Rich,
The length of the course is 600 meters[656 yards or 1968.5 feet]. the
average speed for the run is then 95.4 mph. Just like the "Indy 500",
the time is determined according to a specified distance. A usual place
to measure this is one foot out from the inside edge of the track. When
you run a lap, they don't care if you're on the line or at the outside
edge of the track. Everyone gets compared to the same official
distance.
Its the same in F3b and its how the average speed is found. It's up to
the pilot how much or little space he'll use. Obviously he'll use more
than the 600 meters, but someday the planes will get EVEN better and
the speed through the course will increase as the distance traveled
decreases. John Roe's example uses a total distance traveled that seems
a bit high, it might be right if the plane entered the course at the
top of its launch, usually there's a dive that cuts this. Other
additions to the distance are the 3 turns. The curved path is longer
than a straight path between the planes[base A and B] and it gets added
to a shorter straight line measurement but is still longer than the 150
meter leg.
Speed is a lot more than just getting the plane to go fast, it's about
making the distance shorter and keeping the speed up, just like on the
race track!
Oops! I got sidetracked.
--- "Kiburis, Richard A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know the length of the course????!!!!
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Dennis Phelan
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