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Old 7th Apr 2011, 10:16
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CliveL
 
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Must have been a highly efficient inlet for a Mach 2 plane: Two traditional oblique waves; a fan-shock (also oblique); a shockwave off the lip that is normal and oblique depending on how far you are away from the lip, and a normal terminal shock.
Yes is was very efficient - 94.7% pressure recovery at M 2.0 cruise

So, isentropic would, in this context, mean that no shock-losses occurred at all?
In theory yes, but in practice there was a small loss.
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