The TF2 test facility has been constructed by Reaction Engines to undertake ground-based ‘hot’ testing of its precooler technology. UK company HTX has successfully conducted the second phase of tests of its precooler heat exchanger for the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine ( Sabre ) hydrogen-fuelled engine. Reaction said in the ground-based tests, undertaken at its UK facility, the precooler test article, known as HTX , worked successfully with a 420C intake airflow – replicating Mach 3 temperatures – in 0.05 of a second . Subsequent Reaction Engines trials will increase the temperature to more than 1,000C , equivalent to Mach 3 thermal conditions.
UK company HTX has successfully conducted the second phase of tests of its precooler heat exchanger for the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine ( Sabre ) hydrogen-fuelled engine. Reaction said in the ground-based tests, undertaken at its UK facility, the precooler test article, known as HTX , worked successfully with a 420C intake airflow – replicating Mach 3 temperatures – in 0.05 of a second . Subsequent Reaction Engines trials will increase the temperature to more than 1,000C , equivalent to Mach 3 thermal conditions.