Here are the “Russian Elon Musk” and his hypersonic Hyperplane transport drones

Here are the "Russian Elon Musk" and his hypersonic Hyperplane transport drones

Destinus wants to provide the world with hypersonic Hyperplane transport drones that will not only be extremely fast, but at the same time completely emission-free and able to traverse entire continents, thanks to the propulsion system based on liquid hydrogen.

Destinus not only announces, but also shows. The pursuit of a Hyperplane has already resulted in the testing of the prototype Jungfrau

Destinus describes its founder Mikhail Korkorich as the “Russian Elon Musk”, and while we have an overwhelming impression that he called himself that (it’s his company), if he manages to deliver on his promises, we won’t mind. According to Hyperplane, “it will combine the technological advances of a spacecraft with the simple physics of a sailplane to create a drone that meets the demands of a hyper-connected world.”

In practice, the Hyperplane, as a fully autonomous machine, would take off from the runways of ordinary airports, fly slowly towards the coast, and then accelerate to supersonic speeds. This is to be possible thanks to the first stage air rocket engine, which is a known technology I would say, which will be complemented by a second stage rocket engine. This will accelerate the Hyperplane to hypersonic speeds between Mach 13 and Mach 15 at mesospheric altitudes above 50 km where air resistance is significantly reduced.

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Most importantly, the company says it has already launched its first prototype, the Jungfrau, into the air in just four months of starting operations (video available here). The test flight near Munich lasted five minutes and focused on “how the hypersonic aerodynamic shape will perform at low speeds during the critical phases of take-off and landing.” Hence the flight maintained below 150 km / h and below 20 meters, which will soon be followed by another attempt, aiming at the final development of the Hyperplane.


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