@SomeoneElseM to Don’t You Know Who I Am? • 1 year agoGardener explains space things to astronaut.imagemessage-square17arrow-up1325arrow-down15
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minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoDo they actually calculate mach that way when they say a plane can go mach 3? Or do they just use the speed of sound at 1 atm?
minus-square@wolfpack86link3•1 year agoI would hypothesize that the indicator for mach and air speed are decoupled from each other, as a true mach reading would likely give an indication of how hard a plane is working to push itself through the air. Just a guess though.
minus-square@IDatedSuccubilink2•1 year agoIt is calculated according to the speed of sound at the altitude you’re in, and measured using a difference of pressure in the pitot tube.
Do they actually calculate mach that way when they say a plane can go mach 3? Or do they just use the speed of sound at 1 atm?
I would hypothesize that the indicator for mach and air speed are decoupled from each other, as a true mach reading would likely give an indication of how hard a plane is working to push itself through the air.
Just a guess though.
It is calculated according to the speed of sound at the altitude you’re in, and measured using a difference of pressure in the pitot tube.