Sighthounds top speeds

[crorider 174]

Always wanted to know accurate stats but cant find any, apart from greyhounds whippets and salukis although i dont know how accurate these actually are. I know of someone that has used a radar gun to measure the speed of his track greyhounds and also seen a tv program of one being used on cheetahs. Has anybody out there ever managed to measure the speed of their sighthounds or even other breeds used in the make up of a lurcher?

 

cheers

[johnny 2 367]

My whippet was clocked doing 37 in a thirty the other day.Cost me 3 points and £60 fine

[bryanm45 787]

My whip round a track does 460mts in 34 seconds which works out at just over 30mph but that includes 3 bends so might be only a little bit quicker in a straight line not that she backs off much around a bend.

 

[crorider 174]

My whip round a track does 460mts in 34 seconds which works out at just over 30mph but that includes 3 bends so might be only a little bit quicker in a straight line not that she backs off much around a bend.

with the take off speed being 0mph taking a good 6 or 7 strides to be at full speed, the bends as you menioned and the fact that its over 460 meters i spose youd have to assume her absolute top speed would be a fair bit higher than that. according to anything you read online salukis are about 5mph faster than whippets, not sure if i beleive this Edited December 18, 2012 by crorider

[bryanm45 787]

Realistically I expect she would get around 33 - 35mph as she's only 18"tts some of the bigger dogs will be a lot quicker

[riohog 5,721]

top salukis will do 480mtrs between 31 /32seconds if seen them do it in germany on an oval track

[Pikachu 28]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

Edited December 18, 2012 by Pikachu

[graham4877 1,181]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_distance_time_calc.html

 

around 36mph

[Pikachu 28]

Thanks for the quick reply Graham4877, and also for the useful link

[graham4877 1,181]

Thanks for the quick reply Graham4877, and also for the useful link

no bother mate!!

[Pikachu 28]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

http://www.machinehe..._time_calc.html

 

around 36mph

 

This is the little guy who can run approx. 36mph, Chartpolski may recognise him?

[johnny 2 367]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

http://www.machinehe..._time_calc.html

 

around 36mph

 

This is the little guy who can run approx. 36mph, Chartpolski may recognise him?

Do you lamp him aswell?

[Pikachu 28]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

http://www.machinehe..._time_calc.html

 

around 36mph

 

This is the little guy who can run approx. 36mph, Chartpolski may recognise him?

Do you lamp him aswell?

Nope, never tried him on the lamp, mainly just racing and a bit of general mooching .

[Ausnick 190]

on the quad when my dogs were off after something yesterday on one of our lanes, i was riding 72kph with them, I don't know if the wheels had full traction though.

[johnny 2 367]

What would be the average speed of a dog be if it completed 247m in 15.15? I'm hopeless at maths and was hoping someone could help me out? Thanks

http://www.machinehe..._time_calc.html

 

around 36mph

 

This is the little guy who can run approx. 36mph, Chartpolski may recognise him?

Do you lamp him aswell?

Nope, never tried him on the lamp, mainly just racing and a bit of general mooching .

Can't say fairer than that In that order Edited December 19, 2012 by johnny 2