Meteor:
Specification:
Mass - 190kg
Motor Type - Solid Fuel Booster + Solid Fuel Boron Loaded Ramjet (fixed duct)
Length - 3.7m
Diameter - 177.8mm
Component Breakdown:
A3M Specification:
(WIP).
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@Fireball_2020 switching thread.
Anyway, we are going around with lots of theoretical. I think we need to have a better look at all of this before drawing any clear conclusions (as clear as we can get them anyway)
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Agreed
some of the stuff i have that could be helpful to paint a picture of what the missile is capable of
files
FIT FOR MISSION – DESIGN TAILORING ASPECTS OF THROTTLEABLE DUCTED ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS - this file has general info on the principle of the meteor
History of Ducted Rocket Development at Bayern-Chemie - this one is more like a continuation of the last one, it has some repeated info but has new details
Current MBDA R&T Effort on Ram/Scramjet and Detonation Wave Engine - ramjet and scramjet info, but on pages 12-14 you can see stuff being talked about the a3m (?)
IMEMG European IM Day 18-19 May 2017 - pages 10 - 12 has info on the heat resistance of the meteor’s and asraam’s casing
ADA257018 - Airbreathing Propulsion For Missiles and Projectiles - pages 33 - 44 has very detailed info on an air to air ramjet powered missile, with range tables, flight profile, thrust profile, etc. it’s not directly related to the meteor or any of the development missiles like the a3m but it’s still really good to get an idea of how a missile of this type works in details
some images
i believe this is an older brochure, i think it has more info than the current brochure on MBDA’s website
a page from a german magazine talking about the a3m, i’ll only post these two images here, the original source is in german
one of the most solid info in some of these files i sent is that the meteor should have approximately 2.5x - 3x more energy than a simarly sized solid fueled missile (amraam B? C?)