NEW Aerospace ENGINE Destroys ROCKETS

An RDE is theoretically more efficient than conventional deflagrative combustion by as much as 25%. The concept has been known for some time but is finally making progress due to new materials/modeling.

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ICE
   • Image of a hydrogen engine  
   • Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engine  
   • Bourke 10 CID engine exploded!!!  

Pulse Detonation
   • ACEL Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE)  
   • Penn State Altoona Pulse Detonation E...  
   • Valveless Pulse Detonation Engine  

RDE
   • Rotating detonation engine  
   • Longitudinal pulsations in Rotating D...  
   • Progress in RDC/Fortschritt bei der R...  
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