Shark actual speed: 290 km/hour by 5500 rpm Print
Written by Jaroslav Dostál   
Friday, 04 December 2009 01:00

Shark

Shark was today first time flying with undercarriage retracted - still without wheel doors, powerplant fine adjusting and with checking cameras mounted, by 5500 rpm of Rotax 912 ULS and Woodcomp 3000 2W propeller ... reached 290 km/hour - according to GPS...

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Actual official world F.A.I . speed record for this category and 100km circle is 268,4 km/hour ( VL3 of Kábrt brothers )

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... and we hope after there will be finished all prepared, our baby can be next little bit faster.

300 km / hour is so near ...

Many thanks to our aerodynamicists!

And here is another flight picture in high-resolution (click on image) :

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