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[gsxrpilot]

14 minutes ago, peevee said:

he's busy firing everyone and robocalling people to buy solar.

I'm a buyer... and I love the cars as well.

[peevee]

25 minutes ago, gsxrpilot said:

I'm a buyer... and I love the cars as well.

I spend all my money on these stupid airplanes, can't afford the cars. Chevy will have to be good enough.

The solar, I'd buy from sunpower, their panels are a little better quality and efficiency I think. Solarcity's warranty isn't really all that good, and doesn't cover power output.

[Andy95W]

1 hour ago, aviatoreb said:

...but it is a HIGH PERFORMANCE machine!  82 seconds to 40,000ft ain't too shabby.

Slightly less expensive - can't the fighter jets do 20,000fpm (for a little while...with a running start...vs standing start for the Saturn V).  Job are you here?

So, can anyone figure out how many horsepower that is, and how does it compare to a 747?

 

[Mooney1]

The 747 -200/300 was 100k lbs of thrust total (25k per engine). Could easily move out of its own way empty, but heavy just lumbered along.

[jetdriven]

50K per engine.  the Jt9D-7RG2 was 54K each. Light, you're talking about a 400K airplane with 216K of thrust.  Climb to 350 in 11 minutes.

Edited October 26, 2017 by jetdriven

[Hank]

2 hours ago, gsxrpilot said:

I'm a buyer... and I love the cars as well.

The cars are reputed to ride nicely and handle well, and certainly accelerate quickly with a recent charge.

But I won't buy any vehicle that I can't get in and drive from Alabama [or wherever I happen to live at the time] to wherever I want to go, which could be the grocery store or Washington, DC, or the Black Hills. I make fewer long drives since buying the Mooney, but sometimes it isn't the right way to travel to where I want or need to go. I have a lifetime of 10-12 hour days in a car, nothing electric on the market will do that right now [500+ road miles, one or two quick stops for gas & food].

[Yetti]

F1 Engine producing 55,000 brake horsepower (41 MW)

I don't think the Lycoming is brake horsepower... Tractors are done in brake horsepower

[jetdriven]

2 hours ago, Hank said:

The cars are reputed to ride nicely and handle well, and certainly accelerate quickly with a recent charge.

But I won't buy any vehicle that I can't get in and drive from Alabama [or wherever I happen to live at the time] to wherever I want to go, which could be the grocery store or Washington, DC, or the Black Hills. I make fewer long drives since buying the Mooney, but sometimes it isn't the right way to travel to where I want or need to go. I have a lifetime of 10-12 hour days in a car, nothing electric on the market will do that right now [500+ road miles, one or two quick stops for gas & food].

With a single 45 minute stop at a supercharger a Tesla P100D will do it and a Model 3 Long Range will do it easily with an even shorter battery stop. 

[jetdriven]

2 hours ago, Yetti said:

F1 Engine producing 55,000 brake horsepower (41 MW)

I don't think the Lycoming is brake horsepower... Tractors are done in brake horsepower

The gas generator turbine was 55,000 SHP. That's just how much power it took to drive he fuel pumps. Anything that can drain a swimming pool in 30 seconds need that kind of power. 

Anything with a shaft can be hooked to a dyno to measure horsepower. 

Edited October 26, 2017 by jetdriven

[aviatoreb]

Isn't there a fighter pilot on here?  Someone?  I bet an F16 can get to 40k pretty quick on after burners, enough to embarrass a poky-ol 747 driver.

[peevee]

I think there's a few, retired and active.

[aviatoreb]

3 hours ago, peevee said:

I think there's a few, retired and active.

Ok for the retired and active military fighter pilots:

1) What is the time to climb to 40,000ft from a stop on the runway.

Bonus question open to all.

2) What is the average airspeed of an unladen African swallow. 

 

[aviatoreb]

11 minutes ago, bluehighwayflyer said:

Erik,

How do you know so much about swallows?

Jim

African or European?

[Guitarmaster]

African swallows fly at a higher TAS due to the hot air. Typically about 27.47 MPH.

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[Hank]

12 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

Ok for the retired and active military fighter pilots:

1) What is the time to climb to 40,000ft from a stop on the runway.

Bonus question open to all.

2) What is the average airspeed of an unladen African swallow. 

 

I'll have to research #1; may see a retired F4 / F15 pilot at the airport, if not I have one of his books that may record it. Althiugh I think he usually went to 35,000.

As for #2, here is all you need and more:

http://style.org/unladenswallow/

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, Hank said:

I'll have to research #1; may see a retired F4 / F15 pilot at the airport, if not I have one of his books that may record it. Althiugh I think he usually went to 35,000.

As for #2, here is all you need and more:

http://style.org/unladenswallow/

hah!  If only Monty Python had the internet.