2. Speed record for cars on steam traction belongs to the inspiration car created by English engineers and developed an average speed of 225.06 km / h on the American base Edwards.
3. The speed record for Mallard steam locomotives (wild duck) accelerated to 202.58 km / h on July 3, 1938.
4. Speed record for trains. installed a french TGV which is on this moment the fastest operating train in the world. In April 2007, during testing, he was able to reach 575 km / h. This is for the regular train. If we take into account magnetic levitation trains, then in this category the Japanese JR-Maglev is the leader, which was able to accelerate to 581 km/h.
5. Speed record on rails 9851 km / h - developed an experimental automatically controlled platform with a rocket engine on a segment 15.2 km long on a rocket test site in White Sands, pc. New Mexico, USA, October 5, 1982
6. The speed record for a car of 1228 km / h was set on October 15, 1997 by Andy Green. He did it on Black Rock Desert in a car with a Thrust SSC jet engine. He became the first to achieve supersonic speed in a car.
7. Underwater speed record. The Shkval torpedo missile, adopted by the Soviet Navy in 1977, has a speed of 370 km/h or 100 m/s.
8. The speed record for a boat was set on October 8, 1978 and amounted to 513 km / h. Australian racing driver Ken Warby made it in his backyard.
9. The bicycle speed record belongs to Fred Rompelberg. It looks impossible, but he reached 269 km/h. until in 1995 he was able to accelerate to 269 km / h. The record took place in 1995. He pedaled, having settled down behind the car, which accelerated to the same speed. Thus, he moved in a zone with low aerodynamic resistance.
10. Motorcycle speed record. The fastest motorcyclist is Chris Carr. On September 5, 2006, at the Bonneville salt lake, he set a record of 576.8 km / h. Chris did it on a Streamliner No. 7 equipped with a turbocharged V4.
11. The speed record for an electric car took place on October 15, 2004. Roger Schroer was able to reach the mark of 506 km/h. on a Buckeye Bullet electric car.
12. The record for maximum human speed while running unofficially belongs to Usain Bolt (Usain Bolt) in the best races, he reached 44.71 km / h
13. The speed record for an aircraft was set on July 28, 1976 on a Lockheed SR-71A aircraft and amounted to 3529.56 km / h. The plane was piloted by Captain E.W. Joertz, raised from the Edwards Air Force Base.
14. Human speed record in space. On Apollo 10, the astronauts traveled at 39,897 km/h on their return to earth.
15. The speed record of the spacecraft (240 thousand km / h) was set by the American-German solar probe "Helios-B", launched on January 15, 1976.
16. The most fast fish in the world, the fish is a sailboat. As a result of the experiment, which took place in Long Key (Florida), the test fish was able to accelerate to 112 km / h.
17. The fastest animal Cheetah. His maximum speed can be 120 kilometers per hour. From standstill to a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour accelerates in three seconds, faster than sports cars!
18. The fastest of the birds is the peregrine falcon. It can reach speeds up to 321 km per hour.
Many of us dream of setting our own speed record, but this usually comes with some hurdles, such as paying a speeding ticket. And yes, it's just dangerous.
As for professional racers, they do it in specially designated places under the supervision of professional mechanics, doctors and, of course, representatives of the committee, who, in fact, fix speed records. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the ten most interesting records set both on land and on water.
1. Land speed record
The absolute land speed record was set on October 15, 1997 by Andy Green, an RAF pilot. He did it on the Black Rock Desert with a TurboSSC jet engine. He became the first driver to reach supersonic speed and break the sound barrier. Recall that the speed of sound is 1225 km / h, and Andy was able to accelerate to 1228 km / h.2. underwater speed record
Usually such information is kept in the strictest confidence, since such records are set mainly by submarines, and this is a state secret. Therefore, there is only unofficial data on this subject. In 1965, the American Gato Albacore class submarine showed a speed in the region of 61 km/h or 33 knots. As for our submarines, the fastest at the moment is considered, again according to unofficial data, the Akula-class submarine, which develops a speed of 64 km / h. It is noteworthy that her predecessor, the Alpha-class submarine, could reach speeds of up to 82.7 km/h. 
3. Speed record on a motorcycle
American Bill Warner broke the world speed record by speeding up to 502 km/h on a tuned Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa bike.
For the race, which was held on the 2.4-kilometer runway of the US Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, Wild Brothers Racing prepared upgraded version motorcycle, which is considered the fastest production bike in the world.
The modified motorcycle was equipped with a 1299 cc engine with a Garrett turbocharger. 1000 hp motor (the standard Suzuki Hayabusa has only 197 hp) runs on methanol. One only power unit costs about 160 thousand dollars.
In addition, the motorcycle aerodynamic kit, improved gearbox, clutch, exhaust system, rear suspension and other brakes. Suzuki has also been fitted with BST full carbon wheels, which will soon be available for serial motorcycles, With Continental tires 120/70 front and 240/40 rear.
The previous motorcycle speed record (448 km/h) also belonged to Warner. Prior to this, the record belonged to Dean Sabatinelli, who on a motorcycle managed to reach a speed of 431 km / h. 
4. The fastest boat
In this story the most interesting fact we can say that the fastest boat was built almost "on the knee". Australian racing driver Ken Warby made it in his backyard. And the record itself was set on October 8, 1978 and amounted to 513 km / h. In doing so, he broke his own record set a year earlier. Then the speed was fixed at around 467 km / h. 
5. The fastest sailboat
The fastest sailing ship, or rather a surfboard with a sail attached to it, popularly referred to as windsurfing, belongs to the world champion in this species sport to Fanion Maynard. He set his own record in France in April 2005, beating his own set in November 2004. The first was 86.7 km / h, the new one was 90 km / h. 
6. The fastest catamaran
Led by the French yachtsman Bruno Peiron, the Orange II, only 38 meters long, in July 2006, during the regatta, was able to accelerate to a speed of 51.5 km / h. It is noteworthy that the Orange II team in 2005 on the same ship made trip around the world, which took 50 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes. 
7. The fastest train
In this category, the first place belongs to the French TGV, which is currently the fastest operating train in the world. In April 2007, during testing, he was able to reach 575 km / h. This is about the classic train. If we take into account magnetic levitation trains, then in this category the Japanese JR-Maglev is the leader, which was able to accelerate to 581 km/h. But there is another category - toy trains. The fastest of them can develop up to 10 km / h. 
Japanese train JR-Maglev 
8. The fastest cyclist
Yes, and in this category there are champions. Fred Rompelberg in 1995 was able to accelerate to 269 km / h. It seems unrealistic, but this is a recorded result. He did this by squatting behind the car, hitting the so-called aerodynamic bag. 
9. The fastest steam car
The British Steam Car Challenge project brought together enthusiasts turned (in a good way) on speed and on steam cars. The team first met in 1999 and since then dreamed of a record. At the beginning of August of this year, the first test run took place, and even then it was possible to disperse the British Steam to 210.8 km / h. It turns out that the record of 205.44 km / h, set by Fred Marriott on the Stanley Rocket, which has held since 1906, has fallen. But due to some hitch, it was not officially registered. After that, another race was held on the territory of the Edwards Air Force Base. And what is most pleasant for the creators of the steam car, they managed to overcome their own previous achievement. The new official record is 225.055 km/h. 
10. The fastest electric car
There is an opinion that electric cars are necessarily very slow, but this certainly cannot be said about the Buckeye Bullet. This car is designed and built by Ohio State University students. The record was set on October 13, 2004 at the Bonneville salt lake and amounted to 437 km / h. Apparently, the driver of this car, Roger Schroer, was somewhat dissatisfied with the result, and two days later, that is, on October 15, 2004, he repeated his race and was able to reach the mark of 506 km / h. This figure was recorded in the book of records. 
How fast does a cork pop out of a champagne bottle? Which animal is the fastest on earth? Are speeds faster than the speed of light possible? Today we'll talk about some amazing speed records.
NERVE IMPULSE IN THE HUMAN BODY
They move at a speed of about 90 meters per second.
THE BIGGEST TOY TRAIN SPEED
It is 10 km/h.
THE BIGGEST SPEED IN ANIMALS
The biggest speed in the animal kingdom - 322 km / h. This speed is developed by the peregrine falcon when diving for prey:
WATER MOLECULES
When water boils, its molecules move with speed 650 meters per second.
SLOWEST SPEED IN SPORTS
She was registered on August 12, 1889 - only 1.35 km/h. This sport was tug of war.
GOLF BALL SPEED
The next moment after hitting the golf ball, it speed instantly develops up to 270 km / h.
AIRCRAFT
When the aircraft is moving at 1,000 km/h, then its length increases by one centimeter relative to its rest length.
WINDIEST PLACE ON EARTH
Commonwealth Bay is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and the eighth edition of the National Geographic Atlas as the windiest place on Earth. Moreover - it is located in Antarctica, so forget about short-term gusts of wind, the wind is constantly blowing here at a speed of 240 km / h.
THE SLOWEST MAMMALS
It is a three-toed sloth, it moves at a speed of about 2 meters per minute.
THE FASTEST SPEED RECORDED ON EARTH
Is superluminal speed possible? Probably everyone - even people far from physics - knows that the maximum possible speed the movement of material objects or the propagation of any signals is the speed of light in a vacuum. It is denoted by the letter c and is almost 300 thousand kilometers per second; exact value With= 299 792 458 m/s.
In 2000, Lijun Wong with employees in research institute in Princeton (USA) performed the following experiment. A laser pulse was passed through a chamber 6 centimeters long filled with cesium vapor. The result of the experiment: a light pulse entering a chamber filled with cesium vapor increases its speed by more than 300 times. Thus, the most high speed, ever recorded on our planet, 310 times the speed of light.
THE BIGGEST HUMAN SPEED
The fastest speed ever developed by man is 39,897 km/h. It was reached by the astronauts of the Apollo 10 main module at an altitude of 122 km from the Earth's surface when returning to their home planet.
THE BIGGEST SPEED DEVELOPED BLIND DRIVER
The highest speed developed blind driver - 322.5 kilometers per hour. Driver Hein Wagner accelerated to this speed by Mercedes-Benz car SL65 AMG and managed to keep this speed for a kilometer. With his record, Hein Wagner hopes to draw attention to the problems of blind people. His record was officially recognized by the representatives of the Guinness Book of Records.
READING SPEED RECORDS
The reading speed of a 16-year-old from Kiev Ira Ivachenko - 163,333 wpm with full reading comprehension. This achievement was officially registered in the presence of journalists.
Unofficial reading speed record - 416,250 wpm. The record was set on September 9, 1989 during testing under the direction of the Center in the presence of 20 course participants. Record holder - Evgenia Alekseenko. At the Kiev Center for Brain Research, a special test was prepared for Evgenia, which she underwent in the presence of several scientists. Eugenia read 1390 words in one-fifth of a second - the time it takes to blink. Eugene retells the content of what he read for hours, without missing the smallest details.
Another reading speed record was set by a Russian school student Svetlana Arkhipova - 60,000 characters per minute. The record is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
ABOUT CHILDREN
The highest rate of reproduction in humans is 58 children per year. The record was set by the Sultan of Morocco, Moulay Ismail (reigned from 1672 to 1727), who by the age of 31 had 525 sons and 342 daughters. Moulay Ismail kept 500 concubines.
FASTEST PRINT SPEED
The fastest print speed 2600 A4 pages per minute. The record belongs to the Hewlett-Packard Inkjet Web Press printer. It should be noted that the cost of one print is not more than 1 cent.
THE HIGHEST REEL SPEED
The record for the fastest drumming speed was set on October 24, 1991 by the famous English musician Rory Blackwell. He demonstrated his skills in Finlake Leisure Park, Devonshire (Great Britain). In one minute on one drum, he made 3,720 beats. chopsticks in 60 seconds. That is 62 beats per second! At that time, Rory Blackwell was already 58 years old.
SPEED OF FLIGHT CORK FROM CHAMPAGNE
German physicist Friedrich Balk of the Technical University of Clausthal in Lower Saxony has calculated the speed of a cork from a bottle of champagne. With the help of photoelectric and acoustic devices, the scientist found that traffic jam speed reaches 40 km/h, flight height - up to 12 meters. Theoretically, the speed of the cork can reach 100 km / h, but this is only possible in bottles that have spent a certain time under direct sunlight and were well shaken before opening.
Bluebird Electric speed records
Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world speed record nine times various cars bluebird. On the sandy coast of Wales Pendine Sands, he set the following records:
- On September 25, 1924, Campbell set a record of 146.16 mph in a Sunbeam car.
- On July 21, 1925, he reached a speed of 242.79 km / h, breaking the line of 150 miles per hour.
In the future, Campbell abandoned Sunbeam cars and built cars of his own design.
- In early 1927, Campbell on Pendina Beach (Great Britain) raised the speed record to 281 km per hour.
A year later, Campbell went to the start with the new Blue Bird. There, in Daytona, he set a record of 333 km / h.
- In 1935, at Lake Bonneville, Utah, he reached a speed of 301.12 miles per hour or 484.620 km/h.
Campbell's latest record was set on Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Lake, discovering that the lake's salty surface was not only perfectly flat, but also provided excellent tire grip. Almost all subsequent speed records were set on Bonneville. After that, the already middle-aged Campbell (he was 49 years old) left the sport, however, in 1940 he broke the world water speed record. Campbell's record was 237 km/h.
- His son, Donald, continued the tradition and broke the 400 mph barrier in a Bluebird.
Campbell first appeared on new car BluebirdCN7 to launch in 1960 at Bonneville. And one of the races almost ended in disaster: the car flew into the air at full speed, rolled over and hit the ground. Contrary to expectations, the rider got off light scratches. Having completely rebuilt the Bluebird and attached a high keel to it for better exchange rate stability, Campbell took her to Australia, to the salt lake Eyre, deciding that the Bonneville track was no longer suitable for such speeds. As a result, Campbell managed to break the record only in 1964. It was 403 miles per hour (648 km/h). When designing the machine, Campbell had hoped for much more. But he must have been happy about that, especially since now he was officially listed as the fastest racer on the planet.
- Don Wales now holds the world speed record. He set two American national records and eight UK records. Wells, following Campbell, continued to set records, the first of which was the speed record for a car in 1998.
- In 2009, he set the current speed record for steam car 148 km/h
- In August 2011, Don Wells set a new record - he overcame the milestone of 500 km / h.
In total, 27 speed records were set on the Bluebird car, 9 of them using Castrol oil.
Notes
Links
- Land speed records at the International Automobile Federation website
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