top | item 40822027 (no title) PaulWaldman | 1 year ago Anyone want to take a guess of the terminal velocity of a 737 Max? discuss order hn newest itishappy|1 year ago According to this random Quora response: ~250m/s (mach 0.75).Note this assumes an aerodynamically favorable configuration (e.g. nose pointed down) which is not how planes are typically flown.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-ai... its_ethan|1 year ago Way higher than 35 m/s...Using V = sqrt(2ma/pAC) you'd get:V = sqrt(2(80000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)/((1.225 kg/m^3)(210 m^2)(0.03)))V = 451 m/s
itishappy|1 year ago According to this random Quora response: ~250m/s (mach 0.75).Note this assumes an aerodynamically favorable configuration (e.g. nose pointed down) which is not how planes are typically flown.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-ai...
its_ethan|1 year ago Way higher than 35 m/s...Using V = sqrt(2ma/pAC) you'd get:V = sqrt(2(80000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)/((1.225 kg/m^3)(210 m^2)(0.03)))V = 451 m/s
itishappy|1 year ago
Note this assumes an aerodynamically favorable configuration (e.g. nose pointed down) which is not how planes are typically flown.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-ai...
its_ethan|1 year ago
Using V = sqrt(2ma/pAC) you'd get:
V = sqrt(2(80000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)/((1.225 kg/m^3)(210 m^2)(0.03)))
V = 451 m/s