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SR-71
Power
- 2 Pratt & Whitney J-58
- Fuel JP-7
- refuel by KC-135Q
- thrust weight 29,750lbs
Performance
- Speed Mach 3, 2,189mph
- 85,000ft altitude,17 miles
- range 3,300 miles without flight refueling
- flies in stratosphere
- cruise height 82,000ft
Technology
- moveable intake, conical centre-body
- Nothrob astro-internial Navigation system (ANS)
- ceramic lining in afterburner section
- JP-7 also used as coolant and Hydraulic fluid
- Tetraethyl Borane(TEB) ignites fuel during start
- fuel pumps move fuel to keep center of gravity
- uses stability augmentation systems
- ASO tracks up to 300 stars
Physical
- wingspan 55ft 7in
- height 18ft 6in
- length 107ft 5in
- weight 60,000-145,000lbs
- 93% titanium alloy
Type, Use
- 2 seat strategic reconnaissance
- high altitude reconnaissance
Landing, Takeoff
- take off less than 5,000 ft
- engines pre-heated to 86F
- wheels fold up into fuselage
- Ribbon Parachute used to stop
- lift off at 200knots
- gear in before 300knots
Temps.
- engine nacelles 900-1,000F White Hot
- cruise temp 800F
Misc.
- 31 SR-71's made
- Pilots breath 100% oxygen
- id's 64-17950 to 64-17980
- periscope top of cockpit, push into slipstream
- stored at Beale AFB in California
- triple comp. manage flight systems
- wheel 32 ply, Goodyear
- tires nitrogen filled
- pilots can warm hands and heat food on windows
- Pilots should avoid food that gives gas
- change noses for different missions
- wheel 400 or 450psi
- Suit pressure equal 25,000ft
- Nitrogen pressurizes fuel tanks so they don’t collapse
- refuel in 15 or more minutes
- glass 4in thick in cockpit
- tiny iron balls in paint to weaken radar from enemy
- Nitrogen keeps fuel vapor from igniting from heat
- suit used in case SR-71’s pressure fails (SR-71 is pressurized)
- total average speed during career 2,145mph
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