NASA to Test How X-59 Sonic Boom Affects People in Cities
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NASA to Test How X-59 Sonic Boom Affects People in Cities
The primary obstacle to supersonic travel is not engine power, but the behavior of air under extreme pressure. As an aircraft breaks the sound barrier, it pushes air molecules aside so violently that they form a powerful shock wave. To someone on the ground, this manifests as a sonic boom—a sudden, thunderous crash that has led to a long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over land. The NASA X-59 experimental aircraft is designed to b…
The NASA X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft successfully completed 25 test missions, which developed the speed of Mach 1.2 at a height of 14,935 metres and confirmed the key projections of stability, flight performance and load strength, but the actual success of the flight was not so much the speed of the flight as the quietness of the flight over the desert.
The X-59, NASA’s “Silent” Supersonic Aircraft, Surpasses 25 Flights without a Single Serious Problem
The X-59 on the Mojave Desert – NASA/Jim Ross At the end of last August the X-59, NASA's supersonic "silent" aircraft, exceeded 25 flights. And the best thing is that it did so without a single problem, with a response in the Real WorldTM very suited to that of the models, so there have been no surprises, something that no one wants in test flights. And less in those of a technological demonstrator like this who seeks to go further when it comes…
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