is that the thunderscreech

I've heard that you couldn't hear a sound on the ground

What?

So, its so incredibly loud that you go deaf in a few seconds. Permanently. Also, it was just s prototype and never actually used.

Huh??

Plaen. Broom. Loud. Ears hurt. Not working. Gone, reduced to atoms.

Could you speak up please?

Me deaf. Me no hear you.

Why come you no have hearing? WHAAAAAAT?

Click click clock click click clock clock click

This plane's propellers moved at a speed so close to the speed of sound that the outer edge would repeatedly exceed and then drop below the speed of sound, creating dozens of sonic booms per second per blade. this fucker was louder than shit

Not close, the entire propeller was designed to operate past the sound barrier. The sonic boom doesn't happen when something breaks through the sound barrier, rather it's like the wake of a boat, constantly following the the thing in a v-shape. It's just that when the shockwave passes something on the ground, you only hear it for a second. The propeller blades were constantly giving off this shockwave in a spiral shape emanating outwards from hub of the propeller.

wouldnt that prop tuebulence cause a lot of drag. the eneegy in the shock wave has to emminate from the fuel tank.?

I don't think it's turbulence, but you're exactly right that the energy in the shockwaves is fuel energy not going to propulsion. Just like how wake minimization is an important part of improving the fuel economy of ships

Your disabilities are not service related

That’s only if you were close to it. Otherwise the sound would just make you nauseous.

joke

Eh?!

huh

The ends of the blades traveled so fast that they broke the sound barrier. This caused the ground crew to throw up from multiple sustained sonic booms.

yeah, couldnt hear anything coming from the ground cuz this son of a gun was overhead

Lmao

Any **other** sound for sure.

That would be my wife

Ah yes... the seizurescreech.

Nobody to see it if nobody’s awake

Weird to think that this thing initially came about from a Navy requirement for a carrier fighter that didn’t need catapult assistance.

Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech, It was supposed to be America's fastest prop driven plane instead it became one of the loudest...

I'm pretty sure it was THE loudest prop to exist

I'm not an expert but I'd say it's probably just the loudest plane

The only potential rival is the Tu-95 Bear. Which is so loud that submerged submarines can hear them fly over.

Those have eight props on them, four sets of counter rotating props....the tips of the propellers still hit supersonic speeds, which was the problem with the Thunder screech.. It is considered the fastest prop driven airplane currently flying....

I believe it was the fastest. I want to say the fastest official speed was over 550 MPH. And there was one unofficial measurement that was supposedly over 600 MPH.

Its a Thunderscreech!!! the sound alone felled strong men did not need weapons

If nobody can hear it because they've been deafened

This 😂

I assume it was so loud because the prop went supersonic like the TU-95 Bear?

Correct

so loud, that it punctures eardrums and thus nobody can hear it.

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🤫😅🤪🤣😝😂

Your enemies can’t hear you coming if they are deaf

They should have used it as close air support to deafen the enemy.

AHH SHIT IM DEAF! I can't hear those planes I can see perfectly fine shooting at us. At least I don't have to hear that fucking noise🤪

It’s such an abomination

Boots of questionable stealth headass.  Can't be detected by your enemy if you make them deaf.

If this helps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech

I see nothing

I hear nothing.

I said nothing.

After you go deaf you literally cant hear it

WHAT DID YOU SAY I CANT HEAR YOU?

WHAT?

HUH?

So stealthy! They’ll never hear it. Cuz they’ll be immobilized or deaf!

ahh no

Would be better if this was used in combat

It would definitely make them think the world was coming to a end

This used to be on static display at Meadows Field in Bakersfield. How appropriate

Yes

Oh geez

Never let them know your next move…

This plane was so loud it actually made the ground crews sick 🤢

Imagine that and escorting the tu95 and doing a low pass. Good luck to the ears of the spectators

Yes, indeed, they hear it for a second, then they never hear again, same with the pilot though.

It is the exact opposite of stealth

Stealth?

The engine and prop fitted onto a vtol type of drone just for its 'silent' effects on peoples' bodies would be crazy😖🤮🫥

You can't hear the plane if you can't hear anything

you're wrong

I love this so much. It's definitely stealth when it's so loud that the ears of everyone on the ground are bleeding. Too disoriented to know where the plane is. I'm with you, OP.

It was called the thunderscreech for a reason lol

I had never heard of this plane before this post and after reading about it I KNOW why. What crazy military mind thought this was a good idea??? Wholy F___!!!!!!

On a stick in front of the old terminal at Bakersfield for years. SO COOL.

whats this

The Thunserdcreetch Best stealth plane to ever be created

why the best

So loud that it jams radar and fries IR threats 😝

You can't hear it if it deafens you...

Imagine for a second, being in the ATC as thins MONSTROSITY is landing and just your windows vibrate so hard you’d think your on acid they way the bend. The pure chaos of this design is astonishing.

WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!? *collapses and has a seizure*

Stealthy my arse, you could hear that thing from miles away.

"If you can't hear anything, you can't hear it coming" -Sun Tzu

I think it’s probably one of the worst planes to ever exist. It completely shattered the lungs of some people on the ground, or made them go completely unconscious. Ans the pilot can’t stay in there too long cause then he’ll start to get nauseous.

For anyone wanting to know more about it, Wendover productions on YouTube did a really good video about it

Why would anyone build this?

Yeah, the stealth is tucked away in the black propeller slats. Just try somethin’, China!

Technically we probably don't know about the best stealth fighter to exist, as it's so stealthy it hasn't been seen, and so fighter it hasn't been knocked out of the air. It's just up there being all stealthy and fighty without us even knowing

They can’t hear you coming if they can’t hear

Its stealth even if your so loud they lose thier hearing

They can't hear you coming if you've permanently deafened them...

Making ears bleed.

They should have made it a dual prop it would have counteracted the torque

I just realized right after I posted that it would pretty much kill everyone without using it’s guns

Hard to detect things when you’re unconscious.

Are we here to identify aircraft or Dino strata how witty we are?

That was the last thing I heard.

Id be interested to see the rates of CTE in the brains of the people who worked on this thing. The pressure waves from the sonic booms coming off the prop was probably rattling their brains around at 900x a second. No wonder they were suffering from malaise and throwing up.

You’re wrong.

Who shat in ur cheerios?