crucial to producing even supersonic air trust with CR props is the fact that when two CR blades meet, each going at near-supersonic absolute speed (e.g. relative to the ground), *relative to each other* they are actually moving twice as fast. so if the first blade pushes the air up to say 800kmh, the second one can give a ferocious 2nd slap to the already moving air because it actually hits it at +1600kmh. with 20'000hpXengine the TU95 could go supersonic without its CR blades going supersonic.
sthealth07(Sunday 14th of January 2007 10:46:08 AM)
this is the best video I've seen about this monster, for a turboprop it's not bad, only 75 mph slower than the b-52!
