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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·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-squareIDatedSuccubi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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?
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.