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  2. Tunnel boring machine - Wikipedia

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    Tunneling speeds increase over time. The first TBM peaked at 4 meters per week. This increased to 16 meters per week four decades later. By the end of the 19th century, speeds had reached over 30 meters per week. 21st century rock TBMs can excavate over 700 meters per week, while soil tunneling machines can exceed 200 meters per week.

  3. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph) for the British Spearfish torpedo [64] to 200 knots (370 km/h; 230 mph) for the Russian VA-111 Shkval. [ 65 ] ^ a b Ground effect vehicles (a.k.a. "Wing-In-Ground effect vehicles") are classified as maritime vessels, rather than aircraft, by the International Maritime ...

  4. SOCATA TBM - Wikipedia

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    The TBM 900 saw the adoption of a new five-bladed propeller, specially optimised by Hartzell based upon airflow simulations conducted of the TBM's forward section. According to SOCATA, Hartzell's selection over a similar advanced counterpart from MT-Propeller was made due to the former raising the cruise speed by around 3 to 5 kn (5.5 to 9 km/h).

  5. The world's fastest human-powered vehicle just topped 85 mph ...

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    It might look like a kayak on its side, but that vehicle above has just broken the human-powered land speed record. The pilot, Todd Reichert, managed 85.71mph in his "Eta" speedbike on Thursday ...

  6. Speed record - Wikipedia

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    The distance used for calculating the overall speed record is usually the distance in a straight line. [2] In the case of man-powered races, overall speed record doesn't always reflect the best performance. It is highly dependent on technological advantages generating the speed of the craft, vessel or vehicle. [3]

  7. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    The top speed of the world's fastest roller coaster, Formula Rossa. 90: 320: 200: 3 × 10 −7: Typical speed of a modern high-speed train (e.g. latest generation of production TGV); a diving peregrine falcon—fastest bird; 320 km/h or 200 mph is a parameter sometimes used in defining a supercar. [15] 91: 328: 204: 3.04 × 10 −7

  8. Ben Joyce's 105.5-mph strikeout pitch is fastest ever. Angels ...

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    Ben Joyce's 105.5 MPH pitch is the fastest strikeout pitch in the pitch-tracking era (2008) 🤯 ... He retired with a 3.05 ERA over 209 2/3 innings with 210 strikeouts and 114 walks. Chapman, by ...

  9. Smart #3 review: Fast-charging electric coupe-SUV with a 270 ...

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    Zero to 60 mph came up in a respectable 5.8 seconds, and the Smart #3 never felt short of dynamic ability. Fast charging using the M1 services’ hyper-quick terminals was extremely impressive ...