I did the math before. Tip speed at engine redline is about 460 m/s. Speed of sound at standard ambient conditions is about 340 m/s. The local speed of sound at the tips will be a bit higher because the compression raises the temperature. But it's beyond mach 1 even accounting for that.

 

That really is amazing , over 100 m/s faster than Mach 1 .
I take it that due to the small diameter of the compressor wheel and what must be perfect balance there are no adverse side effects of the tips breaking the sound barrier ?
Great mathSSSSSS

 

Doing the sums in old money.....Imperial instead of metric. Lets remember all uk parts of Concorde were built in inches and the French pats in metric.

Using whole integers the diameter of the turbine as 2 inches and Pi as 3 and the step up as 10 (9.18) ....


At 10,000 rpm thee outer part of the rotor is travelling 600,000 inches per minute. 36,000,000 inches per hour.

A mile has 1760 yards X 36 inches = 63,360 inches. round this down to 60,000

knock 4 0000's of both numbers to get 3,600 divided by 6 = 600 mph.

 

Now I'm in a dilemma trying to work out if you're a genius or an idiot !
Not sure about the Concorde Imperial/ Metric story but sound feasible , I do remember something like a NASA / British Aerospace collaboration with one working in U.S. Gallons and one in Imperial Gallons and a satellite or probe missing its orbit by tens of thousands of miles .
Anyone who hasn't made a mistake hasn't made anything , the key is not doing it twice .

 

Oh! ..........My Head!

 

OK WHY!!! some very cleaver Japanese engineers, builders, designers, marketers, sales people bla bla..... put this incredible reliable machine together, who cares how fast the supercharger goes.. it TWITTERS so enjoy

 

WHY ??? Because they could!!!!

I hope my bikes not twittering. #getthisidiotoffme .

Maybe the marketing campaign should have been,,,,," If you have to ask why you maybe aren't ready."

 

1 X H2 with SC @ 1000cc = go's like fu%ken clappers

 

now now throttle X supercharges 1000cc goes like ****.. you do not need to be a mathamatishion or very bright to figure that out!!

 

Genius or idiot,,,,don't know where I sit on this ................

 

You have helped answer my question, hope that's not Gary glitter in the picture !

 

^^^^^ I remember a fresh crate lump being lowered in the bay with a guy stood on it.^^^^^^ Some can talk it , others walk it.