Just so you know turboramjets have similar mechanisms so this is actually somewhat plausible (but probably useless)
tyoa shi my brain cooks that makes me think I'm high
this strange mutant engine has its charms
I mean who would actually do this
never said it was smart, actually I said it was dumb
if anyone else more knowledgable could chime in that'd be helpful
this moved me to actually look into aerospikes, and from what i can roughly gauge if you DID figure out an actual design to these it would be far too complex to be worth any minor efficencies
KyleTheCreator: its a suggestion