The World's First Electric-Adaptive Jet Engine | Ian Brooke, Astro Mechanica

Sponsor: Secure by Design - http://tinyurl.com/5ds2pyjv ====== [Series Premiere] Founder Ian Brooke gives his first public interview to talk about Astro Mechanica, a new startup building electric-adaptive jet engines. And, possibly, the world’s fastest plane. And the cheapest way to orbit. (It’s an ambitious startup idea.) ====== (00:00) - Intro (01:27) - What Astro Mechanica is Building (05:50) - Jets vs. Rockets (12:07) - How to Generate Thrust (15:07) - Engineering Challenges for Traditional Turbofans (17:07) - The New Paradigm: Electric Adaptive Jets (24:23) - Specific Impulse and Efficiency (32:07) - Ramjet vs. Scramjet (38:12) - Staging Considerations (42:25) - Fastest Plane Ever Flown: SR-71 Blackbird and its Challenges (44:07) - Transitioning from Ramjet to Rocket (47:27) - Building the Next Boeing (53:07) - Everyone Gets a Private Jet (56:07) - Why Start with Space Launch? (1:06:07) - Where You Go From There (1:10:07) - Why Everyone Loves Toyotas (1:16:12) - The Supersonic Jet Engine Next Door (1:19:57) - Starting the Company (1:23:07) - What’s Next? (1:27:37) - How Do You Do What You’re Doing? (1:31:07) - [email protected] ====== Links: Astro Mechanica – https://astromecha.co Ian Brooke –   / k2pilot   Christian Keil –   / pronounced_kyle   First Principles: Specific Impulse (ISP) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specifi... Rocket Equation – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolko... Navier Stokes Equations – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier%... Power-to-Weight Ratio – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-t... ====== Production and marketing by The Deep View ( https://thedeepview.co ). For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [email protected] ====== For more quality videos, subscribe here → http://tinyurl.com/4fh497n9 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads