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mheil · 06-14-06, 08:01 PM

I haven't totally read the link you post about supersonic, but my guess is that by supersonic is that the sound waves travel faster through the water than through the air and at a frequency that humans can't hear (dolpins, any one?). When these sound waves hit the poor doomed submarine hull, the hull then vibrates into sound waves that can be heard by the ear.
Great link to the manual. I'm ckjeckin' it out now.

06-14-06, 08:01 PM	#13
mheil Loader Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 81 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	I haven't totally read the link you post about supersonic, but my guess is that by supersonic is that the sound waves travel faster through the water than through the air and at a frequency that humans can't hear (dolpins, any one?). When these sound waves hit the poor doomed submarine hull, the hull then vibrates into sound waves that can be heard by the ear. Great link to the manual. I'm ckjeckin' it out now.