Timeline for Can turboprop blades break the sound barrier?
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| Nov 8, 2015 at 10:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/663296426613547008 | ||
| Oct 5, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | Sanchises | Fun fact (related to turbofans rather than -props): the very loud humming noise you hear on take-off inside a jetliner is in fact due to the fan blades breaking the sound barrier. | |
| Oct 5, 2015 at 16:33 | history | edited | fooot |
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| Aug 12, 2015 at 14:13 | answer | added | Marco Sanfilippo | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 18:37 | vote | accept | Ethan | ||
| Aug 11, 2015 at 18:36 | comment | added | Simon | The category of aircraft is correctly "rotorcraft", Rotary wing is an expression which is widely used, but the rotors are never called wings. | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 18:10 | comment | added | reirab | @Simon And, yet, it's technically correct, no? Hence the terms "rotary-wing" vs. "fixed-wing." | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 17:55 | history | edited | fooot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2015 at 17:13 | comment | added | Simon | A minor edit. If there is one thing that annoys helicopter pilots more than calling them "choppers", it's calling their rotors "wings" ;) | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 17:12 | history | edited | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 11, 2015 at 16:48 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 11, 2015 at 16:38 | history | asked | Ethan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |