How fast can a receipting plane engine fly?

How fast will a receipting plane go and how high?|||528.33mph





56,047ft|||We think you mean "reciprocating." Teacher says look it up in the dictionary and then write it 200 times on the blackboard.





High performance radial engines have powered modified WWII fighter aircraft at speeds in excess of 500 MPH in level flight.|||Reciprocating engine.|||Propeller planes are restricted by the speed of sound. This is because the propeller tips cannot go faster than sound, as well as the aircraft wings. The fastest propeller planes are unlimited air racers. They are limited by being propeller driven and piston powered. Pistion engines are also called reciprocating, because they go up and down. Jets go round and round.|||The fastest reciprocating engine aircraft are modified WW2 fighters with several thousand horsepower, they can reach over 500mph at sea level.


Most reciprocating engined aircraft have extremely limited ceilings, usually between 15-20k ft, but with the addition of a turbo or supercharger they can sustain altitudes above 40k ft, but at such a high altitude the aircraft must be pressurized, so most reciprocating engine aircraft would not be able to fly that high even if they were turbocharged because the pilot could not survive.


If you want to see some fast reciprocating engined planes, look for the reno airracing association, they have all the worlds fastest planes, inluding the formula 1 class, which can reach 260mph with only 100hp.