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12-18-2003, 03:15 PM | #1 |
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12/18/2003: F1 versus fighter jet
Elspode sent this along. This week the Cellar has sprouted a "girl talk thread" and a "guy talk thread" and here is what should be the ultimate guy talk question. Who would win a race between a Formula 1 race car and a fighter jet? Well, why not line 'em up and find out? Why not put Michael Schumacher, the finest F1 driver, against an Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet for a good ol-fashioned two out of three? And so that's what they did. One each of 600, 900, and 1200 metres. And the jet won, 2 out of 3. |
12-18-2003, 03:33 PM | #2 |
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Now let's see which one can jump over the grand canyon !
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12-18-2003, 04:08 PM | #3 |
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I hate when they do this. It's so stupid...
Jets aren't meant to reach their highest speeds or accelerate as fast as a car. It's like the man vs horse race. Man will ALWAYS beat a horse on a suficiently short stretch. It proves nothing at all...ugh. |
12-18-2003, 04:46 PM | #4 |
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Wow! That's a pretty impressive turning radius considering that you don't have any contact with the ground!
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12-18-2003, 06:51 PM | #5 | |
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12-18-2003, 07:44 PM | #6 |
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Feh!
Put a NHRA drag racer out there and see what happens. |
12-18-2003, 08:33 PM | #7 |
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If a top fuel dragster starts from a full stop at the starting line and you hit the starting line at 200 mph, he'll beat you 1320 feet to the finish.
Unless they radically change the gearing, F-1 cars aren't made for acceleration from a full stop. They make their power in the 14,000 to 18,000 rpm range. |
12-18-2003, 11:14 PM | #8 |
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I think the whole thing was a publicity stunt for the aircraft, actually. I just thought it was sort of fun. Definitely a guy thing.
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12-19-2003, 03:50 AM | #9 | |
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12-19-2003, 07:25 AM | #10 |
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I saw this in a Car and Driver magazine once with an F-15 vs a Mustang or some such American car. I think it was just a ploy used by the magazine scribes to get free rides in a jet.
In this case I think that Elspode is definitely right. "Thursday's event was organized by the Italian defense department and hailed as a demonstration of Italian industry." I'd be willing to bet that Schumacher got a ride too. |
12-19-2003, 05:28 PM | #11 |
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Speaking of Car&Driver, a couple years ago I went out to the mailbox to find the latest C&D with a picture of the latest Ferrari on the cover. As I'm looking at the picture, not 1 but 2 of that model, in red, come by, stop at the stop sign 30 feet away, then blast off up the road. A kodak moment.
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12-20-2003, 10:02 AM | #12 | |
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12-20-2003, 10:26 AM | #14 | |
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12-20-2003, 11:30 AM | #15 |
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Bwahahahahahahhahaha.
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