What does a SONIC BOOM sound like?

[chiwawa626]

What does a SONIC BOOM sound like?
I live next to Moffet Field in Sunnyvale, CA and there is an airshow there and I hear all these loud noises when planes pass by and like its so damn loud...

 

[Platypus]

Ask Guile.

 

[Telemonius]

it sounds like this...

 

[j0lly]

Imagine an ice block the size of a football field violently cracking.

 

[chiwawa626]

hmm any sound clips?

 

[Noriaki]

<< Imagine an ice block the size of a football field violently cracking. >>

Hahaha that's a good way to describe it actually.

When a jet breaks the sound barrier it is very very loud, kinda like a large crack, perhaps and extremely loud whipcrack.

 

[LordUnum]

When Space Shuttle's have landed over at Edwards AFB (80-90 miles away as the crow flies, and the San Gabriels as a buffer in-between), I've heard one, or two dull &quot;BOOMs&quot;, usually accompanied by a good, very short shaking of the house.

 

[SSP]

Very loud and some what annoying. I had to close my ears when ever it flew past us (air show).

 

[sharkeeper]

Here you go!

Cheers!

 

[GhettoFob]

<< Ask Guile.

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I was thinking the exact same thing

 

[chiwawa626]

Definatly was a sonic boom then, i think ive heard 3 so far

 

[SWScorch]

I'll say this:

Last year, a loud BOOM was heard aroud my town. It sounded like an underwater explosion; a very large underwater explosion, or maybe a 10000 square foot piece of steel being dropped onto concrete. Nobody knew what it was; it was heard in a 40 mile radius, and broke a few windows and some china. the popular rumor was that a plane had crashed in the woods behind the town, and the fuel tank had ruptured. Another popular theory was that a meteor had hit, as some people claimed seeing a &quot;ball of fire and smoke&quot; hit the ground. No one still has a definite explanation, but since it was never on the news, we can only assume it was a sonic boom.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

boom
better yet, here is a video in action.

 

[A2KLAU]

Sounds heavy.. thats what a Sonic Boom sounds like.. and times that by quite alot and you will get a real life sound.. wonder what will happen if I rigged it to my 325Watt amp? get close to the real thing Sounds more like an explosion than anything else..

Albert.

P.S them sonic boom MP3 and that mpeg is cool... thats one nice boom and that boom in the mpeg distorted big time cause of the loudness... thats heavy!!!

 

[lowtech1]

Supersonic Pass

F14 sonic boom video

 

[woodly6]

That video was fricken cool! I bet all those guys are now deaf!

 

[j0lly]

The second video is awesome. :Q

 

[StageLeft]

Haven't you ever played street fighter II?

 

[j0lly]

My comparisn of a sonic boom to an ice block was because I watched a documentary on Discovery about a specially designed ship which is responsible for bringing supplies to the science team living at the North Pole. This ship/vessel/monster is called the Ice-Crusher because that is exactly what it does. It is capable of crushing ice which is 40 meters thick. The sound of ice of this magnitude breaking comes very close to a sonic boom.

 

[nealh]

The Shuttle frequently lands at Cape Canaveral.. ilive 20 miles south of the Cape..the sound is unbeleivable..first time I heard it was 300am woke me up sounded as if there was a large bomb going off...the entire house seems to shake..fear the windows are going to shatter last anywhere from 20 - 30 sec and boom is loud..you would swear military weapon exploded..
When a rocket or shuttle goes up the sound rumbles down to us...and can shake the windows even longer than when they land...just incredible

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Sounds like &quot;So-Nic Boom&quot; and then a spinning ray hits you and can cause damage unless you press back and block it.

-Nore

 

[LordUnum]

<< Sounds like So-Nic Boom and then a spinning ray hits you and can cause damage unless you press back and block it. >>


Yeah, evidently you can cause one by mimicking a very quick bear-hug to the air in front of you.

 

[N8Magic]

I think the most interesting thing about breaking the speed of sound is an effect called &quot;control reversal&quot;.

As you cross the threshold of the speed of sound, your controls suddenly reverse (ie. pull back on the stick and go DOWN.). It has claimed more than its fair share of pilots...

Just a little interesting tidbit I thought y'all may want to know.

 

[A2KLAU]

Those new vids are awsome!!! Need to plug them booms into my HiFi tomorrow and listen to them... too late now.. 10:40 here now and need sleep cause I got work experience job tomorrow so night night to all in U.K and have anice afternoon/evening in USA..

Albert.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

I was told that a whip crack is a sort of sonic boom, is that right?