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Re: How fast was the fastest mecaum?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
He said 20.5 fps free speed, which presumably meant "vehicle speed at motor spec free speed". The reduced actual top speed presumably due to JVN's "speed loss constant".


I was asking about the difference between the school tested speed and field speed. I'm assuming with a bigger runway one would have more time to accelerate than on a real field that has obstacles.
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