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You don't need supersonic anywhere to cause condensation. Watch the wingtips of a commercial airliner landing in high humidity; you'll often see swirls of fog c
by dtgriscom 4y ago
You don't need supersonic anywhere to cause condensation. Watch the wingtips of a commercial airliner landing in high humidity; you'll often see swirls of fog caused by the low pressure inside the vortices.
But, the cone of condensation coming off the body of a plane is the supersonic shock wave.
- V_Terranova_Jr 4y ago> But, the cone of condensation coming off the body of a plane is the supersonic shock wave. And shock surfaces can be present over the body due to local flow speed being supersonic even when the aircraft's velocity vector is strictly subsonic. Though to be fair, still in the transonic realm if you're seeing shocks.