Re: Yep!

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Posted by Michaelson from leospace047.utsi.edu on August 04, 2000 at 12:30:16:

In Reply to: Yep! posted by Patterson on August 01, 2000 at 18:01:48:

: : I was at the US wings site and I was looking at the whips. When I got to the bottom of the page, it metioned that the "crack" is actualy a small sonic boom! The tip of the whip actualy travels faster than the speed of sound!

: It's created by the tapered shape of the whip - a given amount of energy being moved through an ever narrowing space building up to a BANG! Phew! Now I need a cigarette!

: Regards,

: Patterson

Also regarding the fact that the tip is moving in the neighborhood of 1700 feet per second when it reaches the end of it's travel does indeed break the barrier. Regards. Michaelson


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