l2readJebus wrote:
Point of this car is?
we can has proper units not that american old fashioned crap plzkthx?rdx-fx wrote:
Not in most casesSEREVENT wrote:
Yeah... 1000 mph, thats faster than a bullet....
9mm (pistol) = 1000-1400 fps = 818mph average
7.62x51 NATO (military rifle) = 2400-2800 fps = 1773 mph average
300 RUM (hunting rifle) = 2800-3400 fps = 2114 mph average
So, faster than a pistol bullet, sometimes.. but much slower than a rifle bullet.
But, the really interesting bit about that 'car' is that it's doing above Mach 1.0 while on the ground.
Just a little bit of turbulence left uncontrolled.. just a little bit of aerodynamic instability not calculated for = BOOM.
Chuck Yeager had a hard enough time with Mach 1.0 (768mph). This 'car' is supposed to do Mach 1.3 (1000mph)
what the hell are you talking aboutJoshP wrote:
we can has proper units not that american old fashioned crap plzkthx?rdx-fx wrote:
Not in most casesSEREVENT wrote:
Yeah... 1000 mph, thats faster than a bullet....
9mm (pistol) = 1000-1400 fps = 818mph average
7.62x51 NATO (military rifle) = 2400-2800 fps = 1773 mph average
300 RUM (hunting rifle) = 2800-3400 fps = 2114 mph average
So, faster than a pistol bullet, sometimes.. but much slower than a rifle bullet.
But, the really interesting bit about that 'car' is that it's doing above Mach 1.0 while on the ground.
Just a little bit of turbulence left uncontrolled.. just a little bit of aerodynamic instability not calculated for = BOOM.
Chuck Yeager had a hard enough time with Mach 1.0 (768mph). This 'car' is supposed to do Mach 1.3 (1000mph)
Sure. As soon as you manage to state your request in <cough> ENGLISH. Y'know, being from the UK and all, one would think you spoke it or something.JoshP wrote:
we can has proper units not that american old fashioned crap plzkthx?rdx-fx wrote:
Not in most casesSEREVENT wrote:
Yeah... 1000 mph, thats faster than a bullet....
9mm (pistol) = 1000-1400 fps = 818mph average
7.62x51 NATO (military rifle) = 2400-2800 fps = 1773 mph average
300 RUM (hunting rifle) = 2800-3400 fps = 2114 mph average
So, faster than a pistol bullet, sometimes.. but much slower than a rifle bullet.
But, the really interesting bit about that 'car' is that it's doing above Mach 1.0 while on the ground.
Just a little bit of turbulence left uncontrolled.. just a little bit of aerodynamic instability not calculated for = BOOM.
Chuck Yeager had a hard enough time with Mach 1.0 (768mph). This 'car' is supposed to do Mach 1.3 (1000mph)
1 FPS = 0.3048 MPS
And, BTW, we Americans call those old and busted archaic pain-in-the-ass units "English Units". Not because we got them from England, but...
Edit: All the engineering calculations I've ever done have been in SI/Metric units, then converted over to standard American units as the last step.
really, we don't even like them. Slugs, Lbm, Lbf, and a non-base-10 system make for headaches.
Last edited by rdx-fx (2008-10-23 17:48:36)
Quit your moaning, only real men can use imperial measurements.
hmmm..ok
how many g's?
how many g's?