Shock-Waves

[Xingbake]

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[Bayonet]

WAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...


Great Pics.XingBaKe.......Ding!!!

[shrek]

good ones, I wish yall could see this in the wind tunnel!

[Xingbake]

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[Xingbake]

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[ZoneOne]

its amazing

[Xingbake]

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[He219]

Great pic's, Xingbake!

:D

[J-10]

Very cool! woot

[iflu]

know nothing about airforce. but those are really cool. and when this sort of phenomenon happens? btw, b2 looks like a fish to me, really. ;)

[MEGR]

know nothing about airforce. but those are really cool. and when this sort of phenomenon happens? btw, b2 looks like a fish to me, really. ;)

I believe this phenomenon occurs when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier. Bullets can do the same thing, but it's much harder to see.

[StukaJr]

Sonic Boom!

[Bombtrack]

know nothing about airforce. but those are really cool. and when this sort of phenomenon happens? btw, b2 looks like a fish to me, really. ;)

I believe this phenomenon occurs when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier. Bullets can do the same thing, but it's much harder to see.

But why does it happen exactly?

[b.scheller]

xingbake, nice photos as usual

[Fintin]

http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/xingbake70/38b2bomber.jpg


um...i didnt think the b2 could go supersonic...anyone have an explination...

yep..it cant


Specifications
Primary function: Multi-role heavy bomber.
Prime Contractor: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Contractor Team: Boeing Military Airplanes Co.,
General Electric Aircraft Engine Group
Hughes Training Inc., Link Division
Power Plant/Manufacturer: Four General Electric F-118-GE-100 engines
Thrust: 17,300 pounds each engine (7,847 kilograms)
Length: 69 feet (20.9 meters)
Height: 17 feet (5.1 meters)
Wingspan: 172 feet (52.12 meters)
Speed: High subsonic
Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,152 meters)
Takeoff Weight (Typical): 336,500 pounds (152,635 kilograms)
Range: Intercontinental, unrefueled
Armament: NUCLEAR
16 B61
16 B83
16 AGM-129 ACM
16 AGM-131 SRAM 2 CONVENTIONAL
80 MK82
16 MK84
36 CBU87
36 CBU89
36 CBU97
PRECISION
8 GBU 27
12 JDAM
8 AGM-154 JSOW
8 AGM-137 TSSAM


Payload: 40,000 pounds (18,000 kilograms)
Crew: Two pilots
Unit cost: Approximately $2.1 billion [average]
Date Deployed: December 1993
Inventory: Active force: 21 (planned operational aircraft); ANG: 0; Reserve: 0

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-2.htm


photoshoped?....

[anonymous individual]

All photoes where photoshopped. :)

Awesome pictures.

[He219]

know nothing about airforce. but those are really cool. and when this sort of phenomenon happens? btw, b2 looks like a fish to me, really. ;)

I believe this phenomenon occurs when the aircraft breaks the sound barrier. Bullets can do the same thing, but it's much harder to see.

But why does it happen exactly?
The conical vapor cloud deliniates the shockwave during transonic stages. The cloud is created by the plane's forward pressure squeezing moisture from the air. This wave starts at the nose when the 'barrier' first comes into contact with the plane. It then passes aft during transonic flight reshaping in an ever tighter conical form, eventually settling at the tail control surfaces, a necessary requirement for supersonic flight.

The B2 Spirit may not be 'breaking the sound barrier', but may also be squeezing the moisture out of the air similar to planes in a sharp angle of attack developing wingtip vorticies and a similar squeezing of the moisture out of the air.

These penomenon are visible mostly at sea level elevations where the air is 'heavier'. Note that there also is a (p) wave component preceeding all shock (s) waves that can be seen as second conical wave-form as objects cruise through transonic flight.


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Off the coast of Pusan, South Korea, July 7, 1999 -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) breaks the sound barrier in the skies over the Pacific Ocean. VFA-151 is deployed aboard USS Constellation (CVN 64).

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