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To: don-o
Anyone notice vapor coming off the top of the thing at around 50 seconds...

Yep, I saw that too. It's that vapor effect that happens around aircraft at speed under certain conditions of pressure and temperature. It's commonly associated with breaking the sound barrier, though that's not exactly always true. It's got a name that I can never remember.

61 posted on 07/15/2009 3:14:12 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Ah... that’s it... the Prandtl-Glauert singularity:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity

I can never remember that name.


64 posted on 07/15/2009 3:17:37 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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