Comments on: What happens when an aircraft, travelling faster than the speed of sound, turns around ? http://www.hotelboutiquelounge.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-happens-when-an-aircraft-travelling-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound-turns-around/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Insertnamehere http://www.hotelboutiquelounge.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-happens-when-an-aircraft-travelling-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound-turns-around/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Insertnamehere Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:37:49 +0000 http://www.hotelboutiquelounge.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-happens-when-an-aircraft-travelling-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound-turns-around/#comment-71 this isn't possible at the speed ur asking but If possible the the jet wash or misplaced air behind the aircraft would be racing to get back to its place(similar to a boat in the water with the 'V' shape tale) if an aircraft could in fact do an 180 degree turn like nothing at this speed it would fall because the engine stalled do to lack of air and also u have to take into the law of motion(object of in motion stays in motion..etc.) so it keep going forward even with its backwards until engine can catch air and start moving forward Summery: Stall(fall down) and keep moving forward this isn’t possible at the speed ur asking but If possible the the jet wash or misplaced air behind the aircraft would be racing to get back to its place(similar to a boat in the water with the ‘V’ shape tale) if an aircraft could in fact do an 180 degree turn like nothing at this speed it would fall because the engine stalled do to lack of air and also u have to take into the law of motion(object of in motion stays in motion..etc.) so it keep going forward even with its backwards until engine can catch air and start moving forward
Summery: Stall(fall down) and keep moving forward

]]> By: nikster http://www.hotelboutiquelounge.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-happens-when-an-aircraft-travelling-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound-turns-around/comment-page-1/#comment-70 nikster Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:29:14 +0000 http://www.hotelboutiquelounge.com/blog/2011/08/17/what-happens-when-an-aircraft-travelling-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound-turns-around/#comment-70 Aircrafts don't just take 180 degree turns and turn around immediately.. so encountering the disturbed airflow is not really a considerations as aircraft have to bank and turn along a radius. Theoretically thou, if you assume the aircraft does a 180 degree turn.. it will in fact be within the Mach cone created by the M=2 speed in the forward direction and the airflow within the Mach cone is subsonic, so no there wouldn't be an 'dangerous effects' (shock waves etc) Hope this helps :) Aircrafts don’t just take 180 degree turns and turn around immediately.. so encountering the disturbed airflow is not really a considerations as aircraft have to bank and turn along a radius.

Theoretically thou, if you assume the aircraft does a 180 degree turn.. it will in fact be within the Mach cone created by the M=2 speed in the forward direction and the airflow within the Mach cone is subsonic, so no there wouldn’t be an ‘dangerous effects’ (shock waves etc)

Hope this helps :)

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