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Old 12-22-2007, 01:16 PM   #1
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Default New Speed Record For Electrics?

According to the F.A.I. World record list;
http://records.fai.org/models/current.asp (Scroll about 2/3rds down)
A new straight-line speed record was established this year by David Dzida of Germany with an electric-powered model airplane. The old record, from 1992, was 282.60 kilometers per hour (175.59 mph).
The new record is 361 kilometers per hour, or 224.314 miles per hour, if my online converter is correct;
http://www.plasma.com/classroom/converterspeed.htm
It is also interesting that this new record is faster than the existing piston-powered straight-line record, 343.82 kilometers per hour (213.639 mph), which dates from 1971.
Even faster are the turbine-powered models and the 301 mph (unofficial) dynamic soaring glider record. http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7567
Lots of other records on the F.A.I. site!
Ron
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