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Old Aug 17, 2022, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by ashill
Except that’s not the way physics works. Mach 0.99 takes a lot more than 16% (0.14/0.85) more energy than Mach 0.85, in part because if the speed of the airframe is Mach 0.99, there will be significant amounts of air passing the wing at more than Mach 1..
As they say, air is only thin when you're not moving.
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