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TRANSONIC_ONSET_MACH

Constant TRANSONIC_ONSET_MACH 

Source
pub const TRANSONIC_ONSET_MACH: f64 = crate::drag::SUBSONIC_MACH_LIMIT; // 0.80000000000000004f64
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Where a boattail’s drag starts its transonic rise and its base its relief: Mach 0.8, where the rest of the buildup starts its transonic methods (crate::drag::SUBSONIC_MACH_LIMIT, Niskanen 2009 p. 47). An earlier draft used 0.9, chosen after seeing the Arcas Robin wind tunnel, a target (the decision record on the afterbody, ADR-030).