Would you trade in your camaro for this??? - Page 2

MIT'13 · 07-20-2010, 04:05 PM

That vehicle is designed only to be tested on the salt flats in Utah. Judging by the 135,000 claimed HP, I'd imagine it has a jet or rocket engine, and judging by it's body design, probably has a 200 ft. diameter turning circle. Pony car? Hardly. I don't even think car is a suitable term.

timcat4843 · 07-20-2010, 04:06 PM

Camaro is the ONLY pony car that matters!

TXCammy · 07-20-2010, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

At those speeds, he might as well be wearing his birthday suit...

....or will be soon after "take off"

2010-1SS-IBM · 07-20-2010, 10:06 PM

Put a supercharger on it and we could be looking at 200k hp.

All-Or-Nothing · 07-20-2010, 10:52 PM

I guess the thread title was chosen for more views because this has nothing at all in common with any Pony car.

*DGthe3* · 07-21-2010, 12:39 AM

Pony cars can handle reasonably well ... the steering wheel in that car is meant to keep it pointed straight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIT'13

That vehicle is designed only to be tested on the salt flats in Utah. Judging by the 135,000 claimed HP, I'd imagine it has a jet or rocket engine, and judging by it's body design, probably has a 200 ft. diameter turning circle. Pony car? Hardly. I don't even think car is a suitable term.

Actually, it has a jet engine and a rocket engine. It also has an 800 hp V12 engine to run things like fuel pumps.

ComayroLouver · 07-21-2010, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXCammy

....or will be soon after "take off"

+1

Brokinarrow · 07-21-2010, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXCammy

....or will be soon after "take off"

+ 2 - I'd imagine he may have to wear a pressure suit like the fighter pilots wear to keep the blood from draining out of his brain during the run.

Zabo · 07-21-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

+ 2 - I'd imagine he may have to wear a pressure suit like the fighter pilots wear to keep the blood from draining out of his brain during the run.

This I doubt; oxygen yes. But if he's pulling straight line acceleration I think he wouldn't be be pulling more than 2G max. It's the deceleration that could kill him and a G suit can't really protect against that as well as it can protect against positive G-LOC. I don't even think he wore a G Suit in the Thrust SSC runs.

EDIT: I stand corrected. After looking up the car his acceleration will probably exceed 2.5G making a G Suit a requirement. The braking system on the car is insane as well, generating probably 3G.

That boy's gonna need a suit for sure. From Wikipedia

"The task of driving the vehicle will fall to the land speed record holder Wing Commander Green, who will lie feet-first in the BLOODHOUND. As the car accelerates from 0-1,050 mph in 42 seconds, he will experience a force of 2.5g (two and a half times his bodyweight) and the blood will rush to his head.

To slow down, airbrakes will deploy at 800 mph (1,300 km/h) and parachutes at 600 mph (970 km/h). As he decelerates, experiencing forces of up to 3g, the blood will drain to his feet and he could black out. He will practice for this in a stunt aircraft, flying upside-down over the British countryside."

tjbusa · 07-21-2010, 04:53 PM

Only if I had a house out by the bonneville salt flats

*DGthe3* · 07-21-2010, 06:32 PM

merged

2010SLVRBULIT · 07-21-2010, 06:35 PM

manual or auto?

Xanthos · 07-21-2010, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zabo

This I doubt; oxygen yes. But if he's pulling straight line acceleration I think he wouldn't be be pulling more than 2G max. It's the deceleration that could kill him and a G suit can't really protect against that as well as it can protect against positive G-LOC. I don't even think he wore a G Suit in the Thrust SSC runs.

EDIT: I stand corrected. After looking up the car his acceleration will probably exceed 2.5G making a G Suit a requirement. The braking system on the car is insane as well, generating probably 3G.

That boy's gonna need a suit for sure. From Wikipedia

"The task of driving the vehicle will fall to the land speed record holder Wing Commander Green, who will lie feet-first in the BLOODHOUND. As the car accelerates from 0-1,050 mph in 42 seconds, he will experience a force of 2.5g (two and a half times his bodyweight) and the blood will rush to his head.

To slow down, airbrakes will deploy at 800 mph (1,300 km/h) and parachutes at 600 mph (970 km/h). As he decelerates, experiencing forces of up to 3g, the blood will drain to his feet and he could black out. He will practice for this in a stunt aircraft, flying upside-down over the British countryside."

I wonder why they couldn't use a PASG for this. Pneumatic-Anti-Shock-Garment. Its basically a big pair of pants that inflates like a blood pressure cuff. They could artificially elevate his blood pressure in the upper half of his body, which would fight the tendency to pass out on deceleration. I mean, it wouldn't have to be much. Just increase the blood pressure 10-20 mmHg or so.
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motorhead · 07-21-2010, 09:12 PM

Going 1000mph in a giant pencil with wheels is not my idea of a good time.

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