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The SR-71 might actually have a bit of a problem going slow enough. As far as I can tell, it was never certified for a mach 2 cruise, normally accelerating rig
by phire 2y ago
The SR-71 might actually have a bit of a problem going slow enough.
As far as I can tell, it was never certified for a mach 2 cruise, normally accelerating right through it.
- hinkley 2y agoDistance and a telephoto lens can fix a lot of that. If you're kilometers away going twice as fast you have a lot more time to snap a pic, versus being 500 meters away. They used these for surveillance so I assume the motion compensation on these things was state-secret levels of good.
- phire 2y agoThe SR-71 can probably match speed. It's just that the performance tables in the manual (which has been released to the public) only go down to mach 2.2, so you are outside of the certified/documented regimen.
- wiml 2y agoA good excuse to link this SR-71 yarn: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-the-slowest-flyby https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...