SpeedrooHow fast does the tip of a cracking whip move?
808 mphAbout 1,300 km/h · Jet
Faster than sound, over 760 mph (1,200 km/h). The crack is a tiny sonic boom.
That's about 23 times a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).
🤠808 mph
🇩🇪the autobahn
By speed: a whip crack is about 10× faster than the autobahn.
Things about as fast
- How fast is sound at airliner cruising height?660 mph
- How fast do the Blue Angels fly?700 mph
- How fast did Chuck Yeager fly to break the sound barrier?700 mph
- How fast was ThrustSSC?763 mph
- How fast is the speed of sound?767 mph
- How fast does New York City move as Earth spins?789 mph
- How fast is the fastest subsonic airliner flight?825 mph
- How fast did Felix Baumgartner fall?844 mph
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