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Fastest school run in the world: U.S. bus turned into 367mph jet-powered dragster (Video)
Mail (UK) ^ | 6th August 2010 | By Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 08/07/2010 9:49:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: JimRed
To get the anti-drug message out, first you've got to get their attention. A jet-powered bus will do that.

No, it won't....

Otherwise, every city and town in America would have one....Or two...lol

21 posted on 08/07/2010 10:44:55 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: benewton
I’d use a JATO unit and have done with it.

Didn't they peel a guy off a rock bluff after he did just that?

22 posted on 08/07/2010 10:58:57 AM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: Logical me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNTan4qAiFg
Here’s a semi doing over 300 as well.


23 posted on 08/07/2010 11:00:16 AM PDT by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: smokingfrog
I’m surprised it can go that fast with those aerodynamics and not be totally out of control.

That's what we used to say about the Phantom. If you put two JP-4's on a Greyhound, it'd fly.

24 posted on 08/07/2010 11:00:49 AM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: Loud Mime

Another coupla things about TF...if you see a green flame coming out its the copper head gasket vaporizing

Losing a cylinder will throw the car off balance due to not as much down-force on one side of the car

Heard someone ask how many times a Top Fuel motor turns over in a 4.67 sec run,but I forgot the answer


25 posted on 08/07/2010 11:02:36 AM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: gundog

I think that this was a myth, but I’d also point out that it’s always a good idea while driving anything not to aim at rocks, much less mountains.


26 posted on 08/07/2010 11:12:01 AM PDT by benewton (I)
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To: benewton

Methinks he was overdriving his steering capabilities.


27 posted on 08/07/2010 11:16:45 AM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: snuffy smiff

The windows would blow out probably before 200mph.

It’s like the Obama bus. Plenty of Show no Go.


28 posted on 08/07/2010 11:24:08 AM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: snuffy smiff

The windows would blow out probably before 200mph.

It’s like the Obama bus. Plenty of Show no Go.


29 posted on 08/07/2010 11:24:18 AM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That sumobeech flies.. 3 chutes?

367? could be.. not the most aerodyno-friendly object but..

No way he is ever gonna go full throttle on that thing unless he’s at Bonneville


30 posted on 08/07/2010 11:34:59 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: gundog

Don’t know.

But I did I40 to and from CA, and, now that I think about it, a JATO on the 350 would have cut the time hugely.

Besides, that road is just a straight line.


31 posted on 08/07/2010 12:04:40 PM PDT by benewton (I)
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To: Loud Mime

“Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

That is technically meaningless. It can deliver all it wants but the current used is determined by I=E/R. E being voltage and R is the resistance. That sentence is nothing more than a filler to impress people.


32 posted on 08/07/2010 12:08:50 PM PDT by chooseascreennamepat (Reid: Why , oh why, are they picking on me?)
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To: benewton

Drag racing is a spectator sport, kind of like baseball.

You have pauses....where you get to talk to your friends.

You get to see the entire race.

AND....there’s nothing like being there in person, watching two cars thunder down the 1000 feet.

TV does no justice to the sport; #2 in that regard is Ice Hockey.


33 posted on 08/07/2010 12:23:54 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Argue from the Constitution: Initialpoints.net)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I have no idea where the 367 mph came from.

It was purportedly clocked at this speed at the Vectren Dayton Airshow on July 17, 2010. This link includes a a comment that has a home video of the event, largely obscured by the crowd. The commenter notes that the article video was from a different exhibition.

That's good enough for me.

34 posted on 08/07/2010 12:27:24 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: chooseascreennamepat
That sentence is nothing more than a filler to impress people.

At the end of the run, the sparkplug has no ground or center electrode. They are absolutely fried.

BTW, I'm impressed with its power. A PhD engineering friend, after talking to the crew chief and getting the particulars on pressures, etc., said these engines are "scary powerful."

At the bottom of the info sheet, I don't see how anyone can not be impressed with the power of those engines.

35 posted on 08/07/2010 12:31:39 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Argue from the Constitution: Initialpoints.net)
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To: Loud Mime

Just incredible....


36 posted on 08/07/2010 1:13:20 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: dr_lew; NormsRevenge
Thanks for the link....the video seems to have been pulled,...checked several places....

Did find a Telgraph article with some related history:

World's fastest bus: record-breaking wacky vehicles

Paul Stender from Indianapolis in the United States fitted the yellow American-style school bus with a jet engine from a Phantom fighter plane.

Here we take a look at some of the records set by other bizarre vehicles:

Blade Runner

- Don Wales cut the world land speed record for a lawnmower to ribbons by hitting 86mph at Pendine Sands, in west Wales earlier this year on an adapted tractor mower.

Mr Wales, whose grandfather Sir Malcolm Campbell set a world land speed record for a car in 1924, smashed the previous record of 80.792mph.

Pedal Power

- Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham last year set a new world record for the greatest speed reached on a pushbike.

On a dusty stretch of Nevada highway, Whittingham managed to pedal his streamlined carbon fibre Varna Tempest bike up to 82.4mph.

Luxury in the fast lane

- Travelling fast is one thing, but doing so in comfort is another. A company called Goldschmitt solved the dilemma by creating the world’s fastest motor home.

Their specially adapted Hymer motor home hit speeds of 129mph while still providing living space for a whole family complete with all the standard home comforts.

Couch cruiser

- A daredevil driver took the notion of comfort behind the wheel one step further by creating the world’s fastest sofa – with a top speed of 92mph.

The two seater couch – fitted with a petrol engine and topped off with a coffee table, book, pot plans and a cup – was put through it paces at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Lutterworth, Leicestershire by Marek Turowski in 2007.


37 posted on 08/07/2010 1:24:36 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Only necessary when you’re late for school.


38 posted on 08/07/2010 2:02:43 PM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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