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Old June 12th 18, 09:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bruce Hoult
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Default Fastest Speed OLC ever recorded? Flown by Tito during Sierra waveflight 6-09-18.

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 10:57:06 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 10:44:01 AM UTC-5, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3....l?dsId=6514812

Flight details
Points for the flight 279.92
scoring distance 783.79 km
Speed 313.51 km/h
Duration 02:30:00
Scoring class double
Scoring start 23:56:30
Scoring end 02:56:45
Index: 116.0
Club Perlan Project
Date of claim 10.06.2018 03:26:24

Best. Tom #711.


So how did they get around the plane's VNE of 280 km/h? Can't be a tailwind because the trace shows speeds of up to 380 km/h going both Northbound and Southbound.


What do you mean by "get around"? Just push the nose down further.

Vne is just a number on the placard which the manufacturer makes every effort to prove is safe in a wide rage of circumstances. There is nothing to say that a higher speed will break the plane. And you're not going to get a speeding ticket or something.

I've heard the owner of a glider manufacturer tell a pilot at the worlds that a particular glider model should be fine to take 20% past Vne.

You just need to be aware that if you go past Vne you're a test pilot.

People do exist with the experience and knowledge and judgement to be test pilots.

I'm not one of them.