Boeing 767 Low-altitude Top Speed Options

[Guest_Ningen_*]

Does anyone know how fast a Boeing 767 can fly at low altitude? The top speed at cruising altitude is over 500 mph, but I've heard the following about flight at 700 feet altitude:

The power plant will max out at 330 mph.

The plane will begin to shake itself apart at over 220 mph.

At 700 feet altitude, the air is so thick that if you go too fast you max the rotation of the turbines, the engines can't suck in air, and the engine starts acting as a brake.

Does this make sense?

Where could I get more detailed information about flight limitations (or whatever you call it) of the Boeing 767?

Thank you.

This post has been edited by Ningen: Sep 2 2007, 04:19 AM

[rob balsamo]

Well

It would seem for the 707 used in the 1984 nasa cid test.....

To exceed A 17 feet per second descent at 150 knots would probably have endangered the aircraft...

That is a drop test. eg. to test aircraft durability upon landing at 17 fps vertically.

Here is an F/A-18 being tested...

Is it possible to soup up and/or reinforce a stock 767 or 757 so that it exceeds the relevant limits?

Of course.... anything is possible... (IMG:http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[tnemelckram]

Hi Rob!

Of course.... anything is possible... (IMG:http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I like the general view of this Board that opinion, speculation and possibilities may not be objectively provable and thus sparingly expressed. I try to conform but sometimes I go the other way. That's because one person might raise a possibility and another get an idea on how to back it up objectively, and when that is done then you have something to addd to the list of things that warrant a new investigation.

If it ever gets that far, I don't think the investigation should establish what the general looked like flying the plane, but I'd like to know. I picture General Turgidson or Ripper, or a mix of the two. With a cigar clenched between his teeth. But that image is lost to history, just like the parts that might prove that the plane had been souped up..

This post has been edited by tnemelckram: Jan 25 2009, 04:20 PM