A Need for Speed?

[Yogi]

Any speed demons out there?

Here's my record (had a little help from a nice gust of wind . . . ):

 

[turbodronepilot]

Ya man..
I'm a speed demon with a slow inspire. .
my best is about 60 mph...
50 or so with no wind..
Turb. ..

 

[damoncooper]

A tip I heard for a bit of extra speed: landing gear down reduces drag and folks are getting some extra speed that way.

Zoom zoom.

 

[SultanGris]

heh

 

[dreadwing]

You could try attaching a model plasma rocket to the i1!!

Ya man..
I'm a speed demon with a slow inspire. .
my best is about 60 mph...
50 or so with no wind..
Turb. ..

 

[Dennis T]

So not being a meteorologist or a Bonnerville Salt Lakes Speed racer I really don't know the best ideal conditions to get a good speed run.
I just got 55 mph with legs down at 3 in the aft noon temp 107 degrees full sun and only a 4 mph tail wind. Elevation 750 ft. So what conditions are you guys in to get 20 mph greater than me ?

 

[james tulloch]

Any speed demons out there?

Here's my record (had a little help from a nice gust of wind . . . View attachment 2500 ):

Great am only had 68mph out of mine it's a great sound ancient when it zips post

 

[andisblue]

I've hit 33/ms over a local park when the winds were RIDICULOUS. Flying back to me, it was barely moving.

 

[Dennis T]

Hi Guys. Sorry to be a dumb *** Yankee. But how do you compute /MS TO MPH.
THANKS Dennis.

 

[damoncooper]

Hi Guys. Sorry to be a dumb *** Yankee. But how do you compute /MS TO MPH.
THANKS Dennis.

http://www.metric-conversions.org/speed/meters-per-second-to-miles-per-hour.htm

 

[Jerry Nycom]

Hi Guys. Sorry to be a dumb *** Yankee. But how do you compute /MS TO MPH.
THANKS Dennis.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=convert+33+meters+per+second+in+mph

 

[John Alan]

Thing WILL haul azz downwind.. that is for sure...
And it's a slightly faster breeze at 400ft up then at 200ft up...
Just make sure it can claw it's way upwind back to you...
I was sweating bullets a week ago when it was crawling back upwind at only 12.5 mph maxed out...
I'll have to remember that gear down trick...

 

[SultanGris]

So not being a meteorologist or a Bonnerville Salt Lakes Speed racer I really don't know the best ideal conditions to get a good speed run.
I just got 55 mph with legs down at 3 in the aft noon temp 107 degrees full sun and only a 4 mph tail wind. Elevation 750 ft. So what conditions are you guys in to get 20 mph greater than me ? View attachment 2567

Strong tailwind, went 82.4 with the wind and only about 15 against it, lol