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Title: 0 to 60 Post by: RED-DOG on May 17, 2015, 10:04:34 AM Can a car accelerate faster on the road than it would if you pushed it off a cliff?
Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: Longines on May 17, 2015, 10:13:00 AM Yes.
60mph = 88 feet per second Acceleration under gravity = 32.17 feet per second per second 88 / 32.17 = 2.74 seconds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration lists 8 that are faster than that. Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: RED-DOG on May 17, 2015, 10:40:38 AM Amazing, and presumably things like F1 cars and drag racers can do it even faster.
Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: mikeymike on May 17, 2015, 07:48:02 PM impressive answer
Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: BorntoBubble on May 18, 2015, 12:41:10 AM Yes. 60mph = 88 feet per second Acceleration under gravity = 32.17 feet per second per second 88 / 32.17 = 2.74 seconds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration lists 8 that are faster than that. Not sure why it took you 9 minutes to come up with that tbh Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: RED-DOG on May 18, 2015, 12:59:16 AM Yes. 60mph = 88 feet per second Acceleration under gravity = 32.17 feet per second per second 88 / 32.17 = 2.74 seconds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest_production_cars_by_acceleration lists 8 that are faster than that. Not sure why it took you 9 minutes to come up with that tbh How do you know it took him 9 minutes? Title: Re: 0 to 60 Post by: Machka on May 18, 2015, 01:11:15 AM Those times are quite pedestrian compared to this little electric car called a Grimsel, 0 - 62 in 1.785 seconds!
Here is a totally underwheming video YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIwhZiXXl_0 Apparently some top fuel drag racers are doing 0 - 60 in under 0.8 s. |