[DeTomaso] Pantera vs. Saturn drag race
adin at frontier.net
adin at frontier.net
Tue Jan 6 13:12:14 EST 2009
Thomas,
The information officer, as I remember, said the rate of acceleration
was constant. This is a valid point, but the rate might be considered
"constant" for the case in point.
Unfortunately, I've lost my license to post as a physicist and can only guess!
This all started w/ an online debate about which was quicker: top fuel
car or the shuttle. I emailed a friend a NASA who found an email for
the PR information people. They found someone w/ the data!
This was some years ago . . . .
David
Quoting Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>:
> adin at frontier.net skrev:
>> FWIW, a good top fuel car accelerates faster than the big missles
>> (data from NASA). However, the rate of acceleration for these
>> rockets stays basically the same for a few miles (hundreds, or
>> until they stop for a traffic light).
>
> I thought they accelerated harder as they burn off fuel and gets
> lighter, or do they throttle down to compensate?
>
> Thomas
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