The Mean Mower can also reach a top speed of 150.99 mph, Honda said. (Honda)
Posted on 06/12/2019 5:43:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
This lawnmower has the need for speed.
Honda’s supercharged Mean Mower V2 recently broke the Guinness World Record for being the fastest accelerating lawnmower.
Stunt driver Jess Hawkins took the modified grass cutter from zero to 100 mph in an average of 6.29 seconds on May 6 near Dresden, Germany, the company said Monday. She had to record the same run, in both directions, taking their average acceleration as the official time.
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The Mean Mower can also reach a top speed of 150.99 mph, Honda said. (Honda)
Holy Moly!
Honda said they developed the V2 with Team Dynamics, a British Touring Car Championship partner, using computer-aided design, bespoke parts and 3D printing.
Has about as much in common with a lawnmower an an NHRA top fuel dragster does.
Sounds like something Tim Taylor would have done on Home Improvement.
It should have roll bars. Damn.
Two questions. Was Tim Allen involved? Was the grass properly cut?
I beat you by 23 seconds.
She’s pretty hot.
I saw that, dag nab you!
And, yes, Tim Taylor did soup up a lawn mower on Home Improvement. Possibly more than one episode. lol
Useful number: 20 mph-per-second is ~1g.
So this thing can accelerate at 3g.
Top fuel dragsters reach almost 8g before they hit 200 mph. Their engines generate ~7000 hp for one second or so.
Love Honda products that are out on the edge. Had a S2000 when I commuted into the city, sold it and bought a Pioneer 500 for out at the ranch... both perfect for their uses.
Cool! But I detect a need for a little aerodynamics in that bad boy. Might be able to get the average down to 6.28 seconds.
“Has about as much in common with a lawnmower as an NHRA top fuel dragster does.”
Yes, or a small-block powered Bar Stool!
Just WOW!
It’s still a lawnmower ... it has a mower deck, and blades, and it can cut grass.
I bought one today. It goes as fast as I can push it and at age 72 that is not very fast.
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