Does anyone happen to know which aircraft had the fastest acceleration on take off?
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/victor/images/26811/concorde-and-concordski.jpg
Well Concorde was most def faster than the TU-144, i think its runways speed was around 190mph no idea on the TU-144
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/goose/images/2673/concordes-last-flight.jpg
And far better looking
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/goose/images/2674/concordes-final-flight.jpg
Wasnt the TU-144 limited to Mach 2 where Concorde was Mach 2.2
I think the TU-144 was able to do Mach 2.3 unlimited but Concorde was only(i use that term loosely as it is still extremely impressive) capable of Mach 2.2.
Shame we dont have either of them still gracing the skies. Far better than these eco friendly/pc correct jets these days!
Well the take off acceleration is a result of many factors and of course is decreasing during take off roll.
Just taking into account basic datas such as the power to weight ratio I would say that the Tu144 would beat the Concorde in acceleration at an hypotetic TOW on the base that the Kolesov RD-36-51 was roughtly 20% more powerfull at take off power.
But of course we have no sufficient data to compare the range/payload performances of the two birds at the same TOW....