513 mph - current DSS speed record

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513 mph - current DSS speed record

Unread post by rhyneheimer » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:11 pm

DSS (Dynamic Slope Soaring) - some crazy speeds! IF speeds continue to increase at this rate, they would go supersonic mid next decade, 2025-ish
http://www.rcspeeds.com/pastrecords.aspx

"As of January 2016, the highest reported ground speed for radio control dynamic soaring was 513 mph (813 km/h)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_s ... led_glider

i estimate the gliders experience about 70 constant G's of centripetal acceleration from the various videos -
"505 mph DS world record 22nd Nov 2014 Weldon CA" - i think the pilot says "whoa, s**t, where did it go" - not good!!
https://youtu.be/hFPJ6DUAY10

to compare, "462 MPH THE WORLD´S FASTEST RC MODEL TURBINE JET" - (not an official record i don't think, although the pilot is Niels Herbrich who held a previous Guinness record of 439.29 mph) -
https://youtu.be/YVNIWuLs_7E
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Re: 513 mph - current DSS speed record

Unread post by Metalhead » Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:50 pm

That's just CRAZY!!!!

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