Marquardt RJ43-MA-9 Ramjet Engine - sectioned

The Marquardt RJ43-MA was a

ramjet A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around and can operate up to . Ramjets can be particularly appropriat ...

engine used on the

CIM-10 Bomarc The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc ("Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center") (IM-99 Weapon System prior to September 1962) was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of No ...

missile, the D-21 drone, and the AQM-60 drone. They were engineered and built by the

Marquardt Corporation Marquardt Corporation was an aeronautical engineering firm started in 1944 as Marquardt Aircraft Company and initially dedicated almost entirely to the development of the ramjet engine. Marquardt designs were developed from the mid-1940s into t ...

Variants

* RJ43-MA-3 ramjet; 51 kN (11500 lb)Astronautix: Bomarc
* RJ43-7 ramjet; 53 kN (12000 lb) * RJ43-11 ramjet; 53 kN (12000 lb) * RJ43-20S4 ramjet; 7.3 kN (1,500 lb @ 95,000 ft.)

Applications

Lockheed D-21 The Lockheed D-21 is an American supersonic Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, drone. The D-21 was initially designed to be launched from the back of an Lockheed A-12#M-21, M-21 carrier aircraft, a variant of the Loc ...

Lockheed AQM-60 Kingfisher The AQM-60 Kingfisher, originally designated XQ-5, was a target drone version of the USAF's Lockheed X-7, X-7 ramjet test aircraft built by the Lockheed Corporation. The aircraft was designed by Kelly Johnson (engineer), Kelly Johnson, who later ...

References

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