To: Paul R.
That was way cool. Did it have something to do with the rocket throttling down as it reached max Q then bringing the power back up again as it passed that zone, or was it an effect of the maximum aerodynamic pressure itself?
2 posted on
09/17/2023 2:28:14 PM PDT by
MRadtke
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Shock wave due to supersonic transition. Very nice.
3 posted on
09/17/2023 3:26:33 PM PDT by
Rio
To: MRadtke
See post #3. This effect is sometimes seen with jets or missiles. Lots of YouTube vids.
4 posted on
09/17/2023 4:05:04 PM PDT by
Paul R.
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