How fast without taking off?

[Willy Nilly]

If you had a suitable runway and the wings were set to the minimum lift setting, how fast could would an airliner go on land?

[LHRFlightman]

Willy Nilly said:

If you had a suitable runway and the wings were set to the minimum lift setting, how fast could would an airliner go on land?

Whats the head wind component? Take-off weight?

[rs4al]

The tyres are the weak point, iirc they are speed rated to around 200-220 knots, after that....

Edited by rs4al on Thursday 25th February 21:11

[griffdude]

rs4al said:

The tyres are the weak point, iirc they are speed rated to around 200-220 knots, after that....

Edited by rs4al on Thursday 25th February 21:11

Good guess, 225KTS on the 757.

[rs4al]

griffdude said:

Good guess, 225KTS on the 757.

Funnily enough, just done my type rating on the 75 and that is one limitation we didn't need to know !

Even type ratings being dumbed down nowadays...

[pherlopolus]

is it on a conveyor belt?

[Hooli]

Uphill or downhill?

[Kempus]

L = 1/2 ρ V2 x S x CL


Whatever value of "v" gives L = Weight