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Ranger - 2 Passenger VTOL Hypersonic Aircraft

 

Total Length:

34ft / 408"

 

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Wingspan:

 

18ft / 216"

 

Propulsion

2 X Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle (U-TBCC)

 

2 X Unified Thrust Producing Gas Turbine Generators

 

Speed:

Economy Cruise Mach 4-6

High Cruise Mach 8-10

 

Fuel:

Compressed Hydrogen

 

Altitude

High Cruise 100,000-125,000 FT

 

Range

Apx 5,000 NM

 

 

Ranger, is a new type of aircraft never conceived of before.  It originates from a single question, from a hedge fund.  Is it possible to build a hypersonic aircraft that is also able to take off and landing vertically. This question was pondered, concepted, and the answer was simple. Yes, yes it is.

 

We have already been developing Unified Gas Turbine Generators for personal air vehicles and high speed long range VTOL Air Taxi's.  This idea though takes it to the next level, because we are also developing hypersonic aircraft, thermodynamics, Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle Dual Mode Ramjet/Scramjet's.  Plus, high pressure conforming tanking technologies.   So, we brought them all in together to create a new aircraft design.

 

Because of this, yes, VTOL Capable Hypersonic Aircraft are absolutely feasible. No one else could do it, but we have the technology to.

 

Since we are already highly adept at the individual technologies and physics involved, this aircraft can be built today and first flight within 2-2.5 years.  Not in 20, 30, or even 40 years. But now.

Fuel for Ranger is compressed hydrogen at 8,000 PSI, and the aircraft is built around the tanks. The tanks themselves are engineering for above 500,000 psi tensile strength which means the aircraft overall is much stronger then a modern fighter jet. Additionally, since such a massive volume of fuel is able to be stored, that equates to beyond 2,500 Gallons of capacity.

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If regular fuel were used for example, Jet A,  the fuel weight alone would exceed 16,000 LBS.  Obviously, the aircraft would never get off the ground either in VTOL or Conventional Take off configurations.  However, since it is Hydrogen,  that fuel weight is reduced to under 1,000 LBS total at full capacity.

 

The VTOL capabilities, uses U-GTG, ie Unified Gas Turbine Generators. Not only are they turbines, ie jet engines. But also the core of the engines are the generators to provide immense electrical current output. No longer external gear boxes mounted to external generators. But the entire platform is 100% self contained.  Then since this version being thrust producing as well, utilizing wasted energy, then thrust vectoring nozzles are mounted to the nozzle assembly giving it massive vertical static thrust capability.

 

The front lifting fan, instead of being shaft driven with immense loss of energy, it is instead a powerful electric lifting fan, and this electrical current is provided by the twin U-GTG propulsion units.   Pound for pound, using electric the lifting capacity is 40-50% greater compared to the F-35's F135 engine/vtol propulsion system.

 

 

The U-GTG engines, also help the aircraft accelerate from hovering flight to forward flight, plus rapid acceleration to supersonic flight with rapid altitude gain that can surpass 20,000ft per minute from hover to forward flight.

 

The main engines, are U-TBCC (Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle) we have developed for hypersonic and orbital capable propulsion systems.  This engine is powerful.  It can operate sub sonically, convert to ramjet, and approaching hypersonic velocities is able to convert to scramjet. All in one propulsion system for plug and play high performance aerial platforms that are capable of hypersonic flight, and single stage to orbit.

 

Because of this aspect, Ranger is design to reach Mach 10, sustained.  Not for seconds, but this plane can easily cruise for an hour at over 7,000 MPH ground speed.


Others, the aircraft would simply melt at those velocities, but because of our own thermodynamic advances, 3,000F which is the average surface temperature from high hypersonic velocities, it is as normal as an F-18 cruising along at Mach 1. Our thermodynamics are meant to exceed 6,000F, and perpetual resistance at 3,000F.

 

BUT WHAT WOULD RANGER COST?

 

Due to our own technology advances, material usages, and manufacturing capabilities, Ranger in production will have an estimated price of about $20-$25 Million USD.   

 

A one off prototype would cost roughly $80 Million USD.

That's right though, in production $20-$25 million.  Not $200 million, not $1 billion.  No more then the average business jet today.  Except, New York to Dubai within about an hour, plus glide/decent to join the pattern.

 

 

 

 

Scaled up dramatically to 136ft length and non VTOL, this aircraft is easily able to become an up to Mach 10 heavy aircraft for both commercial and military applications.  We estimate, at 136ft length, the aircraft would have a global range, same payload abilities as a B1 Lancer but cost only $350 million in production.  That's right, only $350 million. And operating costs similar to a 737.   To put that into perspective, a B2 Stealth Bomber costs $2 BILLION each.  That means, for military use, 5 of these for the cost of 1 B2, and only a fraction of the operating costs with global reach.

 

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