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I'm curious - how fast can a Zeppelin go? How slow can a bi-plane fly? "Match speed" seems like a thing that's really easy to write and much harder to actuall
by MikeTheGreat 2y ago
I'm curious - how fast can a Zeppelin go? How slow can a bi-plane fly?
"Match speed" seems like a thing that's really easy to write and much harder to actually do :)
- scarby2 2y agoTwo random samples I just happened to pick: the graf Zeppelin had a top speed of 80 mph and a Sopwith camel (biplane) had a stall speed of 48 mph. As far as I have read this was not an easy process generally, however aborting and trying again would be fairly easy as you're nowhere near the ground and have plenty of time to recover.
- yourusername 2y agoStall speed for a biplane can be quite low. A AN-2 about 35 knots which means with a stiff headwind you can appear to be flying backwards