You've awoken the fellow mil-geek in me! F-22 Supercruise is stated to be about mach 1.5+ with no external weapons. Top speed over all is listed as "above 1,600mph" or mach 2.42+. link
the Mark VII Iron Man Suit can go, reportedly, as fast as Mach 1.2, but we all know that Stark Enterprises lowballs those figures so as to keep a tactical advantage.
Plus, that speed is with jet pack and boots, it doesn't count when he uses the repulsors in his gloves for the "afterburner" effect.
BB: i stand corrected on the Supercruise. while you quote 'listed' top speed, the actual top speed, which is classified, is believed to be above mach 2.5 (not that there's much difference).
M: so cool. thanks! picked up an IM comic lately and TS had a subsuit that extruded from the hollows of his bones and the main suit was in geosynchrous orbit and bullied down, separated, and put itself on him. whoa!
I may owe you a hat tip, sir. Please take one out of Zenpundit petty cash. ;o)
ReplyDeletenah, i doubt you owe me a hat tip. just wondered if you had seen my take on the trailer :-)
ReplyDeleteYou've awoken the fellow mil-geek in me! F-22 Supercruise is stated to be about mach 1.5+ with no external weapons. Top speed over all is listed as "above 1,600mph" or mach 2.42+. link
ReplyDeletethe Mark VII Iron Man Suit can go, reportedly, as fast as Mach 1.2, but we all know that Stark Enterprises lowballs those figures so as to keep a tactical advantage.
ReplyDeletePlus, that speed is with jet pack and boots, it doesn't count when he uses the repulsors in his gloves for the "afterburner" effect.
/geek
http://www.marveldirectory.com/miscellaneous/ironmanmarkvii.htm
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ReplyDeletefor your convenience: the link above.
ReplyDeleteBB: i stand corrected on the Supercruise. while you quote 'listed' top speed, the actual top speed, which is classified, is believed to be above mach 2.5 (not that there's much difference).
ReplyDeleteM: so cool. thanks! picked up an IM comic lately and TS had a subsuit that extruded from the hollows of his bones and the main suit was in geosynchrous orbit and bullied down, separated, and put itself on him. whoa!