It was... quite an experience.
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That's transonic speed. And pretty much impossible for a commercial aircraft with such weight, wing aspect ratio and thrust. At that speed the airflow over the rudder, tail and wings becomes distorted and in a high-tailed commercial aircraft that would result in loss of control.Texhnolith wrote:1201kmph in a Airbus A300 from Vancouver to Amsterdam with massive backwind
Hey, thats what I thought aswell untill the display in my airplane read 1201kmph. Dunno if it miscalculated somewhere, but heck I arrived aleast 30min early on my destination. Got pics of the monitor to prove it.steelsnake00 wrote:That's transonic speed. And pretty much impossible for a commercial aircraft with such weight, wing aspect ratio and thrust. At that speed the airflow over the rudder, tail and wings becomes distorted and in a high-tailed commercial aircraft that would result in loss of control.Texhnolith wrote:1201kmph in a Airbus A300 from Vancouver to Amsterdam with massive backwind
Makes sense.Zotic+ wrote:i hit my head on the car roof
My friend hit 180 in a small backstreet.Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Forgive me Father, for I have sped....
Got the R31 up to 150kph+ going along a nice stretch of road last night. Luckily there were no cops about XD. That's actually pretty good considering the speedo only goes to 200
Were you on a road?Zotic+ wrote:110 mph. my dad was driving me and my family to Las Vegas through a desertAnd th hils are 45 degrees and bout'30 feet 10 meters high. so while we were driving got about 10 feet of airi was fun until i hit my head on the car roof
Yes but need I remind you that this is a 1988 R31 with one of the most simple engines ever....And like I said the speedo only goes to 200.baumaxx1 wrote:My friend hit 180 in a small backstreet.Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Forgive me Father, for I have sped....
Got the R31 up to 150kph+ going along a nice stretch of road last night. Luckily there were no cops about XD. That's actually pretty good considering the speedo only goes to 200
I've been in an R31 that was doing 180kph, but not with me behind the wheel. It was also going downhill, and the car subsequently bottomed out when we went over a railroad crossing.Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Yes but need I remind you that this is a 1988 R31 with one of the most simple engines ever....And like I said the speedo only goes to 200.baumaxx1 wrote:My friend hit 180 in a small backstreet.Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Forgive me Father, for I have sped....
Got the R31 up to 150kph+ going along a nice stretch of road last night. Luckily there were no cops about XD. That's actually pretty good considering the speedo only goes to 200