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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:04 pm

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Feck wrote:What is the speed of sound 100,000 ft ?
WHAT???
The speed of sound at 100,000 feet?

Dude hit Mach 1.24.
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:41 pm

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Feck wrote:What is the speed of sound 100,000 ft ?
WHAT???
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Post by Feck » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:01 pm

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Feck wrote:What is the speed of sound 100,000 ft ?
WHAT???
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Sorry missing an AT :roll: What is the speed of sound AT 100,000ft ?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:05 pm

Feck wrote:Sorry missing an AT :roll: What is the speed of sound AT 100,000ft ?
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Post by Feck » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:14 pm

See at low pressures even that equation doesn't work ! If I wanted to do Maths I wouldn't have asked
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:16 pm

Feck wrote:See at low pressures even that equation doesn't work ! If I wanted to do Maths I wouldn't have asked
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Post by PsychoSerenity » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:46 pm

I was going to ask the same question. I've seen people saying he went faster than the speed of sound, but not specifying if he went faster than the speed of sound in the air he was actually falling through. What I really want to know is, did he make a sonic boom? - because if he did, that's like some serious super-hero shit. KA-POW!
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:59 pm

PsychoSerenity wrote:I was going to ask the same question. I've seen people saying he went faster than the speed of sound, but not specifying if he went faster than the speed of sound in the air he was actually falling through. What I really want to know is, did he make a sonic boom? - because if he did, that's like some serious super-hero shit. KA-POW!
The Guinness Book people spoke at the press conference. They stated preliminary findings were that he went 1.24 Mach. They didn't state which Mach they were counting at that time, the "in the medium through which the object is traveling" (faster underwater) or "standard", meaning "the speed of sound at sea level."

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Post by Azathoth » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:02 pm

I was hoping for a big splat. I'm sure he will pick up his Darwin award later though
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:20 pm

Ah, Sciam to the rescue.

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Post by Feck » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:36 pm

Well now we know :)
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:37 pm

Feck wrote:Well now we know :)
SciMerkan to the rescue. :tut:
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:01 pm

Other technicallities aside, I wonder how far someone could travel in a wingsuit from that sort of altitude? :ask:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:08 pm

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:Other technicallities aside, I wonder how far someone could travel in a wingsuit from that sort of altitude? :ask:
He was a lot lower than that before the air started to affect him, so I'd say about the same distance, 40 miles from starting point, plus whatever he could get in the thick part of the atmosphere.

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