Furthermore, comprehensive reviews addressing the unstart phenomena have provided a critical synthesis of the prevailing mechanisms—such as flow choking and shock-induced boundary layer ...

Inlet unstart is a particularly critical issue associated with scramjets. That is the upstream displacement or disgorging of the original inlet shock system. Large flow spillage can be caused by the ...

During a programmed thirty-five-degree bank right turn they experienced an “inlet unstart” that caused the immediate unstart on the right J-58 engine, forcing the aircraft to roll further ...

This is an account of a supersonic engine inlet failure, or “unstart,” recalled by retired reconnaissance systems officer Roger Jacks in SR-71 Revealed, a book by retired Lockheed SR-71 pilot ...

The second flight of the hypersonic Boeing X-51 waverider ended prematurely due to an inlet unstart. The aircraft made a controlled crash into the Pacific Ocean off the California coast on 13 June.