Speed Average speed = distance/ time
Jan 20, 2016
Speed
Average speed = distance/ time
Cheetah• Fastest Land
Animal in the world.
• One was measured at 63 mi/hr.
• It is probable that speeds up to 70 mi/hr are possible.
• Cannot run at this speed for more than 1/4 mile.
Pronghorn Antelope
• Fastest animal in North America (top speed of 55 mi/hr).
• Can run at speeds of 42 mph for up to 2 miles.
• Has the largest heart for its size of any North American mammal.
Fastest Marine mammal
• The Killer Whale has been measured at speeds up to 34 mi/hr.• Several species of dolphins and porpoises are also thought to be as
fast or faster.
Males - 20 – 30 feet long, 12,000 lbs.
Record male 32 feet long, 17, 636 lbs.
Killer Whale
Right Whale Dolphin• The Right Whale dolphin lacks a dorsal fin.
• It is a pelagic species (open ocean) so little is known of its behavior.
• It can reach speeds close to 40 mph.
Fastest Fish
• The Sailfish is the fastest fish at a measured speed of 68 mph!
• Swordfish, marlin and Yellowfin Tuna are other very fast fish.
Fastest Bird• The Peregrine
falcon can dive at a speed approaching 200 mph.
• They need this diving speed to catch up with the birds that they prey upon.
Ducks• This is a Shoveler.
• Like many ducks they have been clocked at 60 mph.
• They can maintain such speeds for miles.
Wright Flyer• Maximum speed in the Military model was 45 miles/hour!!
• This is a picture of Orville Wright demonstrating the Wright flyer for the US Army at Fort Myer, Virginia in 1908.
Cessna 172
• Very common civilian aircraft.
• Cruises at about 100 mph.
• Maximum allowable speed 150 mph.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning• 1939 design was the first US aircraft to break 400 miles/hr in level flight.
• 10,000 were built during WW II.
• 6 flyable examples exist today.
P-47 Thunderbolt• Fastest WW II US fighter.
• Achieved a speed of 505 miles/hr at 25,000 ft in 1945
• Was powered by a 2,500 hp engine.
• 12,000 built during WW II.
• About 9 still flying today
Fastest Propeller Aircraft• Rare Bear, a modified WWII fighter aircraft was measured at a speed of 529 mi/hr in level flight.
• Rare Bear won last years Reno Air Race at an average speed of 488 mph.
• It has a modified 4,000 hp engine.
• Rare Bear low pass
Passenger Jets
• This Boeing 727 can carry 200 people at high altitudes.
• They cruise at around 530 mph.
• Because they fly so high, they are above most of the wind and weather to be found closer to the earth’s surface.
Airbus 380
• Largest air liner in the world
• Can hold from 525 to 852 people.
• Cruises at 560 mph.
Lockheed F - 16• The F - 16 is
one of the main fighter aircraft of the United States and several other countries of the world.
• It has a top speed of nearly 1,800 mph
• It uses its radar to find and attack other aircraft before they can be seen visually!
Fastest Jet Aircraft• USAF SR-71 recon aircraft was measured at 2,194 mi/hr
• This jet usually flew above 55,000 ft.
• It was retired from active duty in 1995.
Fastest Rocket Aircraft• The X-15
was the fastest rocket aircraft
• It attained a speed of 4,520 mph (1967) at an altitude of 354,000 ft.
Space Shuttle
• The Space Shuttle reaches speeds of 17,000 mph as it enters low earth orbit.
• It does not have sufficient speed to escape the earth’s gravity and rocket to the moon.
• shuttle launch
Apollo Moon Rockets
• For a long time this was the fastest man-made vehicle.
• These rockets attained speeds of 25,000 mph
• This speed was necessary for the spacecraft to escape the earth’s gravity.
• Apollo 11 Launch
Atlas V Rocket
• The Atlas V Rocket is the fastest Rocket in the US inventory.
• It can travel at 8 mi/sec
• This is the same as 28,800 miles/hour.
• This is the rocket that will be used to launch the space probe to Pluto.
Ulysses Spacecraft• The Shuttle Discovery launched the Ulysses spacecraft on October 6, 1990.
• It reached Jupiter on Feb. 8, 1992
• Ulysses was sent toward the sun to use its gravitational field to increase its speed.
• This “slingshot” effect increased Ulysses’ speed to about 100,000 mph.
• Ulysses is still operational and sending back data today!
New Horizons• New Horizons is a mission
designed to fly by Pluto and its moon Charon and transmit images and data back to Earth.
• It was launched in January, 2006.
• It was boosted into space by an Atlas V rocket.
• The rocket had extra strap-on solid-fuel boosters.
• The spacecraft will slingshot around the sun.
• This slingshot around the Sun will increase the spacecraft’s speed to 130,000 mph.
• It will still take it 9 years to reach Pluto!
Planet Mercury
• The closer a planet is to the Sun the faster it goes.
• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. (36,000,000 miles)
• It takes the planet 88 days to orbit the Sun.
• Its speed is 53,522.7 mph.
Andromeda Galaxy
• Largest Galaxy of the Local Group.
• The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are approaching each other at a speed of 300,000 miles/hr.
Light
• Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles/sec
• That is 300,000 km/sec!
• That would be 7.5 times around the earth in 1 sec.
Starship Enterprise
• This craft could do warp 12!• That is 12 times the speed of
light!