Jet Powered Mini Crash
05-31-2015, 08:10 PM
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Jet Powered Mini Crash
OMG, this jet powered Mini takes off and goes into mega understeer mode right through the Armco!
06-01-2015, 01:47 PM
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Burning Brakes
Reminds me of the time I met Turbo Turner. I was standing in a lift line in the back bowls of Vail. There was a large athletic-looking guy in front of me wearing a nomex racing suit. He was using a monoski (looks like a snowboard but narrower with traditional ski boots set side-by-side and facing forward.) There was a large science-project type of device attached to the back of the ski. The device had a wiring harness that ran up to the grip of one of his ski poles. Needless to say, I had to ask WTF!? The answer? "Solid rocket fuel, man!" He installed the jet pack for a pro ski race in Europe with a Chinese style, everyone on one huge starting line at once free-for-all start on fairly flat ground. It's a long course and there are no limits on the type of equipment you can use. His plan was to burn the fuel at the start and beat the pack to the steeper section of the course. His first attempt resulted in him spinning on the ground uncontrollably while getting badly burned until the fuel burned out. Hence the move to nomex. And some people think driving on a race track is crazy?
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06-01-2015, 04:38 PM
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Three Wheelin'
Reminds me of this ... http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html. Probably not true, but sure is amusing ...
URBAN LEGEND! The Arizona Highway Patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be the vaporized remains of an automobile. The make of the vehicle was unidentifiable at the scene.
The folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise.
It seems that a former Air Force sergeant had somehow got hold of a JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) unit. JATO units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields.
Dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. The sergeant took the JATO unit into the Arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
The facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows:
The operator was driving a 1967 Chevy Impala. He ignited the JATO unit approximately 3.9 miles from the crash site. This was established by the location of a prominently scorched and melted strip of asphalt. The vehicle quickly reached a speed of between 250 and 300 mph and continued at that speed, under full power, for an additional 20-25 seconds. The soon-to-be pilot experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners.
The Chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. The vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recovered; however, small fragments of bone, teeth, and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.
URBAN LEGEND! The Arizona Highway Patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be the vaporized remains of an automobile. The make of the vehicle was unidentifiable at the scene.
The folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise.
It seems that a former Air Force sergeant had somehow got hold of a JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) unit. JATO units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields.
Dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. The sergeant took the JATO unit into the Arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
The facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows:
The operator was driving a 1967 Chevy Impala. He ignited the JATO unit approximately 3.9 miles from the crash site. This was established by the location of a prominently scorched and melted strip of asphalt. The vehicle quickly reached a speed of between 250 and 300 mph and continued at that speed, under full power, for an additional 20-25 seconds. The soon-to-be pilot experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners.
The Chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. The vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recovered; however, small fragments of bone, teeth, and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.
06-01-2015, 04:58 PM
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06-03-2015, 09:43 AM
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La-la-la, lala-la-la (Banana Splits theme)
Wonder if he'll wanna sell that motor.....
Gary
Wonder if he'll wanna sell that motor.....
Gary
06-03-2015, 09:56 AM
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He did manage to turn in a bit, though. Just needs a bit of tweaking, and maybe a steerable jet-pack. Work in progress... 
06-03-2015, 10:17 AM
#13
Three Wheelin'
Thinking about this more, I wonder if the driver/pilot forgot or didn't realize that thrust for a jet engine doesn't drop the second you lift for the turn!
06-03-2015, 12:49 PM
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