Spencer Linesby cracked the 400 mph dynamic soaring barrier by going 416 with a 100" span Kenetic. The MARS site in east L.A. was serving up some 50 mph winds, and the record of 396 fell quickly. check out the thread on rc groups: This is an incredible achievement, congrats to Spencer and his team.
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April 08, 2010
Dynamic Soaring Speed Record Broken: 416 mph
Spencer Linesby cracked the 400 mph dynamic soaring barrier by going 416 with a 100" span Kenetic. The MARS site in east L.A. was serving up some 50 mph winds, and the record of 396 fell quickly. check out the thread on rc groups: This is an incredible achievement, congrats to Spencer and his team.
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They are going to reach point where eyesight can't keep up. I think sweepback wings is the next thing.
Posted by: Guille | June 30, 2010 at 10:14 PM
where is the Video of the famed 416 flight?????
Posted by: Morgan | May 27, 2010 at 05:20 PM
That's over mach 0.5, soon they'll be in a flight regime where compressiblity effects become important
Posted by: John | April 14, 2010 at 10:43 AM