How can you possibly stay one step ahead of this one....

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHWBSluUjU&feature=PlayList&p=70F2BEB1977 CD508&playnext=1&index=18[/link]

Jimbo. Young thumbs and young eyes. Ha.

That puppy has got to be close to 400 mph

Hmmm.... faster than Shulman....388MPH

and ....WOW, I realized I was watching a dirty spot on my screen the whole time...............

What the heck am I supposed to be looking at????

Rob.

If the guy keeps his fingers so close to the compressor, he may find he has problems with human FOD.

Those guys were on here before, this is at least the second vid.

Holy muther-humpin POOP, that's fast. [X(][X(][X(]

Speck WHOOSH pull, speck WOOOSH pull, speck WHOOSH pull.

see there is still some left

Yea, and the slope soaring gliders record is over 425

Dynamic Soaring is CRAZY stuff..

This plane has been measured with a radar gun of the local police 2 months ago.

Guess what speed was?

587 km/h

its 445 now.

So it must be very close to Schulman's speed record on a two pass average speed.

I notice these guys aren't using retracts. Would it really make a difference as far as top end speed? I see it would in overall performance but if you have a clean install it shouldn't affect speed. Besides, added weight of a retract setup should make for increased momentum in a dive to pick up speed...shouldn't it?

Not at all, because while going uphill the retracts weight slows down the airplane... however the reduced weight is without a doubt a great advantage as the airplane doesn´t loose kinetic energy as much as a heavier airplane on turns while building speed.

Lets keep in mind, Shui's record was for the worlds fastest Conventionally Configured Turbine Aircraft.

This means an internal ducted engine with pipe, retracts, and a conventional planform (not a delta).

This video of this delta has been around a long time, and it's been compared to Shui's run many times, but it's apples to oranges, you can't use them for comparison, same with the DS gliders, far from the same thing

I agree, far from the same thing, though both are way to fast for my old eyes. And even though it is not the same thing I am still amazed at a glider going 445.

364 mph WOW!! I saw it off the rail then nothing for some time just the Woouss,Woouss then it landed, sorry but it really got boring after the third pass then I fast forward it to the landing.