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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 22 March 2017, 16:08:07
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Let us start with a car that is considered properly quick. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport can manage 0-60 in 2.6 and 0-120 in 7.4.
How about 0-60 in 1.2 and 0-120 in just 2.8? The good news is it will only cost you a few quid. :y
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/just-how-quick-are-roller-coasters-feature (http://www.caranddriver.com/features/just-how-quick-are-roller-coasters-feature)
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Good Dr.....I am a car enthusiast, and have been for nearly 70 years. However, I have no idea why anyone should want to get from 0 to 60 in however many seconds. !!!!! What is this compulsion to go so fast you are liable to overtake your own arsehole :o :o
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Good Dr.....I am a car enthusiast, and have been for nearly 70 years. However, I have no idea why anyone should want to get from 0 to 60 in however many seconds. !!!!! What is this compulsion to go so fast you are liable to overtake your own arsehole :o :o
.......and liable to empty it. ;)
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GPS speed readings are only accurate on the level; inclines give falsely low results! :o
Ron.
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Good Dr.....I am a car enthusiast, and have been for nearly 70 years. However, I have no idea why anyone should want to get from 0 to 60 in however many seconds. !!!!! What is this compulsion to go so fast you are liable to overtake your own arsehole :o :o
.......and liable to empty it. ;)
Only if you're Esty ;)
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Good Dr.....I am a car enthusiast, and have been for nearly 70 years. However, I have no idea why anyone should want to get from 0 to 60 in however many seconds. !!!!! What is this compulsion to go so fast you are liable to overtake your own arsehole :o :o
.......and liable to empty it. ;)
Only if you're Esty ;)
No need for a roller coaster, thanks anyway.
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
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Arthritic??? It is a fine example of the breed! >:(
;D
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
Maybe but I bet yours won't have the length or the longevity of Webby's! :P ;D
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Arthritic??? It is a fine example of the breed! >:(
;D
OK, crusty old Omega
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
Maybe but I bet yours won't have the length or the longevity of Webby's! :P ;D
No one can match my length tig ;)
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
Maybe but I bet yours won't have the length or the longevity of Webby's! :P ;D
No one can match my length tig ;)
Yes we hear you're a big bear Webby! :y ;D
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Great another 0 - 60 thread! :y ;D
Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
Maybe but I bet yours won't have the length or the longevity of Webby's! :P ;D
No one can match my length tig ;)
Yes we hear you're a big bear Webby! :y ;D
Too right. As proven in this photo of me n wifey :)
(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/IMG_0012_zpsuh92dynx.jpg) (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/webbybear1/media/IMG_0012_zpsuh92dynx.jpg.html)
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Careful, you'll have STEMO wanting to run his sweaty little paws over you posting stuff like that! :o ::) ;D
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Careful, you'll have STEMO wanting to run his sweaty little paws over you posting stuff like that! :o ::) ;D
F**k off, even I draw the line somewhere ;D
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Careful, you'll have STEMO wanting to run his sweaty little paws over you posting stuff like that! :o ::) ;D
F**k off, even I draw the line somewhere ;D
;D So your standards have gone up after your bromance with Gixer? :D :)
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Careful, you'll have STEMO wanting to run his sweaty little paws over you posting stuff like that! :o ::) ;D
Just wait until Mrs Bear reads this... Mrs Opti could probably learn a thing or two :D
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Talking of 0-60,you don't need a roller coaster,how about a milk float :o :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZTL-5MV4I
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Talking of 0-60,you don't need a roller coaster,how about a milk float :o :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZTL-5MV4I
They use '1ft rollout' to massage the figures, but the Tesla is still pretty quick for a milk float. But why does it need to sound like a milk float? :-\
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You want accelleration ? - Two wheels and a 1 litre 180bhp engine is whats required. :)
Mmm, summers coming. I must try to resist. :'(
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You want accelleration ? - Two wheels and a 1 litre 180bhp engine is whats required. :)
Mmm, summers coming. I must try to resist. :'(
Old bones and tarmac don't make a good mix. ;) 200 BHP and less than 200 KG is more the norm these days.
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You want accelleration ? - Two wheels and a 1 litre 180bhp engine is whats required. :)
Mmm, summers coming. I must try to resist. :'(
Old bones and tarmac don't make a good mix. ;) 200 BHP and less than 200 KG is more the norm these days.
That and the need to keep my licence is why I must try to resist. It ain easy after 40 years in the saddle though. ;)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc)
Lots of faffing beforehand, mind. FF to 1:50. :y
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc)
Lots of faffing beforehand, mind. FF to 1:50. :y
Kevin. I have to say I have never associated gliders with stomach churning acceleration.
Serenity and mindful contemplation yes. Drag strip acceleration no. :
Your Westfield must be pretty quick out of the blocks until it runs into an aerodynamic wall.
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Well, you should try a winch launch some time. ;)
340 kg glider + pilot at one end of the runway, 502 ci V8 at the other. :D
Yes, the Westfield is "adequate", I'd say. :y
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Well, you should try a winch launch some time. ;)
340 kg glider + p3ilot at one end of the runway, 502 ci V8 at the other. :D
Yes, the Westfield is "adequate", I'd say. :y
502 cubic inches is about eight and a bit litres by my reckoning. :o
At roughly what speed does a glider leave the ground using that method and how long does it take?
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It's probably off the ground by 40 knots.
Watch the video:
1:58 Glider starts rolling
2:01 ASI reads 40 knots. Off the ground.
2:02 ASI reads 50 knots.
2:04 60 knots.
60 knots = 70 MPH
2:40 Launch finishes at 1300 feet - not spectacular. I suspect it's a shortish airfield. Still nearly 2000 feet per minute, though.
That's a 2 seater glass glider with 2 POB, too, so probably double the weight.
Granted, I don't know what the wind was doing that day so the glider might be climbing into a wind gradient which would enhance the indicated air speed versus ground speed. Having said that, there's significant lag on the instrument's response too, which probably cancels it.
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I have fond memories of both winch launches and the occasional "cable break" which always gave a bit of a buzz ::)
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I have fond memories of both winch launches and the occasional "cable break" which always gave a bit of a buzz ::)
Did all that malarkey for my annual check a couple of weeks back.. Unlike the video I wasn't camouflaged and I called the instructor things... but "Sir" wasn't one of them. ;)
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I have fond memories of both winch launches and the occasional "cable break" which always gave a bit of a buzz ::)
Did all that malarkey for my annual check a couple of weeks back.. Unlike the video I wasn't camouflaged and I called the instructor things... but "Sir" wasn't one of them. ;)
I wasn't very polite when I was hit with one at that point where you're going to be tight on a short circuit and even tighter aborting and landing ahead! ::)
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I wasn't very polite when I was hit with one at that point where you're going to be tight on a short circuit and even tighter aborting and landing ahead! ::)
Not normally a problem at Lasham - if you can't get in ahead you've got time for a little sightseeing. ;D
Aboyne is where I get a squeaky bum. About 50' crossing the boundary and then there are fields with cows, hay bales, rocks, a river.. Plus it's normally rough!
.. as my mate demonstrates here 8) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCw-DktgJmk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCw-DktgJmk)
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I wasn't very polite when I was hit with one at that point where you're going to be tight on a short circuit and even tighter aborting and landing ahead! ::)
Not normally a problem at Lasham - if you can't get in ahead you've got time for a little sightseeing. ;D
Aboyne is where I get a squeaky bum. About 50' crossing the boundary and then there are fields with cows, hay bales, rocks, a river.. Plus it's normally rough!
.. as my mate demonstrates here 8) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCw-DktgJmk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCw-DktgJmk)
I went soaring near St Andrews. Was awesome.