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Originally Posted by sammyg2
My dad told me about that at least 25 years ago. They looked into it using solid rocket propellant to generate the fine bubbles through pores in the nose cone. But the one they were working on was 'sposed to go over 700 mph.
Simple maths said it wouldn't work because of something called "fisicks" but he did the work anyway cause he was getting paid to. He designed and manufactured the prototype nose cones.
. Turned out it was all a rooos to scare the ruskies and make them spend time and money on it. We do that a lot, make them waste resources on stoopid crap.
Here's a hint: Some guy named Newton said if you push forward and backward, you don't move.
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I believe modern propellers emit bubbles to mask/reduce cavitation