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| [[Tracked vehicle]] land speed record || 82.23 || 51.1 || [[FV101 Scorpion|CVR(T) Scorpion Tank]] || || 2002 || align="left" |<ref>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_fastest_tank_today</ref> |
| [[Tracked vehicle]] land speed record || 82.23 || 51.1 || [[FV101 Scorpion|CVR(T) Scorpion Tank]] || || 2002 || align="left" |<ref>http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_fastest_tank_today</ref> |
Revision as of 10:27, 26 September 2012
The following is a list of speed records for various categories of vehicles.
Land vehicles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/ThrustSSC.jpg/220px-ThrustSSC.jpg)
Category | Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Operator | Date | References |
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Land speed record | 1,228 | 763 | ThrustSSC | ![]() |
15 Oct 1997 | [1] |
Wheel-driven land speed record | 737.794 | 458.444 | Vesco Turbinator | ![]() |
18 Oct 2001 | [2] |
Motorcycle land speed record | 605.697 | 376.363 | Top Oil-Ack Attack | ![]() |
25 Sep 2010 | [3] |
Diesel-powered land speed record | 563.995 | 350.452 | JCB DieselMax | ![]() |
23 Aug 2006 | [2] |
Electric-powered land speed record | 495.140 | 307.666 | Buckeye Bullet 2.5 | ![]() |
24 Aug 2010 | [2] |
Solar-powered land speed record | 88.8 | 55.18 | Sunswift IV | ![]() |
07 Jan 2011 | [4] |
Wind-powered land speed record | 202.9 | 126.1 | Ecotricity Greenbird | ![]() |
26 Mar 2009 | [5] |
Human powered land speed record | 133.28 | 82.819 | Varna Tempest | ![]() |
18 Sep 2009 | [6] |
Tracked vehicle land speed record | 82.23 | 51.1 | CVR(T) Scorpion Tank | 2002 | [7] | |
Lunar Roving Vehicle land speed record | 17.0 | 10.5 | Lunar Roving Vehicle | ![]() |
1972 | [8] |
Railed vehicles
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Rocket_sled_track.jpg/220px-Rocket_sled_track.jpg)
Category | Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Operator | Date | References |
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Manned (rocket sled) | 1,017 | 635 | Sonic Wind No. 1 | ![]() |
10 Dec 1954 | |
Maglev train | 581 | 361 | JR-Maglev MLX01 | ![]() |
2 Dec 2003 | |
Wheeled train | 574.8 | 357 | LGV Est | ![]() |
3 Apr 2007 |
Aircraft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/X-15_in_flight.jpg/220px-X-15_in_flight.jpg)
Category | Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Pilot | Date | References |
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Rocket-powered aircraft | 7,258 | 4,510 | North American X-15 | ![]() |
03 Oct 1967 | [9] |
Manned air-breathing craft | 3,530 | 2,194 | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | ![]() |
28 Jul 1976 | [10] |
Propeller-driven aircraft | 870 | 541 | Tupolev Tu-114 | ![]() |
1960 | [11][12] |
Piston-engined propeller-driven aircraft | 850.1 | 528.33 | Grumman F8F Bearcat Rare Bear (N777L) | ![]() |
21 Aug 1989 | [13] |
Helicopter | 401.0 | 249.1 | Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX | ![]() |
11 Aug 1986 | [14] |
Glider (sailplane) | 306.8 | 190.6 | Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4DM | ![]() ![]() |
22 Dec 2006 | [15] |
Human-powered aircraft | 32 | 19.8 | MIT Monarch B | ![]() |
01 May 1984 | [16] |
Watercraft
Category | Speed (knots) |
Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Operator | Date | References |
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Water speed record | 275.98 | 511.13 | 317.596 | Spirit of Australia | ![]() |
08 Oct 1978 | |
Propeller-driven water speed record | 229.92 | 425.815 | 264.589 | Problem Child | Dale Ishimaru | 21 Apr 2006 | [17] |
Human-powered watercraft | 18.5 | 34.3 | 21.3 | Decavitator | ![]() |
27 Oct 1991 | |
Human-powered submarine | 8.035 | 14.9 | 9.2 | Omer 5 | ![]() |
2007 | |
Wind-powered watercraft | 55.65 | 103.06 | 64.04 | Kitesurfer | ![]() |
28 Okt 2010 | |
Underwater speed record | There is no official speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of military vessels. In 1968, a Russian November class submarine reportedly tracked an American carrier group traveling at 31 knots (57 km/h or 36 mph). Unmanned torpedo speed claims range from 70 to 200 knots (80 mph to 230 mph).[citation needed] | [18] |
Spacecraft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/ApolloX_CommandModule_London.jpg/220px-ApolloX_CommandModule_London.jpg)
Speed records relative to the Earth
Category | Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Crew | Date | References |
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Manned spacecraft | 39,896 | 24,790 | Apollo 10 | ![]() |
26 May 1969 | |
Earth-reentering spacecraft | 46,440 | 28,856 | Stardust probe | (unmanned) | 15 Jan 2006 | |
Earth-escaping spacecraft | 58,536 | 36,373 | New Horizons probe | (unmanned) | 19 Jan 2006 |
Speed records relative to the Sun
Category | Speed (km/h) |
Speed (mph) |
Vehicle | Crew | Date | References |
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Speed relative to the sun | 241,350 | 149,967 | Helios 2 probe | (unmanned) | 17 Apr 1976 | [19] |
See also
Notes
- ^ "FIA Records List Cat. C" (PDF). Federation Internationale de L'automobile. Retrieved 1997-11-25.
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(help) - ^ a b c "FIA Records List Cat. A" (PDF). Federation Internationale de L'automobile. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ New FIM World Record - Bonneville Raceway, Utah (USA), FIM 2010
- ^ [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/01/10/solar.car.world.record/ Solar-powered car smashes speed record, Retrieved January 10, 2011
- ^ "Official measurement report for 2009 North American Land Sailing Association record".
- ^ "Overview of IHPVA speed records".
- ^ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_fastest_tank_today
- ^ http://www.hq.nasa.gov%2Falsj%2Fa17%2FA17_LunarRover2.pdf&ei=CkclUOOvDovo8QSEkICwDw&usg=AFQjCNGod_0E7mDKoiV5th8Q7nP3xdwnGA&sig2=WMVMf6O_YvD4tvdNZk7eVA
- ^ American X-Vehicles: An Inventory X-1 to X-50, SP-2000-4531 - June 2003; NASA online PDF Monograph p.23
- ^ FAI web-site - Accessed 27 Jan 2011
- ^ Tu_114 data from Aerospaceweb Access date: 26 May 2008
- ^ "FAI official database" Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved: 10 January 2012
- ^ National Aeronautic Association Certificate of Record - Crew Access date: 05 March 2010
- ^ FAI web-site - Accessed 27 Jan 2011
- ^ FAI web-site - Accessed 25 Jan 2011
- ^ average speed
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Tyler, Patrick (1986). Running Critical. New York: Harper&Row. pp. 23–26, 34–46.
- ^ Aerospaceweb.org - Accessed 22 Feb 2012