Freefall from 36km height - new world record (LIVE). - Off-Topic

#201 Posted by villainy (326 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

Just announced in the press conference as Mach 1.24. Incredible.

#202 Edited by RollingZeppelin (1364 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

@villainy said:

Just announced in the press conference as Mach 1.24. Incredible.

Yep:

373 m/s

1342.8 kph

833.9 mph

Mach 1.24

#203 Posted by HistoryInRust (5953 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

@ZeForgotten said:

@Jimbo said:
@Biddy said:
Who else put Power as background music?
'Lift Off' from Watch The Throne for me.
Tom Petty - Free Falling

"Face Down, Ass Up" by 2 Live Crew.

#204 Posted by ShockD (2187 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

@RollingZeppelin said:

@villainy said:
Just announced in the press conference as Mach 1.24. Incredible.
Yep:
373 m/s
1042.8 kph
833.9 mph
Mach 1.24

But shouldn't we have seen a sonic boom then?

#205 Posted by HistoryInRust (5953 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

Weta did a nice job with the CG there.

#206 Posted by PillClinton (2881 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

Guess I missed the press conference. Was it streamed on their YT channel?

#207 Edited by RollingZeppelin (1364 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

@ShockD said:

@RollingZeppelin said:
@villainy said:
Just announced in the press conference as Mach 1.24. Incredible.
Yep:
373 m/s
1342.8 kph
833.9 mph
Mach 1.24
But shouldn't we have seen a sonic boom then?

Not necessarily. The reason we can see the sonic boom is because where the air is accelerated past the speed of sound there is a rapid increase in pressure. This is called the shock wave. If there is water vapour present in the air, the rapid increase pressure will cause water droplets to form at the location of the shockwave. Felix was so high when he broke the sound barrier, there was almost no water present so it would have been impossible to see the sonic boom without proper imaging instrumentation.

#208 Posted by JackSukeru (5146 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

Curse my need for sleep!

#209 Edited by CaptainTightPants (2775 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

So when is someone going to add this to footage of the jump.

#210 Edited by Kteven (35 posts) - 7 months, 6 days ago

@CaptainTightPants: I was waiting for the same thing. found a few this morning. I like this one.