Mk1 Diverterless Supersonic Intake

Mk1 Diverterless Supersonic Intake
Air intake by C7 Aerospace Division
Radial size		Small, Radial mounted
Cost	(total)	720.00
	(dry)	560.00
Mass	(total)	1.180 t
	(dry)	0.180 t
Drag		0.3-0.2
Max. Temp.		2000 K
Impact Tolerance		10 m/s
Research		High Altitude Flight
Unlock cost		4 200
Since version		0.25
Part configuration		mk1FuselageIntake.cfg
Intake speed		12 m/s
Intake area		0.61 m2
Packed volume		None
Liquid fuel		200
Intake air		2

The Mk1 Diverterless Supersonic Intake is a structural part like the Engine Nacelle, but carries a bit more fuel. It features an inline air intake and it has 2 attachment nodes at the front and the back of the part. A possible usage is to attach this part radially to an aircraft's main hull, and put an intake at the front and a jet engine at the back.

Altough it is described as a supersonic intake it is actually inferior in performance to other supersonic intakes and becomes nearly completely ineffective at mach 5, compared with mach 3.5 for subsonic intakes and mach 8 for supersonic intakes. This makes it a poor fit for high performance supersonic jet engines, altough it is adequate for the J-404 "Panther".

Product description

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This version of the Mk1 Fuselage module carries only a bit of fuel, but is fitted with a streamlined air intake. It consists of a "bump" and a forward-swept inlet cowl. This eliminates the need for a Splitter plate, while compressing the air to slow it down from supersonic to subsonic speeds. DSIs can be used to replace the intake ramp and inlet cone, which are more complex, heavy and expensive. — C7 Aerospace Division

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Changes

1.0.5

• Dry Mass reduced from 0.27 to 0.17
• Crash tolerance decreased from 20 to 10
• Remodeled and retextured
• Added fuel tank with 150 units of liquid fuel
• Tech tree location changed from Aerodynamics to High Altitude Flight

1.0.4

• Increased dry mass from 0.12 to 0.27

0.25

• Initial release