How fast does a cork pop out of a champagne bottle? Which animal is the fastest on earth? Are speeds faster than the speed of light possible? Today we will talk about some amazing speed records.
The fastest speed in animals
The highest speed in the animal kingdom is 322 km/h. This speed is developed by the peregrine falcon when diving for prey:
water molecules
When water boils, its molecules move at a speed of 650 meters per second.
Nerve impulses in the human body
They move at a speed of about 90 meters per second.
The fastest toy train
It is 10 km/h.
The slowest speed in sports
She was registered on August 12, 1889 - only 1.35 km / h. This sport was tug of war.
Golf ball speed
The next moment after hitting the golf ball, its speed instantly develops to 270 km / h.
Aircraft
When an airplane reaches a speed of 1,000 km/h, its length increases by one centimeter relative to its resting length.
The windiest place on earth
Commonwealth Bay is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and the eighth edition of the National Geographic Atlas as the windiest place on Earth. Moreover, it is located in Antarctica, so forget about short-term gusts of wind, here the wind is constantly blowing at a speed of 240 km/h.
The slowest mammal
It is a three-toed sloth, it moves at a speed of about 2 meters per minute.
The fastest speed recorded on Earth
Is superluminal speed possible? Probably everyone - even people far from physics - knows that the maximum possible speed of movement of material objects or the propagation of any signals is the speed of light in vacuum. It is denoted by the letter c and is almost 300 thousand kilometers per second; exact value c = 299 792 458 m/s.
In 2000, Lijun Wong and colleagues at a research institute in Princeton (USA) performed the following experiment. A laser pulse was passed through a chamber 6 centimeters long filled with cesium vapor. The result of the experiment: a light pulse entering a chamber filled with cesium vapor increases its speed by more than 300 times. Thus, the fastest speed ever recorded on our planet is 310 times the speed of light.
The greatest human speed
The highest speed ever developed by man is 39,897 km/h. It was reached by the astronauts of the Apollo 10 main module at an altitude of 122 km from the Earth's surface when returning to their home planet.
The fastest speed developed by a blind driver
The highest speed developed by a blind driver is 322.5 kilometers per hour. Driver Hein Wagner accelerated to this speed in a Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG and managed to maintain this speed for a kilometer. With his record, Hein Wagner hopes to draw attention to the problems of blind people. His record was officially recognized by the representatives of the Guinness Book of Records.
Reading speed records
The reading speed of 16-year-old Kiev resident Ira Ivachenko is 163,333 words per minute with complete assimilation of what was read. This achievement was officially registered in the presence of journalists.
The unofficial reading speed record is 416,250 words per minute. The record was set on September 9, 1989 during testing under the direction of the Center in the presence of 20 course participants. Record holder - Evgenia Alekseenko. At the Kiev Center for Brain Research, a special test was prepared for Evgenia, which she underwent in the presence of several scientists. Eugenia read 1390 words in one-fifth of a second - the time it takes to blink. Eugene retells the content of what he read for hours, without missing the smallest details.
Another student set a reading speed record Russian school Svetlana Arkhipova - 60,000 characters per minute. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
About kids
The highest rate of reproduction in humans is 58 children per year. The record was set by the Sultan of Morocco, Moulay Ismail (reigned from 1672 to 1727), who by the age of 31 had 525 sons and 342 daughters. Moulay Ismail kept 500 concubines.
Fastest print speed
The highest print speed is 2600 A4 pages per minute. The record belongs to the Hewlett-Packard Inkjet Web Press printer. It should be noted that the cost of one print is not more than 1 cent.
Fastest drumming speed
The record for the fastest drumming speed was set on October 24, 1991 by the famous English musician Rory Blackwell. He demonstrated his skills in Finlake Leisure Park, Devonshire (Great Britain). In one minute on one drum, he made 3,720 strokes with sticks in 60 seconds. That is 62 beats per second! At that time, Rory Blackwell was already 58 years old.
Champagne cork flight speed
German physicist Friedrich Balk of the Technical University of Clausthal in Lower Saxony has calculated the speed of a cork from a bottle of champagne. With the help of photoelectric and acoustic devices, the scientist found that the speed of the traffic jam reaches 40 km / h, the flight height is up to 12 meters. Theoretically, the speed of the cork can reach 100 km / h, but this is only possible in bottles that have spent a certain time under the influence of direct sunlight and were well shaken before opening.
When it comes to high speeds, for some reason everyone immediately thinks of airplanes or cars. But in fact, boats also demonstrate super speeds. In our review - the 10 fastest ships in the world in history.
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1. Soviet submarine K-222
The fastest submarine
Maximum speed: 83 km/h
This submarine was the only ship in its class. She boasted a titanium hull, two 2 × 177.4 MW pressurized water reactors, and two 80,000 MW steam turbines. Horse power. Due to the combination of low mass and high power, the submarine could carry a crew of 82 sailors, 10 P-70 Amethyst anti-ship missiles and 12 533-mm torpedoes at a maximum speed of 44.7 knots.
2. Warship HCMS Bras D'Or 400
The fastest warship
Maximum speed: 116 km/h
This experimental Canadian hydrofoil is one of the fastest ships ever. The Bras D'Or was designed by Alexander Graham Bell and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney gas turbine engines. Unfortunately, the experiment was closed in 1971, and the only ship built was put on display at the Maritime Museum of Quebec.
3. Sailboat Vestas Sailrocket 2
The fastest sailboat
Maximum speed: 120 km/h
120 km/h doesn't sound like much, but for a boat that doesn't have an engine, it's impressive. Sailrocket 2 has broken all speed records in sailing.
4. Yacht World Is Not Enough
The fastest yacht
Maximum speed: 129 km/h
A luxury yacht that can reach speeds of 70 knots - what else is there to add?
5. Cigarette AMG Electric Drive Concept
The fastest electric boat
Maximum speed: 160 km/h
Mercedes-AMG has teamed up with Cigarette Racing to release the world's fastest electric boat. It has 12 electric motors with a total capacity of 2220 hp. with.
6. Pontoon boat Brad Rowland's South Bay 925CR
The fastest pontoon boat
Maximum speed: 184 km/h
The fact that someone has made a pontoon boat that can go up to 184 km/h is insane in itself.
7. Catamaran Spirit Of Qatar
The fastest catamaran
Maximum speed: 393 km/h
The Spirit Of Qatar catamaran uses twin Lycoming turbines with a total capacity of 9000 hp. with.
8. Problem Child
The fastest floatplane in the Top Fuel class
Maximum speed: 422 km/h
Top Fuel class hydroplanes are similar to the Top Fuel dragster, except that they race on water. Eddie Knox's Problem Child is the fastest boat in its class and, like the dragster, it's powered by an 8,000hp Hemi V8 engine. with.
9. Hydroplane Bluebird K7
The fastest seaplane
Maximum speed: 444 km/h
The K7 was the first of the crazy turbine floatplanes that set water speed records seven times from 1955-1964. During his last run, he reached a shocking speed of 444 km/h. Unfortunately, its pilot, Donald Campbell, died in 1967 while trying to reach a speed of 482 km/h.
10. Spirit Of Australia
The fastest boat
Maximum speed: 511 km/h
511 km/h is an amazing figure that is even more impressive when you find out that the "Spirit of Australia" was built by an enthusiast in the yard of his own house. Ken Warby designed the superboat in 1978. Ken Warby's boat speed record has not yet been broken.
Speed motor boat- one of the most important parameters of the vessel. For motor boats purchased for boat trips or service needs associated with fast movement through the water, speed is a decisive factor when choosing a boat + motor set.
What determines the speed of a motor boat
The speed of a motorboat directly depends on many factors that characterize both the boat itself and the state of the environment. Let's take a look at some of them.
The speed of a motor boat depends on the power of the boat motor. As a rule, the power of the outboard motor (in the case of an outboard motor) is limited design features boat hull. Manufacturers claim maximum power and Weight Limit outboard motor that can be installed on their boat. Exceeding these parameters will certainly lead to an increase in the speed of the motorboat, but is unsafe.
The speed of a motorboat depends on the propeller. A properly selected propeller can significantly affect the speed of a motorboat. Most outboard motors for small boats use three-blade propellers. The diameter of the propeller is limited to a small extent by the model of the outboard motor. The most common propeller selection parameter is the pitch. Most often, the pitch of the propeller is measured in millimeters and shows the angle of inclination of the blades. The value in mm indicates how far the screw will go into the dense medium in one revolution. More rarely, the slope of the blades is indicated in mm.
The speed of a motorboat depends on the hull of the boat. The contours of the boat hull, its coating and weight most directly affect speed characteristics motor boats: one boat glides easily on the water, and to make another move, you need to make a lot of effort. The contours of the hull affect the controllability and stability of the vessel, and if the boat hardly keeps the course, it will not be possible to develop significant speed on it, because. It is not safe. From model to model, the speed is affected by the loading of the vessel, the higher it is, the lower the speed.
The speed of the boat depends on the weather. A high wave and a strong wind will not allow the motorboat to show the same speed as on calm water. When measuring real speed, the test results usually indicate not only the loading of the boat, but also the weather conditions in which the tests were carried out. In addition, the direction of the current significantly speeds up or slows down the boat.
How is the speed of a boat measured?
The speed of sea vessels is usually measured in knots, the same applies to motor boats and yachts in many countries. A knot is an independent unit for measuring the speed of a boat, equal to 1 nautical mile per hour. The name of the knot unit comes from the principle of measuring the speed of a ship using a sector log. The measurer lowered a line into the water with a line tied on it after 50 feet (a little more than 15 meters) at the end of which there was a hydrosail or just a float. For 30 seconds, the number of knots passing through the measurer's hand was counted.
For countries with metric system Boat speed is often measured not in knots, but in kilometers per hour. 1 knot is equal to 1.852 km/h. Those. To convert speed in knots to speed in km/h, multiply speed in knots by 1.852.
Electromechanical speed meters of a motor boat worked on the principle of an approximate conversion of the number of revolutions of the propeller and the correspondence of this indicator to the speed of the boat in average weather conditions. 
Nowadays, with the development of satellite navigation, the speed of motor boats is measured by navigation instruments. This is one of the most accurate principles for measuring the speed of motor boats.
Cruising speed of the boat
The cruising speed of a motorboat is the speed with minimal fuel consumption. Usually cruising speed is achieved in the middle range of the motors. The cruising speed of a motorboat is almost always below the maximum speed. However, fuel consumption can vary significantly. For clarity, when specifying the characteristics of motor boats, such a parameter is introduced as the number of kilometers traveled per liter of fuel. For sailing yachts, the term is often used average speed, because a sailboat is often forced to tack.
Water speed records
The fastest motorboat so far remains the Spirit of Australia, which on October 8, 1978, under the control of Ken Warby, showed a speed of 317.596 knots or 511.11 km / h. 
It is still considered the fastest sailboat. At a speed of 65.5 knots, she covered the 500-meter section on November 28, 2012.
The fastest electric boat is the Cigarette AMG Electric Drive. It was built by Mercedes-Benz engineers and can accelerate to 160 km / h, while acceleration to "hundreds" occurs in just 3.9 seconds.
Motor boats common in Russia, depending on the size and power of the motor, have top speed from 40 to 90 km / h, while the average speed of movement on water on a motor boat is from 25 to 50 km / h.
Throughout history, mankind has striven to surpass itself in movement in different environments.
New record speed on the water was set by a Vector V20E electric boat. To achieve this result, the boat had to accelerate to 142.6 km / h in two 1 km sections, which were allocated on the British lake Coniston Water.
What characteristics does the new electric boat have?
To break the world speed record of 123.6 km/h, the Jaguar Vector team had to work hard throughout 2017. During this time, engineers upgraded the speedboat to electric. As a result of the work, the craft received the following parameters:
- electric motor power - 250 hp (190 kW);
- battery capacity - 54 kWh;
- weight - 320 kg.
More detailed characteristics have not yet been disclosed, it is only known that hardware elements that are used in Formula E racing cars have been used in the design. In many ways, it was thanks to these components that the ship was able to demonstrate high-speed capabilities.
How was the ultra-fast boat designed?
To set a speed record, members of the Jaguar Vector team, as well as a technical partner, Williams Advanced Engineering, worked together on the development. The specialists of this company designed the battery and control system power plant for Formula E competitions. Only electric race cars participate in this championship.
The result of joint cooperation turned out to be very outstanding, and not only from a sports point of view. The head of the team, Malcolm Kreese, noted that he was very pleased with the successful completion of a long and painstaking work. He hopes that the achievement will serve as an additional impetus for the development and popularization aquatic species transport with an electric motor. The development will help not only to minimize the cost of delivering passengers and cargo along water routes, but also to the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
As part of our story about the record hot rod that will try to break the speed record in Bonneville, we went to the USA to inspect its engine. Along the way, we visited the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) museum and decided to remember the history of setting speed records.
Only having appeared, the car became a source of pride and a reliable way to get a good dose of adrenaline. Each owner wondered if he could overtake a horse or at least leave his neighbor's car behind. Moreover, the rules of the road were still in their infancy at that time, and it was much more difficult to lose your license for dashing driving than it is today. So they drove anywhere.
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In 1770, in Paris, a steam-powered tractor developed an incredible speed of four kilometers per hour, and in 1803 Richard Traviti (again, on a steam engine) developed either eight or nine miles per hour (about 13-14 kilometers per hour). hour) - the exact figure did not go down in history. But these were records in words, which were told to friends over a glass of tea. And the first officially recorded record was set on the Janto electric car in 1898: it amounted to 63.14 kilometers per hour.