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  2. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Human-powered submarine: 8.035: 14.881: 9.247: Omer 5: Sebastien Brisebois, Joel Brunet 28 Jun 2007 ISR [60] Ground effect vehicle [a] 350: 650: 400: Korabl Maket "Caspian Sea Monster" Soviet Navy: ca. 1966–1980 (unofficial) [62] Underwater vehicle: There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive ...

  3. Decavitator - Wikipedia

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    Decavitator is a human-powered hydrofoil equipped with pedals and an air propeller that was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It holds the human-powered speed record on water. [1] The vehicle was displayed hanging in the entry lobby of the Museum of Science, Boston until 2015. It is currently in storage at MIT.

  4. Speed record - Wikipedia

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    A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.

  5. Footspeed - Wikipedia

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    Footspeed, or sprint speed, is the maximum speed at which a human can run. It is affected by many factors, varies greatly throughout the population, and is important in athletics and many sports, such as association football , Australian rules football , American football , track and field , field hockey , tennis , baseball , and basketball .

  6. Limitations of animal running speed - Wikipedia

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    Limitations of animal running speed provides an overview of how various factors determine the maximum running speed. Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, pronghorn, race horse and greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds. There is no single determinant of maximum ...

  7. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    Speed of propagation for unmyelinated sensory neurons. 30: 110: 70: 1 × 10 −7: Typical speed of car (freeway); cheetah—fastest of all terrestrial animals; sailfish—fastest fish; speed of go-fast boat. 40: 140: 90: 1.3 × 10 −7: Typical peak speed of a local service train (or intercity on lower standard tracks). 40.05: 144.17: 89.59: 1. ...

  8. Speed skydiving - Wikipedia

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    The speed, achieved by the human body in free fall, is a function of several factors; including the body's mass, orientation, and skin area and texture. [1] In stable, belly-to-earth position, terminal velocity is about 200 km/h (120 mph). Stable freefall head down position has a terminal speed of 240–290 km/h (around 150–180 mph).

  9. Speed - Wikipedia

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    The fastest recorded speed of the Helios probes: 70,220: 230,381: 252,792: 157,078: Recognized as the fastest speed achieved by a man-made spacecraft, achieved in solar orbit. Orbital speed of the Sun relative to the center of the galaxy: 251 000: 823 000: 904 000: 561 000: Speed of the Galaxy relative to the CMB: 550 000: 1 800 000: 2 000 000: ...