Airspeed vs Groundspeed

[Baxter012]

How do you stop being restricted to only 350 knts and under. I see a lot of others going much faster PLZ HELP

[Nathan]

You are looking at their ground speed. No aircraft should be traveling 350kts IAS/~M.92 at any point in their flight. It’s highly unrealistic and is way too fast.

[Justin_Chan]

350 knots is you KIAS. You see others’ ground speed, your ground speed should be much faster than 350 knots too!

[Nate_Schneller]

If you want to know where you can find your Ground Speed, it’s circled, FYI.

[AndrewRG10]

Understanding different types of speeds

There are 4 different types of speed we are going to be covering in this tutorial. Indicated airspeed (IAS) True airspeed (TAS) Ground speed (GS) Mach speed (M) Indicated airspeed (IAS) [image] Indicated airspeed is what we see inside the plane. This is how we judge when to rotate, when we are approaching a stall. Or any other critical flight dynamic. There is also such thing as Calibrated airspeed (CAS) which is IAS corrected for Installation errors. We don’t have that in IF, but dur…

Enjoy this excellent tutorial

[DeerCrusher]

Take a look at this wonderful tutorial created by Brandon. He did an excellent job describing the various terms and speeds you’re in question about.

Understanding different types of speeds

There are 4 different types of speed we are going to be covering in this tutorial. Indicated airspeed (IAS) True airspeed (TAS) Ground speed (GS) Mach speed (M) Indicated airspeed (IAS) [image] Indicated airspeed is what we see inside the plane. This is how we judge when to rotate, when we are approaching a stall. Or any other critical flight dynamic. There is also such thing as Calibrated airspeed (CAS) which is IAS corrected for Installation errors. We don’t have that in IF, but dur…

[Mags885]

Read those tutorials and you’ll understand. Also worth noting that only the fast jets can handle speeds in excess of 350kts.