« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2009, 10:29:16 AM »
isnt the onset of compression dependent on IAS rather than TAS? ie pressure differentials again?
No. Compressability and stiff controls from from high speeds are are actually different phenomenon. As others have pointed, true compressability is a mach-related phenomenon. For instance, the 109 is *not* especially susceptible to compressability, it just gets stiff controls at high IAS. Anyway, as long as you keep most fighters under 500 on the TAS needle, they won't compress.
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