Re:Ask HN: Why can't jets use a rocket engine like Raptor?
by simonblack on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @12:25AM
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Quick and easy answer: A rocket wouldn't last long enough. A jet can fly for hours.
Read up on the German rocket fighters used in WW2. IIRC the rocket engine lasted about six minutes. They had no power available for landing, so had to glide to a close-by landing strip or crash.
Fast, they were. Useful, not so much. Dangerous to their pilots, also.
Read up on the German rocket fighters used in WW2. IIRC the rocket engine lasted about six minutes. They had no power available for landing, so had to glide to a close-by landing strip or crash.
Fast, they were. Useful, not so much. Dangerous to their pilots, also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet