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Anonymous
hi-res transsonic aircraft, anyone?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>251803
not high res. try again
>> Anonymous
>>251803
thats otherwise good, but i need higher res.
i wanna make a poster on my wall
>> Anonymous
>>251803
why is there an airplane coming out of that egg?
>> Anonymous
>>251939
Because you have rat poop for brains.
>> Anonymous
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superior SPEED CAT
>> Anonymous
What is visible in this picture, how come breaking the sound barrier creates something I can see? Or maybe it was added in later?
>> Anonymous
>>252207

Something to do wth the air being forced out of the way as the plane compresses it together until it...

you know what im not sure but i know that you see this in real life too, theres films of it happening.. and here they be..

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a89120629

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=420_1192011280

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d8b00806ad

Apparently theres a "sonic boom" noise as it actually breaks through, like an enormous "BAMMMM".
>> Anonymous
>>252207
To get that effect certain atmospheric things have to be right, then when they break the sound barrier, you see that happen, albeit very quickly
>> Anonymous
SPOILER: They're not breaking the sound barrier, it's just what happens when you fly fast as fuck into warm pockets of water vapor, which quickly condense. Not to say they aren't flying faster than the speed of sound, it just doesn't have anything to do with it.
>> Anonymous
Holy shit, some of you are idiots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity
>> Anonymous
>>252225
nope, thats breaking the sound barrier.
>> Anonymous
>>252235

Correct, its the pressure wave becoming visible as parts of the aircraft go past the sound barrier.

You could theoretically stay right on the edge of transonic flight and keep these things around your aircraft all the time, but I hear flying transonic is particularly bumpy, and your drag coefficient skyrockets up until you break past Mach 1.0 across your entire aircraft.