[Tiara]

Originally posted by Stealth


awww c'mon, you could put a friggin' turtle inside it and it would be going Mach 20 too!

Nope... the turtle would die

And so what if a "human=animal" Tiara?  we all know that, but unfortunately regardless what a human is, it's not the fastest thing on the planet

Human = Wild, out of control, weird ass monkey :D:D:D

[Stealth]

humans would die too i think

how fast is Mach 20 anyway? i don't think man is NEAR that speed... last i heard they were trying to break Mach 4

[Tiara]

From Enceclopedia :

Scramjet (supersonic combusting ramjet) - When the air inside a ramjet exceeds the speed of sound (meaning an aircraft speed of around Mach 5+) combustion fails to occur properly. This is overcome in a scramjet: the inlet is much wider (typically the entire underside of the craft) so the compression is less and the air remains at supersonic speeds. But conventional fuels are unusable at these speeds, so reactive chemicals or gases are used and the design of the jet is much more complex. Like a ramjet the scramjet must already be moving extremely fast before it will start working but, theoretically, speeds in excess of Mach 20 are possible.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Tiara
Mach 5 = Speed of sound

From Enceclopedia :

Scramjet (supersonic combusting ramjet) - When the air inside a ramjet exceeds the speed of sound (meaning an aircraft speed of around Mach 5+) combustion fails to occur properly. This is overcome in a scramjet: the inlet is much wider (typically the entire underside of the craft) so the compression is less and the air remains at supersonic speeds. But conventional fuels are unusable at these speeds, so reactive chemicals or gases are used and the design of the jet is much more complex. Like a ramjet the scramjet must already be moving extremely fast before it will start working but, theoretically, speeds in excess of Mach 20 are possible.

i know, i'm aware of that, but note the word theoretically... theoretically a lot of things SHOULD happen but they don't!

Yeah, i remember when i was building a helicopter reading about Scram and Ramjets... cause i was pondering on whether i should have a jet-propelled helicopter (which don't need a tail-rotor) or not (which need a tail-rotor)

[Tiara]

true...

[Nico]

bah, the turtle wouldn't die, they have mice onboard the space stations, and those things go at mach dunno what, but faster than mach 5

[castor]

The escape speed for Earth is more than 11 km/s.

Back to topic..

I'd be a swift -- had to be _specific_ on that, I'd hate to be something called "a swallow"..
Anyway, they seem to fly with great speed, manoeuvers and humour. Evidently just for fun.

[Carl]

i would be a human, because compared to us, they are animals.

[Sandwich]

Man has surpassed Mach 20 a long time ago. Back in the early 80's, actually. The Space Shuttle, on re-entry into the atmosphere, reaches either Mach 22 or 24, I forget which.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Man has surpassed Mach 20 a long time ago. Back in the early 80's, actually. The Space Shuttle, on re-entry into the atmosphere, reaches either Mach 22 or 24, I forget which.

i know, but that's comparative to the falcon's "falling" ability... we're talking natural speed

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Stealth


i know, but that's comparative to the falcon's "falling" ability... we're talking natural speed

Clarification: People who are remaining on-topic are talking about natural speeds.

[Levyathan]

I'd be a big fat whale.

Drop me from ten miles high and you'll see who the fastest animal on Earth is.

Damn, too late.

[Stryke 9]

Methinks Levythan needs to be introduced to a certain Galileo...

If not a tank, then a face grabber. If not a face grabber, then I don't know what. Most animals kinda get screwed these days by humanity, and none can play computer games that I know of.

[Vertigo1]

I'd be a wolf.  10 minute orgasms baby!  That, and I'd look cool.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by castor
The escape speed for Earth is more than 11 km/s.

Back to topic..

I'd be a swift -- had to be _specific_ on that, I'd hate to be something called "a swallow"..
Anyway, they seem to fly with great speed, manoeuvers and humour. Evidently just for fun.

a swift, with the 'forked' tail?  that's tite!!!


lol Levyathon

[Bobboau]

falcons eat swifts
and not every animal get screwed ove by humanity, for example rats, flys, roaches, tape worms, pigons, any aniamal that can learn to take advantage of us does real good

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Stealth


i know, but that's comparative to the falcon's "falling" ability... we're talking natural speed

Falling = natural...

[Reaper]

Yes... and when a shuttle goes in atmosphere... it falls(with small abount of thrusters)...and humans inside falls also:D It's still faster than falcon!!

[Levyathan]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Methinks Levythan needs to be introduced to a certain Galileo...

Now, don't you look just l33t pointing an elementary physics error in my oh-so-serious post?

[CP5670]

Actually, the speed of the whale would be very slightly faster than something with less mass because the whale's gravity is pulling the planet towards the whale as well, but the difference would not exactly be huge.