The fastest speed in the world: motorcycles, cars, planes, boats

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:40

Perhaps every person wondered what is the fastest speed in the world? It is quite difficult to answer this question, as different people understand it differently. Some imply the maximum speed of a person, others - a car, the third - an airplane. However, below will be presented almost all world speed records set by man.

Land transport record

The land transport speed record was set in 1997. It belongs to the British Andy Green. He, along with his team, was able to build a jet engine (if you can call it that), which was able to develop the fastest car in the world and accelerate to 1,228 km / h.

The racing team is currently working on a new model called the Bloodhound SSC, which could reach speeds of more than 1,600 km/h.

As experts say, if the new model meets all expectations, it will move faster than a bullet. In appearance, the Bloodhound SSC resembles a jet aircraft without wings. And thisno wonder, because the aircraft soldiers are engaged in the creation of the machine.

The fastest man in the world

The fastest man in the world can rightly be called the Brazilian Usain Bolt, who set two world speed records at once: in distances of 100 and 200 meters. During the 100-meter run, Usain reached a speed of just over 37.5 km / h, thanks to which he was far behind his rivals.

Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico were amazed by the results of the athlete and called him a phenomenon in terms of genetics and body structure.

Usain Bolt is 195 centimeters tall, making him a tall athlete. On the one hand, such growth gives an advantage to the athlete, allowing him to take big steps. On the other hand, it causes strong air resistance - scientists have found that about 92% of the energy expended during the race was spent precisely on overcoming the forces of air resistance.

Speed record for electric water transport

The record for the fastest electric watercraft was set as recently as 2017.

The record holder was a boat produced by Jaguar together with Williams Advanced. It is worth noting that Williams Advanced are part of a large corporation, which includes Formula 1. Thanks to this, the new Jaguar Vector Racing V20E boat used technologies and developments similar in structure to elements of racing cars.

At the rear of the boat are two electric motors with a total capacity of 300 hp. with. The weight of the boat is only 320 kg.

To set a new record, the boat had to make two runs in different directions, each of which was given 10 minutes. The speed was recorded on a small section of the route 1 km long. The Jaguar Vector Racing V20E was tested at 142 km/h, nearly 20 km/h faster than the previous record set in 2008.

It is worth noting that this mark is a record among electric water transport. The highest speed in the world on a boat was set by Ken Warby in 1978 - 511 km / h.

Air speed record

The X-43A aircraft was able to develop the highest speed in the world in the air. During testing, the unmanned vehicle showed amazing results. Its speed is 11,230 km/h (the highest developed speed in the world), which is almost 10 times the speed of sound.

The X-43A was developed by NASA. Engineers had to do a lot of research on the supersonic engines that the aircraft was later equipped with. About 250 million dollars were spent on the creation of the apparatus.

The features of the X-43A include its small size. The wingspan of the device is only one and a half meters, and its length is 3.6 meters. A direct-flow supersonic engine was installed on the model, which ran on oxygen-hydrogen fuel. To keep the weight of the machine to a minimum,the engineers decided not to install an oxygen tank on the plane, but to make sure that oxygen was supplied to the engine directly from the air. Thanks to this solution, ordinary water vapor was released during engine operation.

The fastest motorcycle

For the record for the fastest speed developed on a motorcycle, two riders fought at once: Rocky Robinson and Chris Carr.

September 3, 2006, Rocky Robinson set a motorcycle record with a top speed of 552 km/h. After just 2 days, Chris Carr sets a new record - 564 km / h. However, it didn't end there. The teams of both riders began to upgrade their vehicles in order to set a new speed record. The engine power of the new models exceeded 500 hp. with., and they no longer looked like motorcycles due to their large size.

A few years later, or rather on September 26, 2008, Rocky Robinson entered the track and developed a speed of 580 km / h on his motorcycle. A year later, on September 24, 2009, Chris Carr sets a new record - 591 km / h, but Robinson nevertheless set the final point in the competition, dispersing his motorcycle on September 25, 2010 to 605 km / h.

Rocky's motorcycle was able to develop the highest speed in the world among two-wheeled vehicles. His record has not been broken to this day.

The fastest series production machines

It is worth noting a few production cars that are capable of speeds in excess of 400 km/h:

• Koenigsegg Agera (447 km/h - the fastest car in the world). Automobileconsidered the fastest among mass production models. Under the hood, the car has a 5-liter engine, which made it possible to set a record.
• Bugatti Veyron. For a long time (from 2010 to 2017), the Veyron series was considered the fastest in the world, until Swiss models took their place.
• Hennessey Venom. Despite the fact that the Hennessey Venom GT model overcame the threshold of 430 km / h, it was not included in the Guinness Book of Records, since during the test one of the main conditions was not met - driving on the highway in both directions (to exclude the influence of passing wind).
• SSC Ultimate. The manufacturers of this supercar claimed that it could reach 435 km/h, but this data has not been verified, and during testing the car accelerated to 415 km/h.