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Title: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 22 March 2017, 16:08:07
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)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Terbs on 22 March 2017, 16:17:08
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 22 March 2017, 16:18:12
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. ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Bigron on 22 March 2017, 16:27:42
GPS speed readings are only accurate on the level; inclines give falsely low results!  :o

Ron.
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Lazydocker on 22 March 2017, 16:28:31
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 ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: STEMO on 22 March 2017, 16:29:40
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.
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 March 2017, 18:05:04
Great another 0 - 60 thread!  :y  ;D
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 22 March 2017, 18:24:06
Great another 0 - 60 thread!  :y  ;D

Yep.....but this one is a whole lot quicker than Webby's arthritic old Omega. ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 22 March 2017, 18:47:51
Arthritic??? It is a fine example of the breed!  >:(

 ;D
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 March 2017, 20:10:20
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Nick W on 22 March 2017, 20:10:49
Arthritic??? It is a fine example of the breed!  >:(

 ;D


OK, crusty old Omega
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 22 March 2017, 20:31:27
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  ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 March 2017, 20:54:23
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 22 March 2017, 21:00:01
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)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 March 2017, 21:39:30
Careful, you'll have STEMO wanting to run his sweaty little paws over you posting stuff like that!  :o  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: STEMO on 22 March 2017, 21:47:50
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 22 March 2017, 21:51:12
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  :)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 22 March 2017, 21:54:33
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: henryd on 23 March 2017, 12:01:52
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 March 2017, 12:10:06
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? :-\
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 23 March 2017, 12:17:36
You want accelleration ? - Two wheels and a 1 litre 180bhp engine is whats required.  :)
Mmm, summers coming. I must try to resist.  :'(
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 March 2017, 12:23:01
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.
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 23 March 2017, 12:27:58
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.  ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2017, 12:30:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsd2vxokyc)

Lots of faffing beforehand, mind. FF to 1:50. :y
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 March 2017, 12:49:43
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.
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2017, 13:05:56
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
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 March 2017, 13:14:29
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?
 
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2017, 14:04:09
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.
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Lazydocker on 23 March 2017, 14:49:25
I have fond memories of both winch launches and the occasional "cable break" which always gave a bit of a buzz ::)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2017, 15:55:26
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. ;)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Lazydocker on 23 March 2017, 16:24:29
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! ::)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2017, 17:03:22
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)
Title: Re: Do you like acceleration?
Post by: Lazydocker on 23 March 2017, 17:10:39
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.