>Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Just talked to Daryl Perkins. Today he set an Official speed record at > > the F3B Worlds in South Africa. The time was 14.07 seconds. > >Way to go Daryl! > >Plane flies apprx. 840 meters in 14.07 seconds... > >918.6 yards, 2755.9 feet / 14.07 = 195.87 feet/second > >or 133.5 mph AVERAGE SPEED. > John, I don't think the FAI will count the extra 40m as part of the course. So I would use 800 meter. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------ * Brian Chan, AFDD Instrumentation Group * MS-215-2, US Army, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 * 650-604-0389, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]