"peter wezeman" wrote in message
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Scott Ferrin wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:10:03 +0100, Ralph Savelsberg
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Scott Ferrin wrote:

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Should be interesting. Hopefully the video clip will be out there to
find. I've got the one from Ripley's where an F-16 took on the
latest
and greatest, top of the line, Dodge Viper. The Viper (car) won to
the quarter mile mark but the F-16 overtook it and won to the half
mile mark. (I think a clean, low fuel load -229 F-15E might beat it
in the quarter though IMHO). I've also got a clip of a Hornet
getting
it's ass handed to it by a Formula 1 race car (what were they
thinking) and I've seen a clip of a Mig-29 getting beat by what
looked
like a teenager's muscle car. No a REAL muscle car not today's rice
burner wannabees. Looked like a jacked up in the back Nova with the
big wide tires on the back.

The US navy reportedly once pitted an F-14 against a hot-rod (for some
Hot Rodders magazine) and won,

which was somewhat unfair since the Tomcat used a catapult ;-)

If they used a top fuel dragster it would be close even if the Tomcat
used a catapult. Come to think of it the dragster might win.

I seem to recall that a top fuel dragster accelerates at 2 to 3 Gs;
anyone have better info?


A little calculation can sort this out.

The record the 1/4 mile is about 5.2 seconds and tops out
at around 280 mph or approx 410 feet per second

v= u+ a*t

from a standing start u=0 so

a= 410/5.2 or 78 feet per second per second
which is indeed about 2.5G

Keith