"Now that's what you call a drag race: Formula One..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 Mar 2014 10:16 p.m. PST |
… race car takes on F-18 Hornet fighter jet. "Few vehicles can keep pace with a Formula One race car over any distance but here's one that may be in with a shout.
Reigning F-1 champions Red Bull lined up their latest driver Daniel Ricciardo alongside a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet for a spectacular drag race.
The event was held at a military airbase near Melbourne ahead of the Australian Grand Prix so Aussie driver Ricciardo was the obvious choice to get behind the wheel…"
Full article here.
link Amicalement
Armand |
| Mako11 | 13 Mar 2014 10:54 p.m. PST |
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| MongooseMatt | 14 Mar 2014 2:48 a.m. PST |
Top Gear did something similar with a Eurofighter; YouTube link |
| David Manley | 14 Mar 2014 4:03 a.m. PST |
Top Gear dd something _better_ with a Eurofighter :) |
| Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 14 Mar 2014 10:56 a.m. PST |
The top gear one is epic. |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 Mar 2014 2:03 p.m. PST |
Can we at least get a comparison within the same order of magnitude of horsepower? it's roughly 2hp per lb of thrust (and that itself varies), so those 40,000lb thrust fighters are pushing something like 80,000hp! So how about a nice race between a thousand horsepower P51 (or Me109) and that thousand horsepower Veyron? |
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