On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:17:33 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
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"peter wezeman" wrote in message
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Scott Ferrin wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:10:03 +0100, Ralph Savelsberg
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Scott Ferrin wrote:
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Should be interesting. Hopefully the video clip will be out there to
find. I've got the one from Ripley's where an F-16 took on the
latest
and greatest, top of the line, Dodge Viper. The Viper (car) won to
the quarter mile mark but the F-16 overtook it and won to the half
mile mark. (I think a clean, low fuel load -229 F-15E might beat it
in the quarter though IMHO). I've also got a clip of a Hornet
getting
it's ass handed to it by a Formula 1 race car (what were they
thinking) and I've seen a clip of a Mig-29 getting beat by what
looked
like a teenager's muscle car. No a REAL muscle car not today's rice
burner wannabees. Looked like a jacked up in the back Nova with the
big wide tires on the back.
The US navy reportedly once pitted an F-14 against a hot-rod (for some
Hot Rodders magazine) and won,
which was somewhat unfair since the Tomcat used a catapult ;-)
If they used a top fuel dragster it would be close even if the Tomcat
used a catapult. Come to think of it the dragster might win.
I seem to recall that a top fuel dragster accelerates at 2 to 3 Gs;
anyone have better info?
A little calculation can sort this out.
The record the 1/4 mile is about 5.2 seconds and tops out
at around 280 mph or approx 410 feet per second
I'm almost positive they've busted 300 mph and five seconds.
Uh. . .yep
http://www.lvms.com/news/news_flash/352029.html
TOP FUEL DRAGSTER QUALIFYING
1. Doug Kalitta 4.499 sec.*/332.10 mph
2. David Baca 4.528 sec./320.36 mph
3. Larry Dixon 4.537 sec./332.75 mph**
4. Brandon Bernstein 4.557 sec./325.77 mph
5. Tony Schumacher 4.604 sec./304.53 mph
6. Darrell Russell 4.614 sec./319.29 mph
7. Doug Herbert 4.622 sec./284.62 mph
8. John Smith 4.643 sec./307.37 mph
9. Rhonda Hartman-Smith 4.648 sec./323.66 mph
10. David Grubnic 4.678 sec./303.50 mph
11. Paul Romine 4.686 sec./315.78 mph