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it does -- and designing the plane to shape the shockwaves can reduce the perceived boom volume http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html http://w
by fuzzieozzie 11y ago
it does -- and designing the plane to shape the shockwaves can reduce the perceived boom volume http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html
- detritus 11y agoWhen I was a child (Gosh, nearly thirty years ago now - where did it all go wrong?) I used to draw relatively snub-nosed planes that had an array of lasers firing so that they settled on a movable point ahead making a 'virtual nose'. The lasers could then diverge and move the concentrated focal point forward as it went faster, making the 'nose longer'. I always wondered whether there was anything in that, but I'm too stupid to work it out.