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Title: kn to mph
Post by: Mark Johnson on December 24, 2008, 05:53:26
Hi can someone be so kind as to tell what the formula is to convert kn to mph.
just so that i have some idea how fast i am going.

Thanks & Merry Christmas. :-[
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 24, 2008, 06:21:14
1 knot = 1.15077945 mph

So multiple amount of knots to 1.15
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Mark Johnson on December 24, 2008, 07:36:30
Thanks,  ;)
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Agent|Austin on December 24, 2008, 07:48:40
No problem, Merry Christmas.
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: marcstrat on September 12, 2009, 07:13:33
Hoy,
To makes this complete
i put knots to km here to.

1 knots = 1.852 m = 1.8 km
Marc
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Matthew Brown on September 12, 2009, 10:09:13
Or you can take a look here:

www.calculateme.com/Speed/index.htm (http://www.calculateme.com/Speed/index.htm)

You put in the amount of knots you are doing, and it will show you in MPH!
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Traddles on September 12, 2009, 11:40:55
Hi marcstrat,
You should have said 1 Nautical Mile not 1 knot. Simple mistake, but could be misleading. A knot is a velocity, a nautical mile (and a kilometre) is a distance.

Angus.
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: marcstrat on September 17, 2009, 06:28:35
1 Knot = 1.852 Kilometers per Hour

Hoy Traddles,
This how i should wrote it.
Marc
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Eelkon on November 10, 2009, 18:40:23
Knots and mp/h are both the same :P
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: TerryRussell on November 10, 2009, 18:44:33
Quote from: Eelkon on November 10, 2009, 18:40:23
Knots and mp/h are both the same :P

No they're knot.  ;D

But no they're not. A nautical mile is longer than a terrestrial mile. UK miles are different to US miles as well.

1 nautical mile is about 1.15077945 British miles.

So, as Austin said (and I quote):
Quote from: Agent|Austin on December 24, 2008, 06:21:14
1 knot = 1.15077945 mph
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: saltydog on November 10, 2009, 20:10:12
Here's an old "speedometer" for ships..a rope with knots.. ;)
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: Traddles on November 11, 2009, 13:21:57
A nautical mile is the distance subtended on the surface of the earth by an angle of 1minute of arc at the centre of the earth. It actually varies slightly in length due to the fact that the Earth is not a perfect sphere but a spheroid. This makes the poles closer to the centre of the earth than the equator, in turn making a nautical mile at the poles slightly shorter than at the equator. The nautical mile is now a standardised measure somewhere between the two extremes. If you travel due north or south between two latitudes differing by 10 you will have travelled exactly 60 nautical miles.
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: craigster1 on November 08, 2010, 23:59:31
or i could make it easy and say 10 knts is 10 mph and 20 knots is 2 mph and so on
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: The Ferry Man on November 09, 2010, 00:01:34
Quote from: craigster1 on November 08, 2010, 23:59:31
or i could make it easy and say 10 knts is 10 mph and 20 knots is 2 mph and so on

But 10 knots isn't 10 mph...

a Nautical Mile is not the same as a "Ordinary" Land Mile
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: mvsmith on November 09, 2010, 00:55:03
If any of you are considering writing missions for SSE, you will be overjoyed to hear that in many of the conditions and actions you need to enter the speed in meters/second.
No worries, Uncle Marty has provided the hot number in the notes.
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: VirtualSkipper on November 09, 2010, 16:17:15
Quote from: The Ferry Man on November 09, 2010, 00:01:34
But 10 knots isn't 10 mph...

a Nautical Mile is not the same as a "Ordinary" Land Mile

(land)mile: 1609,334 meters
nautical mile : 1852 meters

 ::)
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: larsdehaan on November 14, 2010, 21:47:48
hmm 22 kts= 44 kmh if im correct....
Title: Re: kn to mph
Post by: The Ferry Man on November 14, 2010, 22:04:32
Quote from: mvsmith on November 09, 2010, 00:55:03
If any of you are considering writing missions for SSE, you will be overjoyed to hear that in many of the conditions and actions you need to enter the speed in meters/second.
No worries, Uncle Marty has provided the hot number in the notes.


hi Marty,

not quite relevant to speed I know, but can you set angles in the mission Editor as well? I have ideas about doing a zigzag manoeuvre and possibly a spiral manoeuvre in a mission?