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Title: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: expat on October 23, 2008, 07:51:29 AM: http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=10331024
I think they are mad !!!!
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: trax1 on October 23, 2008, 09:57:06 AM: Wow, going from 350mph to 1050 in 20sec, that's insane.
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: Denholm on October 23, 2008, 10:12:23 AM: WOW! :O
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: Curlew on October 23, 2008, 03:15:28 PM: /sauce
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 06:44:58 PM: He will die.
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: culero on October 23, 2008, 07:07:31 PM: Quote from: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 06:44:58 PM
He will die.

QFT!
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 23, 2008, 07:12:15 PM: Quote from: trax1 on October 23, 2008, 09:57:06 AM
Wow, going from 350mph to 1050 in 20sec, that's insane.

Can the human body withstand the G forces caused by that sudden and dramatic acceleration?

ack-ack
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 07:58:20 PM: Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 23, 2008, 07:12:15 PM
Can the human body withstand the G forces caused by that sudden and dramatic acceleration?

ack-ack

It's only 2.5 G's. The problem is in having a wheel come apart at 800 mph (among 100 other potential things that could go wrong).
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: mietla on October 23, 2008, 08:11:41 PM: Quote from: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 06:44:58 PM
He will die.

Achilles' choice.

"Grow old in obscurity, or die now and become immortal"
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: Masherbrum on October 23, 2008, 10:33:28 PM: Quote from: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 07:58:20 PM
It's only 2.5 G's. The problem is in having a wheel come apart at 800 mph (among 100 other potential things that could go wrong).

Yup. They better quadruple check the lug nuts.
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: Furball on October 24, 2008, 02:26:53 AM: Quote from: eskimo2 on October 23, 2008, 06:44:58 PM
He will die.

These guys really know what they are doing...

I have met both Richard Noble and Andy Green, very nice people. Hope they smash the record.
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on October 24, 2008, 03:58:06 AM: Current record is 766mph, quite an improvement if they reach 1000mph!

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When he hits the brakes, which will slow the car down with two parachutes and an airbrake, the force of 3G could drain the blood from his head causing him to black out.

:rofl

Camo
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: CAP1 on October 24, 2008, 07:55:01 AM: Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 23, 2008, 07:12:15 PM
Can the human body withstand the G forces caused by that sudden and dramatic acceleration?

ack-ack

top fuel drivers experience 6 or 7G's on the starting line.

redbull airracers sometimes experience 1 to 2 seconds of 9G's(no pressure suits)

the Blue Angels regularly experience 8 to 9G's(no pressure suits)

even in a plain old cessna, i think you're somewhere in the ballpark of 2 to 2.5G's if you do a 50 degree bank steep turn at the aircrafts maneuvering speed.

<<S>>
Title: Re: 1000 mph on land !!!!!
Post by: CAP1 on October 24, 2008, 07:57:26 AM: Quote from: Furball on October 24, 2008, 02:26:53 AM
These guys really know what they are doing...

I have met both Richard Noble and Andy Green, very nice people. Hope they smash the record.

you just backed up eskimo's statement. it's always the nice people that die. :noid