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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by tedivm on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:21AM (#32483999)
Everyone claiming you are wrong hasn't bothered to google. Literally the first response for "overture turboprop" is a series of articles confirming what you said.

> The Overture supersonic aircraft will be powered by three turboprop engines, which includes two that will be mounted under each wing, while the third engine will be fitted at the end of the fuselage.

https://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/overture-super...

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by ominous_prime on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:29AM (#32484115)
It really must be a simple typo, it's inaccurate to the point of being nonsensical.
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by nemetroid on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:51AM (#32484465)
It’s like claiming an upcoming Tesla model will use Ni-Cd batteries. No matter how many blogs claim it, it's clearly wrong.
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by cortesoft on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:58AM (#32484619)
There is no way you could go supersonic with a turboprop
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:07PM (#32489586)
You can, it's just so loud it becomes health risk to even share a runway with it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by Danieru on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:27PM (#32490386)
To save others the click: that plane never reached super sonic.

What makes the turboprop itself supersonic is the blades are traveling super sonic. Normal turboprops are limited by keeping their blade tips below super sonic to prevent booms and vibration. It is not special to go super sonic at the blade tips, this experimental plane only served to confirm that.

So it is correct to say no turboprop plane has ever gone super sonic and the idea that boom is turboprop powered is wrong on its face.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by jcampbell1 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:10PM (#32490228)
That plane didn’t go supersonic. It is impossible for a propeller driven aircraft to go supersonic.
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by m4rtink on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:12PM (#32484823)
Maybe in a steep dive ? ;-)
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by rsynnott on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:46PM (#32488684)
Well, it'd be impressively noisy, anyway.
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by LegitShady on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:53PM (#32487962)
if your next stop is tbe pavement and its a one time use aircraft...
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by projektfu on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @02:00PM (#32486444)
Just the tip...
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by replygirl on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:24AM (#32484035)
they're right after all—many blogs got it wrong. maybe boom's PR screwed up
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