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Try this: do a small clap. Then do a big clap. Now slap the table, chair, or wall you are near. All of them are obviously not sonic booms. QED. You can make so
by havnagiggle 3y ago
Try this: do a small clap. Then do a big clap. Now slap the table, chair, or wall you are near. All of them are obviously not sonic booms. QED.
You can make sonic booms with bull whips. They are quite a different sound than just slapping and clapping. Check them out on YouTube.
- whatshisface 3y agoJust because the thing you hit continues to vibrate and emit sound after it is struck, doesn't mean there wasn't a small sonic boom caused by the air escaping the contact surface.
- misnome 3y agoAnd a supersonic plane flying overhead doesn't sound like a bull whip. Therefore supersonic planes are a lie, QED.