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Originally Posted by BigJon
1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.
It always amuses me when people say something like they were doing "45 knots per hour". My response is the acceleration must have been pretty good, what was the top speed?  . I usually only get a blank look in return  . |
Haha yeah, I heard someone say that at an aircraft museum. Tour guide went ape sh.t
But I need acceleration in metric to understand the "joke"....
45 knots per hour
= 45 nautical miles per hour squared (per hour per hour)
= 83,340 metres per hr^2
= 23.15 m/s^2. (Did I get this right)