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To: NormsRevenge

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.


14 posted on 06/12/2019 5:56:58 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom
...Useful number: 20 mph-per-second is ~1g.

So this thing can accelerate at 3g...

Back to math class for you.

100 mph in 6.29 seconds is only 15.89 mph/second. About 0.8 g.

23 posted on 06/12/2019 6:28:31 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Steely Tom

Slot car acceleration for humans.


40 posted on 06/12/2019 8:14:27 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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