I would love to have a genuine explanation for this marvellous application of whatever the bloody hell it is.
It’s 2.3 and how does it go 800kmh when it rips at 720?
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If you mean the Curtiss P-66, it’s a pretty bad plane.
This depends on altitude - i reached 990 kmph IAS in the P-47 D-28 a few days ago - despite the old wiki states a rip speed of 885 kmph.
I was going 750 plus and this thing was on my shit.
Another complaint thread on a non-issue?
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It doesn’t, at least not with IAS which you specified.
You can reach higher IAS values only because there is slight RNG with wing destruction. Basically once you go above the IAS rip speed, there’s a chance your wings break, and it likely is higher the faster you go.
IAS and TAS are by no means similar.
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Dunno, I’ve had a Harrier closing on me hundreds of meters per second on the deck when I was doing over 1600kph IAS… harriers wing rip speed is 1460kph IAS… insert " I have X thousand hours and never seen a cheater" 🤣🤣
no it doesn’t because its IAS, IAS is determined but the air pressure on the wing, at higher alt the air pressure is lower (atmosphere is less dense) resulting in lower IAS despite SOG (speed over ground) being the same, wings are ripped by the air pressure exceeding the structural limit, that is the same pressure that is measured for IAS, so no IAS rip speed dont depend on alt, however that’s where mach limit comes in as mach is slower at alt than at ground level meaning that sound waves compress onto the airframe at lower speeds at altitude then they do at sea level.