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by PaulWaldman 722 days ago
Anyone want to take a guess of the terminal velocity of a 737 Max?
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According to this random Quora response: ~250m/s (mach 0.75).

Note this assumes an aerodynamically favorable configuration (e.g. nose pointed down) which is not how planes are typically flown.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-terminal-velocity-of-an-ai...

Way higher than 35 m/s...

Using V = sqrt(2ma/pAC) you'd get:

V = sqrt(2(80000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)/((1.225 kg/m^3)(210 m^2)(0.03)))

V = 451 m/s