Which plane is faster, the Blackbird or the X-43?
I try to find out but for some reason some website saw that the x-43 hasn't been flown yet!
2007-12-10 12:15:33 · 5 answers · asked by Richard 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
X-43: Mach 9.5 (7,546 Mph)
SR-71 Blackbird: Mach 3.2 (2,200 Mph)
Hope this helps
2007-12-10 13:02:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
x-43 has flown twice. first had a booster failure, the second doesn't seem to have good results either.
seems like it was in air for 11 seconds and covered 15 miles. (that doesn't make sense ----- 81 miles per hour? the plane that was carrying the x-43 was going faster than that)
NASA flew a third version of the X-43A on November 16, 2004, achieving a speed of approximately Mach 10
Lockheed SR-71 (blackbird) reaches only Mach 3
wiki
2007-12-10 20:28:32 · answer #2 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a piffle.
The active mechanism in the unit is modeled to be good up to about 87-90 percent of the speed of light.
... and no, that feature does not show up on the diagrams you can view.
2007-12-10 21:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by science_joe_2000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Space Shuttle is the most fastest plane in the world(15,000mph or 25 times the speed of sound or MAC25).
2007-12-10 21:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by ChrisCT 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mercury: 15 miles in 11 SECONDS.
2007-12-10 20:47:09 · answer #5 · answered by Brant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋