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Mach tuck is an aerodynamic effect whereby the nose of an aircraft tends to pitch downward as the airflow around the wing reaches supersonic speeds. This diving tendency is also known as tuck under.[1] The aircraft will first experience this effect at significantly below Mach 1.[2]
- ^ Aerodynamics For Naval Aviators, Hurt, Revised January 1965, Issued by The Office Of The Chief Of Naval Operations Aviation Training Division, p.219
- ^ Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. 2003. pp. 3–37 to 3–38. FAA-8083-25.