View Single Post
      12-03-2020, 09:24 AM   #86
racerbruce
Brigadier General
racerbruce's Avatar
3849
Rep
3,004
Posts

Drives: 21 X3 & 13 335is E93
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seattle

iTrader: (1)

Well said -

Quote:
Originally Posted by MKSixer View Post
THIS!!!

Your flight instinct kicks in when you are behind the Top Fuel cars. No other explanation will cover it so appropriately!!
Well said MK -

These statistics do not appear to be possible, but this is telemetry from Top Fuel dragsters:

-0-100 MPH: .75 seconds (yes....3/4 of a second)
-Instantaneous positive 6 G launch
-0-330 MPH: 3.7 seconds
-330 MPH = 488 feet per second
-NHRA limits fuel category cars (cars using nitromethane fuel) to a 1,000 ft track distance; other categories race to a traditional 1,320 ft distance (1/4 mile)
-Instantaneous negative 6 G deceleration when deploying two parachutes and carbon brakes
__________________
Racerbruce
Appreciate 1
MKSixer34171.50