[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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