Originally Posted by
wacojoe
^^^
We had some mention in another thread that the Russian Bear bomber makes some ungodly volume of noise that wears out the crews because the tip speed of the props is greater than the speed of sound creating constant sonic boom, especially at altitude, where the speed of sound is lower than at ground level.
Originally Posted by
Truckman
That's also multiplied by the 32 propeller tips in constant rotation in however many revolutions per minute...
...Ben
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