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The vehicle would probably be less like a car and more like a missile with manoeuvring rockets.
by jl6 4y ago
The vehicle would probably be less like a car and more like a missile with manoeuvring rockets.
- pixl97 4y agoNow that's what I call podracing! I mean, things like X-games get a lot of viewers, why not the above?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoI don't think even if you could get the entire human race to watch that the $100 billion cost per lap would be recoverable.
- jotm 4y agoGiven that one restriction would have to be no hot exhaust (which would damage the other cars), electric turbines would have to be used, which should make the races pretty interesting, and the technology useful, especially for electric planes!
- jotm 4y agoI looked into it and hot exhaust is possible for electric turbines! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_propulsion_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_propulsion_engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiXuHjyxW14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiXuHjyxW14 It would need quite a lot of energy, so batteries are the limiting factor, as always.