The Closest You Will Get ...

Hans Tucker (Hans) · #1 21-01-2022, 07:27 AM

The closest many of us will get to doing 400+ km/h

N1 (Mirko) · #2 21-01-2022, 07:38 AM

That's surpisingly boring, considering the speed. The Toecutter looked way faster than that.

But then maybe I've just spent too much time of my life driving on the Autobahn...

ausastronomer (John Bambury) · #3 21-01-2022, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1

But then maybe I've just spent too much time of my life driving on the Autobahn...

Try driving a boat then !

160kph in a boat is far more exhilarating than 300kph in a car !!

417kph in a boat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F8N8Z_4kU4

Cheers
John B

N1 (Mirko) · #4 21-01-2022, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ausastronomer

Try driving a boat then !

I guess you have a point there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4yymmPCkU

astroron (Ron) · #5 21-01-2022, 02:05 PM

Loved the Cannonball/ Countach video.
Great history.
Cheers

raymo · #6 21-01-2022, 02:11 PM

For a few dollars you can do 431kph on the maglev train in Shanghai, or was it Beijing? my memory is shot.
raymo

leon · #7 21-01-2022, 02:12 PM

417 in a boat,

your all mad.

Leon

astroron (Ron) · #8 21-01-2022, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raymo

For a few dollars you can do 431kph on the maglev train in Shanghai, or was it Beijing? my memory is shot.
raymo

For a few dollars more you can get on an aircraft and do double
that speed.

Cheers

Peter Ward · #9 21-01-2022, 04:03 PM

I recall flying a day shuttle flight LHR to MAN in a near empty B747-400...

We wound it up briefly to Mach 0.84 (about 1000kph in round numbers) at which time ATC were scrambling to hand us over to MAN approach and asked us to slow down to a slovenly 250 knots (about 460kph) while they got sorted.

Kill joys

astronobob (Bob) · #10 21-01-2022, 04:51 PM

From a lazy standing start, moderate intitial excelleration, this did 10klm in two minutes, 457km/h

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up76Py9DRD8

Hans Tucker (Hans) · #11 21-01-2022, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I recall flying a day shuttle flight LHR to MAN in a near empty B747-400...

We would it up briefly to Mach 0.84 (about 1000kph in round numbers) at which time ATC were scrambling to hand us over to MAN approach and asked us to slow down to a slovenly 250 knots (about 460kph) while they got sorted.

Kill joys

https://youtu.be/Lg73GKm7GgI

3690 Km/Hr ... Game over man .. Game over

raymo · #12 21-01-2022, 05:54 PM

I think we were talking about speed on the ground where you can appreciate
the speed, not in the air where most prople have been.
raymo

LewisM · #13 21-01-2022, 06:51 PM

I've done more than 417 KNOTS at 50 feet if that counts...

Well, I wasn't flying, Dmitri was

LewisM · #14 21-01-2022, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I recall flying a day shuttle flight LHR to MAN in a near empty B747-400...

We would it up briefly to Mach 0.84 (about 1000kph in round numbers) at which time ATC were scrambling to hand us over to MAN approach and asked us to slow down to a slovenly 250 knots (about 460kph) while they got sorted.

Kill joys

Always smile when I see a ground speed in excess of M1.0...shame it's not airspeed, but the small joys of life...

Peter Ward · #15 21-01-2022, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

https://youtu.be/Lg73GKm7GgI

3690 Km/Hr ... Game over man .. Game over

Indeed I have a signed copy of "Sled Driver"....but hey, at least I was doing
the driving in the four burner