ORIGINAL: iron eagel
Perhaps then some other method to determine the speed of the aircraft has to be used...
Although I feel that it is a given that turbine powered aircraft would best suited for absolute speed, perhaps we should not use them as a method of power in this discussion.
What I want to focus on is the aerodynamic consideration of high speed designs, the power source is secondary to the primary consideration at this point.
So lets just look at what makes a speed plane, a speed plane.
-You are caught in a trap here -
better get your parameters figuredout
a very draggy looking setup with enough power may proove to be the fastest
consider a rocket powered model------
The slope setup which uses momma nature is easily the best scxample of drag reduction and maximization of lifting area.
Are you after an infernal powered setup- ?
what?