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Mar 27, 2024 · This first powered flight came as the company announced a long-duration test firing of its rotating detonation rocket engine, an experimental approach to propulsion that could be about 15 percent ...
The Rotary Rocket Hangars at Mojave Air and Space Port, as seen in 2005. The taller hangar on the left was the Rotary Rocket Assembly Building. Engine development ceased in 2000, reportedly two weeks before a full-scale test was due. The vehicle failed to secure launch contracts and Rotary Rocket closed in 2001.
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Oct 18, 1999 · MOJAVE, Calif., October 18, 1999—Rotary Rocket Company’s Roton ATV. (Atmospheric Test Vehicle) approach and landing demonstrator made its first translational. (forward) flight in the envelope ...
Sep 29, 1999 · Rotary Rocket's Roton Atmospheric Test Vehicle (ATV) made its second test flight on 16 September. The ATV rose to 6m (20ft) altitude and hovered virtually stationary for two and a half minutes ...
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Mar 22, 2021 · Space.com: Back in 1999, you were one of the two person crew that flew Rotary Rocket's Atmospheric Test Vehicle (ATV), a unique craft using helicopter-style rotors for landing.
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Aug 7, 1999 · The Roton’s maiden flight, at Rotary Rocket’s Mohave Desert base, was designed to test and verify the vehicle’s approach and landing manoeuvres (see
A prototype RDE under test at the Marshall Space Flight Centre. A rotating detonation engine ( RDE) uses a form of pressure gain combustion, where one or more detonations continuously travel around an annular channel. Computational simulations and experimental results have shown that the RDE has potential in transport and other applications.
