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    3.3 Second 1/4 mile Marauder

    So long as that quarter mile is straight down. I figure a Marauder that can manage to keep it's nose pointed straight down has a terminal velocity of about 400ft/sec.

    And any Marauder can do that. Power-adders or not. Even a wrecked one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent M79
    So long as that quarter mile is straight down. I figure a Marauder that can manage to keep it's nose pointed straight down has a terminal velocity of about 400ft/sec.

    And any Marauder can do that. Power-adders or not. Even a wrecked one.
    Ok... that's just sick right there.....
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    This would be Wiley Coyotes Marauder.

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    Must be one on a sling shot!!!
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    Wait a minute here...
    Lets see the math!
    Are we starting from the top of a cliff from zero or starting from terminal velocity then timed over a 1320' distance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyclone03
    Wait a minute here...
    Lets see the math!
    Are we starting from the top of a cliff from zero or starting from terminal velocity then timed over a 1320' distance?
    Terminal to 1320' it looks like


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    My calculations are probably way off, but I'm getting that the car would be going somewhere in the neighborhood of 72mph after accelerating due to gravity for 3.3 seconds. That of course is not considering wind resistance, etc.

    After seeing the NHRA Nationals in Houston live this weekend, those Top Fuel and Funny Cars are going through the 1320 in about 4.5 seconds, and those cars are accelerating a whole lot harder than 9.8m/sec/sec!

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    Though there is some rounding for simplicity in my wacky bench race, 400ft/sec is 24,000ft/min is 1,440,000ft/hour which is 273mph.

    Of course, a big brake kit is not needed for this kind of racing so you could save a little money there.
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    And the rocket powered car I saw last weekend ran a 5.4@290.... wow a Marauder beating a rocket hua?
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    Hmmm.... What I am not accounting for is the time to reach terminal velocity.
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    One thing for sure is that, if you tried this, DefyantWife would be interested in "talking" to you about your time slip. She'd probably even post it for you.... cuz you couldn't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich_Long
    One thing for sure is that, if you tried this, DefyantWife would be interested in "talking" to you about your time slip. She'd probably even post it for you.... cuz you couldn't.
    Heh. If I am behind the wheel terminal velocity will be reach much much faster.
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