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RW materials question for the Whiffverse:
GTX_Admin:
It might depend upon the intended operational profile. If only expecting to experience short term high temperatures, one might just as easily utilise an ablative coating to the affected areas - this could be replaced during BF/AF maintenance perhaps. If however one wanted to deal with far longer term operations, one could consider some of the coatings utilised in gas turbine engines.
Daryl J.:
Useful info. :)
Thanks!
Where I hope to take this is a Photo Phantom variant with shorter high speed dashes available to it say, for instance, the higher Mach 2's. Alternative intakes, materials where appropriate, recce setup, and nation of use. Kit of choice is the Academy F-4B for the thin wing. Eventually.
GTX_Admin:
I assume something in the '60s/'70s era?
GTX_Admin:
Speaking of ablative coatings on aircraft, the X-15 is probably the most extreme example - click on image for more details:
Daryl J.:
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Correct.
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