal Wingman project..... Ace Combat 7 vibes there.