SABRE: A New Class Of Propulsion - IET Central London Network
On Wednesday 10th March 2021, nearly 400 people joined our IET Central London webinar where Sophie Harker, a Senior Aerospace Engineer at BAE Systems and a recognised young engineer, enlightened us on SABRE: A New Class of Propulsion. Important note: These are the author's personal recollections and interpretations, which are likely to suffer from errors and selectivity. There is no endorsement from the IET or the speaker. For those like me who were new to the subject, it was a great introduction to the 'Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine' from Reaction Engines. We learnt how we currently get to high speeds with conventional gas turbine engines and Ram/Scramjets, and the main drawbacks of those technologies. Sophie clearly took us through the development history of SABRE and the two modes…