Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 24-Apr-2021

Alex Poberdonostev experimented with a Ramjet, the R-3, based on a 76mm artillery shell using white phosphorous fuel. It reached the speed of Mach-2 in tests in 1933.

Poberdonostev Ramjet R-3
“Ramjet R-3”

-The first stage was a rocket engine, A-1 known as Polar. It seems that it was sponsored by GIRD and GDL, which in this year were unified in RN II-NKTP.

Engines of POBERDONOSTEV

Model: Small ramjet

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