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InsBro
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damian said:
I know that 1 as it was air breathing - Soviet Mikoyan MiG-25 fighter (NATO code name Foxbat).
It has been tracked by radar at about Mach 3.2 or 3,395 km/h (2,110 mph). The MiG-25 was designed as a high-altitude interceptor, and over 1,200 have been built.
I thought there was a rocket powered/assisted 1 that flew stupidly quick???
Edited to add the US had the x-15 that flew at Mach 6.8
i'm sure the Ruskies had similar???
Jez
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damian
Godzilla
Jez, have you looked at this.....
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/m48.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/spiralos.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/m48.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/spiralos.htm
InsBro
Ring Warrior
damian said:
Interesting stuff
Can you remember the darwin award winner who strapped one of the B52 bombers aditional thrust rockes to his pickup and crashed in to a rock outcrop? (the only thing that was left to identify him was his teeth
)http://cgi.darwinawards.com/cgi/frames.pl?/book/chapter7.html
damian
Godzilla
ADJ
Boy Racer
InsBro
Ring Warrior
damian said:
It is funny though
Like the deck chair guy with the helium ballons spotted by a 747
LOL
Stuart
Godzilla
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/x-43.htm
Have a look at the above link.
Mach 10 has been achieved in experimental (unmanned) vehicles, at 110,000 ft and c. 7000 mph.
Scram jets (one up from RAM jets) are the engine technology.
There are no moving parts.
Have a look at the above link.
Mach 10 has been achieved in experimental (unmanned) vehicles, at 110,000 ft and c. 7000 mph.
Scram jets (one up from RAM jets) are the engine technology.
There are no moving parts.
Nat
Boy Racer
Stuart
Godzilla
Not strictly on topic:
I was watching TV tonight and saw that in Japan they now have a train that will cruise at 500km/h. It uses superconductors and magnetic levitation, so no rails.
I thought it was just a prototype, but it is now real.
The bullet trains are old hat.
500 km/h, that's London to Edinburgh in an hour and a half.
I might have to see if I can get a ride on one.
I was watching TV tonight and saw that in Japan they now have a train that will cruise at 500km/h. It uses superconductors and magnetic levitation, so no rails.
I thought it was just a prototype, but it is now real.
The bullet trains are old hat.
500 km/h, that's London to Edinburgh in an hour and a half.
I might have to see if I can get a ride on one.
Stuart
Godzilla
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2926400396387878713
Look at the acceleration, it just keeps going up.
The vid is the research line. I misunderstood from the TV program, since you could ride on it I thought is was a real service.
They are going to build a 400km line to provide a real service soon.
More info here:
http://www.rtri.or.jp/rd/maglev/html/english/maglev_frame_E.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train
Look at the acceleration, it just keeps going up.
The vid is the research line. I misunderstood from the TV program, since you could ride on it I thought is was a real service.
They are going to build a 400km line to provide a real service soon.
More info here:
http://www.rtri.or.jp/rd/maglev/html/english/maglev_frame_E.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train
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