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Mildy apropos, I was talking to an aeronautical engineer this weekend, who dropped the phrase "You can make anything fly if you can make it go 200mph."
by ojbyrne 17y ago
Mildy apropos, I was talking to an aeronautical engineer this weekend, who dropped the phrase "You can make anything fly if you can make it go 200mph."
- philwelch 17y agoEvidently the speed constraint on very very fast cars doesn't come from making them go faster, it comes from making them not take off into flight.
- tome 17y agoThe two things are linked. If they take off into flight they can't go faster, because the wheels will no longer be in contact with the ground!
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoPeter Dumbreck in the Mercedes, Le Mans, 1999 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3rxq7U1mA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3rxq7U1mA at about 33 secs. Here's another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3NQeDzedk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3NQeDzedk Yes, when cars go fast enough, keeping them on the ground is one of the challenges.