Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc - don't buy it!

Jon Anderson wrote:

> Hugh Prescott wrote:
> >
> > 1 minute later he was still over the airport (at 100K + altitude).
> >
> > Thats impressive!!
>
> Yeah, I'd say 100,000fpm rate of climb would be impressive!
> (was that supposed to be 10,000?)

100,000 FPM is about 1200 MPH straight up. I don't think any
conventional
aircraft can do this.

I believe the time to climb record is still held by the "Streak Eagle",
a stripped-down
F-15 with FAST packs (conformal external fuel tanks) that did a climb to
about
102,800 Ft. in just under 3 minutes. If anybody has beat it with a
turbo-jet or
turbo-fan powered aircraft, I suspect they haven't beaten it by that
much.

Jon