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Old 04-21-2004 | 06:28 PM
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turbofan
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Hello

I am trying to find out the world model speed record, I think here would be a good place to start but, now a days, we see gliders doing 232 MPH so Im not sure anymore!

Happy flying..

Zap

Due to the intriguing fact, that R/C jets simply don´t exist for the FAI (see http://records.fai.org/models/), there does not exist any official world model speed record any more. Not even in the Guinness Book of Records. Therefore, we are forced to go by unofficial and therefore unconfirmed data that can be found on the web.

The highest speed of a model aircraft (i.e. not an UAV built by professionals) about which I have heard so far has been flown at
571 km/h = 355 mph. See http://www.hessenbruch.de/niels/ (in German).

Peter
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