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And old assumption, widely held until the soviet Bear bombers shattered the misconception that propellers must remain subsonic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T
by sandworm101 3mo ago
And old assumption, widely held until the soviet Bear bombers shattered the misconception that propellers must remain subsonic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95
- ceejayoz 3mo agoOr the appropriately named Thunderscreech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech
- sandworm101 3mo agoYa, three years after the bear. Call it an experimental fighter, but it was sputnik-style catchup. It was US designers saying WTF is that? They needed to figure out what the bear was capable of, so they needed to study supersonic propellers asagdp.