I never thought i would see an era of prop airplane speed records. One of the most fascinating era in both airplanes and for racing in general. Of course, last time we did it the mortality rate was horrendous, more pilots died than survived it but.. the planes were so freaking cool.
It can probably only fly for like 7 minutes.
>And unlike non-turbocharged ICE engines, electric motors retain full power as an airplane climbs
Why compare to engines without turbos lol? ICEs aren’t used on commercial flights anyway (turboprops are something very different).
Glorius MPHs, God shave the Queen…..Rule Britannia!
*Facepalm*
Isn’t this a repost? But again, as far as I can tell, the record was recorded in knots. The title has a converted value and not the recorded value.
While I argue for using km/h, I argue more for actually presenting the real recorded value, so it should rather tell what the actual record was. I’m still certain no one uses mph for aviation, but both knots and km/h are used, so the title is converted to something not in use.
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Personally I’m more interested in range.
I never thought i would see an era of prop airplane speed records. One of the most fascinating era in both airplanes and for racing in general. Of course, last time we did it the mortality rate was horrendous, more pilots died than survived it but.. the planes were so freaking cool.
It can probably only fly for like 7 minutes.
>And unlike non-turbocharged ICE engines, electric motors retain full power as an airplane climbs
Why compare to engines without turbos lol? ICEs aren’t used on commercial flights anyway (turboprops are something very different).
Glorius MPHs, God shave the Queen…..Rule Britannia!
*Facepalm*
Isn’t this a repost? But again, as far as I can tell, the record was recorded in knots. The title has a converted value and not the recorded value.
While I argue for using km/h, I argue more for actually presenting the real recorded value, so it should rather tell what the actual record was. I’m still certain no one uses mph for aviation, but both knots and km/h are used, so the title is converted to something not in use.