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Old 18th Dec 2007, 09:48
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Without wishing to be a pedant, the relationship also depends on gamma, the specific heat capacity ratio.

BelArgUSA,

If you check http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/5/5-8.php you can see the max Mach limitation for the SR-71 was also really a CIT of 427C. See also http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/5/5-10.php

I once worked out that in ISA-50C conditions (or thereabouts), this theoretically allowed for a Mach number of 4.

A significant number of SR-71 crews exceeded 3.5 I believe. Certainly, in the book The Untouchables you can read about a crew who did.
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