Well then, I'm pretty sure Paul's coworkers in the shuttle will take the prize. The shuttle orbits with a GS roughly 15,217 kts, right?Scott DellAngelo said:Oh come on Smokey or someone. He didn't clarify it had to be an RV. Let's see some really big numbers.
DeltaRomeo said:The shuttle orbits with a GS roughly 15,217 kts, right?
Huh? Can you clarify this?rv6ejguy said:Due to an inverted antenna, one day I had a 842 knot GS! I did not have my camera on board that day.
DeltaRomeo said:The shuttle orbits with a GS roughly 15,217 kts, right?
Jamie said:Near zero drag does not count.
Jamie said:Huh? Can you clarify this?
GPS antennas don't care which direction they're pointed. They're simply taking the time deltas from all the satellites' signals (and processing precision position data from the bird) and computing the receiver's position.
rv6ejguy said:The Bendix Skymap IIIC has a hinged antenna which was mounted on the glare shield. During maintenance, it was inadvertently flipped down. Not only was the speed whacky but position was off about 15 miles. I don't know the technical nuances but when flipped back the proper way, normal function returned at the same time.
Ironflight said:Oh, you just need to think outside the box! Drag is the product of Drag Coefficient and Dynamic Pressure, right? Everyone reduces drag by attacking Drag Coefficient, but nobody ever just reduces the Q-Bar to zero!!
However you get to near-zero drag is good, isn't it?
Paul
pierre smith said:Wow!! That's almost a 90 MPH tailwind! Where did you happen to find that kinda tailwind, Dan? My best has been 245 MPH after a cold front came through at 8500'.
Pierre
You were still at 4793 ft.Dave C said:How about slowest and lowest....
(In the "trench" 500 agl at 90kts in a C-170)
Dave C
-7 Flying
Am I right about the 2000agl even
grantcarruthers said:Yah but you have to stay 2000 agl over national park airspace so you still can't get a neg MSL indication. I've considered it before and don't think there is anywhere to get a neg MSL???
Am I right about the 2000agl even??
I once had a teacher offer extra credit if we converted our speeds to furlongs per millifortnight.Ironflight said:... I had a professor back in college (Senior Design, Aeronautical Engineering) that would not even accept a paper or report if all the units weren't in Knots....
Paul
tobinbasford said:Yep:
Pilots are requested to maintain a minimum altitude of 2,000 feet above the surface of the following: National Parks, Monuments, Seashores, Lakeshores, Recreation Areas and Scenic Riverways administered by the National Park Service, National Wildlife Refuges, Big Game Refuges, Game Ranges and Wildlife Ranges administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wilderness and Primitive areas administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
NOTE-
FAA Advisory Circular AC 91-36, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Flight Near Noise-Sensitive Areas, defines the surface of a national park area (including parks, forests, primitive areas, wilderness areas, recreational areas, national seashores, national monuments, national lakeshores, and national wildlife refuge and range areas) as: the highest terrain within 2,000 feet laterally of the route of flight, or the upper-most rim of a canyon or valley.
The above is clearly depicted on all US sectionals.
grantcarruthers said:Yah but you have to stay 2000 agl over national park airspace so you still can't get a neg MSL indication. I've considered it before and don't think there is anywhere to get a neg MSL???
Ah... that's easy...apatti said:I once had a teacher offer extra credit if we converted our speeds to furlongs per millifortnight.
I have a question pretaining to this.
tobinbasford said:Scott,
I believe that it is only a "request" and violation would not result in any real punishment.
Hope that helps a little.
Jamie said:Hey Dave C. I really like the "pilot's warning" on your panel. Awesome!
How about slowest and lowest....
(In the "trench" 500 agl at 90kts in a C-170)
Dave C
-7 Flying
Hey Dave C. I really like the "pilot's warning" on your panel. Awesome!
All above is cool, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCJ8bys_dM
It always made my day when the troops radioed a "request show of force"
Smokey
OK, I couldn't ressit the challenge, I really wanted to be a member of the 200 knot club... so I went by the hanger after work yesterday and did several speed mods on the airframe, reworked the cowling inlets and baffles, installed high compression pistons, installed 4 into 1 exhaust and really polished/waxed the plane... just so I could go 200 knots level in my -7!
I really didn't do any of those things... I just checked the winds alfot and went and found a 30 knot tailwind at 13.5'. But it really is 200 knots GS in level flight!
Dave C
-7 flying and having lots of fun!