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Old May 23, 2002 | 12:30 PM
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I know this is stupid but has anyone opened the z400 up wide and gotten a top speed reading. Just curious.
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 04:03 PM
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The other day I was watching a commercial jet liner up in the air as I was riding and was keeping pace with it. I think they do around 500mph so I think I was pretty close to that.
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 04:20 PM
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Guido,

Did you remember to factor-in parallax and allow for the Earth's curvature? Sorry, dude, you were probably closer to 350.
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 04:31 PM
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Actually most commercial jet airliners cruise as roughly 550 mph, taking into consideration a 3100 foot cruising altitude and a 33,000 mile earth circumfrence, that translates into a 530-540 earth surface speed depending on your elevation. Wow those z400 are fast!!!!
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 04:37 PM
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good jokes but does anyone know how fast they are
you zuki guys always got some good ones
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 07:32 PM
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There's a simple formula for determining the speed of an ATV after the owner of the ATV tells you the speed.

If the ATV was clocked alongside of Cousin Cletus' pick-up truck then reduce the speed by 30% to get the true number.

If the ATV was clocked using Cousin Cletus' (who is a cop) radar gun then reduce the speed by 20% to get the true number.

If the ATV was clocked alongside of Mom's minivan then reduce the speed to Zero because nobody's Mom would do that that I know of.

If the post of the speed comes from somebody with the words "Blaster" or "Blasta" in the name just laugh and ignore it.

If it comes from somebody owning a GPS it's probably the most reliable number you will get.

Sorry, I don't have a formula for measuring speed by watching an airplane [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 07:55 PM
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LOL, Good ones guys!
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 08:03 PM
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I'd perfer they cruise at about 31,000, instead of 3,100 though......
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 08:07 PM
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who cares about top end
 
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Old May 23, 2002 | 08:09 PM
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would you be happy if your Raptor only went 40mph?
 
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