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There is no way you could go supersonic with a turboprop

• m4rtink 4y ago
  Maybe in a steep dive ? ;-)
• projektfu 4y ago
  Just the tip...
• LegitShady 4y ago
  if your next stop is tbe pavement and its a one time use aircraft...
• rsynnott 4y ago
  Well, it'd be impressively noisy, anyway.
• jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
  You can, it's just so loud it becomes health risk to even share a runway with it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech
  • jcampbell1 4y ago
    That plane didn’t go supersonic. It is impossible for a propeller driven aircraft to go supersonic.
  • Danieru 4y ago
    To save others the click: that plane never reached super sonic. What makes the turboprop itself supersonic is the blades are traveling super sonic. Normal turboprops are limited by keeping their blade tips below super sonic to prevent booms and vibration. It is not special to go super sonic at the blade tips, this experimental plane only served to confirm that. So it is correct to say no turboprop plane has ever gone super sonic and the idea that boom is turboprop powered is wrong on its face.