See What 6,599 MPH *ON LAND* Looks Like!!

[DougGuy]

This is a hypersonic sled traveling 6,599 mph (mach 8.6 = 9,465 feet per second) on the USAF high speed test track at Holloman AFB in New Mexico. Thought you fellas might enjoy this..




https://youtu.be/3qeoH_8jQ5E

[stubshaft]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[shell70634]

Was that Santa's sled?

[DougGuy]

Was that Santa's sled?

Nahh Santa had a Big Block Chevy in his sled, ask Brian Setzer!

[tinsnips]

What is that sled used for?

[chuck40219]

What is that sled used for?

Money hole.

[Nobade]

Faster than a speeding bullet!

[Winger Ed.]

What is that sled used for?

It's a test bed for various things.

There's some cool films of them using it with the front end of different jet fighters to develop and test ejection seats.
But as far as I know, they didn't send them much over Mach 1 for those.
Above certain speeds, the human simulated/stressed dummies had their arms rip off when exiting the cockpit.

[Recycled bullet]

It's too bad the thirty thousand frames per second video is classified[emoji24]

[CFE223]

I wonder what the acceleration would fell like? Awesome video!

Chuck S.

[GregLaROCHE]

Great video. I wish UPS could deliver at a fraction of that speed.

[Shawlerbrook]

Imagine the G forces !

[Half Dog]

Kinda like my truck.

[10x]

That is faster than a private contractor welding truck going to a oil patch job in Alberta.
Impressive

[Rapier]

Nice rail gun.