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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack
At Mach 1,0, the shock cone has apex angle of 180 degrees - it is a flat plane supported at the nose, and will not touch nose.
Ah right, I had forgot that part, about the cone opening angle being a function of v.

But interesting about the shifting center of lift!
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