Random dragster stuff

[Lloyd]

Just flicking throguh random stuff on the net (as you do) and came across a rocket powered dragster named Vanishing Point from 1984.

0-60mph in 0.2 sec
0-100mph in 0.5 sec
1/4 mile figures of 3.58 @ 386mph

Website has (had) a vid but sadly its now a 404. Anyone got a copy of it?
Just having a hunt for a bit more info on it.

[Brick]

OMFG tht shit wud rock! fcuk chicks i wud rather that! imaging the G's

[snwtoy]

:o OMFG tht sh*t wud rock! fcuk chicks i wud rather that! imaging the G's

Speak english?

[Brick]

:o OMFG tht sh*t wud rock! fcuk chicks i wud rather that! imaging the G's

Speak english?

im stll lst 4 wrds! sex on wheels mmmm

[Silent Knight]

I'm sorry but I find it rather hard to believe that, that car can cut a quarter in less than 4 seconds and reach 60mph in 0.2s.

That would mean that it's like 10x faster than the Veyron...

[Akane]

:o OMFG tht sh*t wud rock! fcuk chicks i wud rather that! imaging the G's

Speak english?

Oh, in the name of god, that automobile would be very nice to be in posession of. Let's disreguard the females, instead I would like to be in posession of said vehicle. Please try to imagine the G Force this vehicle exerts onto you.

[Inane]

I'm sorry but I find it rather hard to believe that, that car can cut a quarter in less than 4 seconds and reach 60mph in 0.2s.

That would mean that it's like 10x faster than the Veyron...

yes it would.

I dont know whether its accurate or not,

but rocket engines can be powerful enough to do that (hell the infernal combustion engine can do low 5 second quarters)

and rocket powered cars dont need to worry about traction when launching... as such.

[Alex B]

and rocket powered cars dont need to worry about traction when launching... as such.

Psssh seams you know NOTHING about jet engines. Batmans old skool (1960's) car was jet powered and it did skids

[Malcolm]

internal combustion engine can actually manage high 4 sec 1/4 miles, with approx. 8000hp

no reason why a big arse jet engine couldn't get you there faster, but 20 years ago a 3.58 would've been unheard of. I wonder if that was a flying 1/4, rather than standing?

[Malcolm]

As racers became smarter, the speed barriers fell: 260 mph toppled in 1984; 270 in 1986; 280 in 1987; 290 in 1989: and the magic 300 mph barrier fell before the wheels of former Funny Car champion Kenny Bernstein on March 20, 1992. Just seven years later, Tony Schumacher became the first to top 330 mph in February 1999, in Phoenix, Ariz. Drag racing has not been the same since.

[sergei]

Technically speaking you could make turbine powered car to skid...
Helicopter turbine through gearbox will make it possible.

[Malcolm]

Santa Pod's resident Jet Car driver, Martin Hill, put in a stunning pass in the "Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car", on the throttle all the way down the track and clocking a 5.793 second run at 336.10mph which is the fastest quarter mile terminal speed by a Jet-powered drag racer ON THE PLANET!

[slonlo]

http://www.au004a2814.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/miller.html

has video that works

http://www.eurodragster.com/news/sammy_miller_tribute/

[saft]

Santa Pod's resident Jet Car driver, Martin Hill, put in a stunning pass in the "Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car", on the throttle all the way down the track and clocking a 5.793 second run at 336.10mph which is the fastest quarter mile terminal speed by a Jet-powered drag racer ON THE PLANET!

but vanishing point was a rocket, not a jet afaik

[DeeCee]

if the website is a 404 and you know the website address try this:

http://www.archive.org/

[Malcolm]

ah ha! I failed to make the distiction between the two. Yes I imagine anything that can propel many tonnes of space shuttle off the planet could do crazy things in a little drag car!

[TrouserFxGt]

If you are interested in fast rocket cars then do a search for Kitty O'Neil and Ky Michaelson.

A car that he built and she 'piloted' in 1977 did a 3.22 at 396mph. Same car did a 412mph run aswell.

[barryogen]

:o OMFG tht sh*t wud rock! fcuk chicks i wud rather that! imaging the G's

Speak english?

Oh, in the name of god, that automobile would be very nice to be in posession of. Let's disreguard the females, instead I would like to be in posession of said vehicle. Please try to imagine the G Force this vehicle exerts onto you.

lol-a-saurous, roflcopter and other amused like sounds, that was funny.

[Chickenman]

You guys know how easy it is to make a peroxide rocket?



A guy I work with has made a few... not for the faint hearted though

The simplest rocket is the monopropellant rocket. It works in the following way:

* The liquid hydrogen peroxide is fed with high pressure from a tank to a chamber filled with a decomposition catalyst.
* The decomposition catalyst causes the hydrogen peroxide to decompose into water steam and oxygen. Heat is released by the reaction. The temperature of the formed gas mixture is about 650 oC.
* After passing through the catalyst chamber the hot, high pressure gas mixture is released through a rocket nozzle.
* The velocity of the gas flow after the nozzle becomes well over 1000 m/s and gives the rocket a considerable reaction force thrust.

Replace the word "catalyst" with silver mesh and Bob's your aunty.


You can ever squirt some more fuel in at the end of the nozzle for AFTERBURNER POWER .



Please don't try it at home with a baked bean tin/silvermesh/peroxide - Could get messy.

[Brick]

Please don't try it at home with a baked bean tin/silvermesh/peroxide - Could get messy.

i think i did a similar thing when i was younger, abit safer though
was still a good bang and good to watch stuff fly