 jeepjones
Male, 30-39, Canada
 534 Posts
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Sunday, June 24, 2012 12:50:04 AM
Want to impress me? Do it in one of those cars. Feckin wankers. |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2994 Posts
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Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:30:38 PM
ended up being much less exciting than i thought it would be. |
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 onoffonoffon
Male, 30-39, Western US
1252 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 11:48:33 PM
meh |
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 Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1515 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 9:41:14 PM
All my HotWheels Cars are so proud! |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6363 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 8:03:59 PM
Well, I'll bet he got laid. |
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TheGuySmiley
Male, 18-29, Canada
1187 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 3:56:00 PM
buladh, yes, 1:00 or 1:25 |
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 DromEd
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
917 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 1:53:10 PM
It all comes down to G force. The target speed for the car was about 25 mph. Going much faster and the driver pulls a lot of G's and could pass out. |
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 ZackDark
Male, 18-29, S. America
162 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 1:26:46 PM
Revising my math here: turns out that, if the driver turns the car off right as it starts climbing, it needs to be at a tad slower than 50 mph to go all the way around, not considering speed loss due to friction.
As such, it seems far too easy to do these loops in any half-decent car. Get a big enough track, set any number of loops in it and a Civic could probably up that record by a big margin. |
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ZackDark
Male, 18-29, S. America
162 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 1:10:55 PM
Actually, if you consider that all that's pulling it down at the apex is its weight, the speed in which it needs to be to complete the loop is the square root of (radius of loop times gravity). Not considering the reaction of the lane is a practical way to find the lower limit speed.
If that loop is 10 meters across and gravity is 10 meters per second squared, it only needs to go at 10 meters per second, which is, roughly, 20 mph.
And I'm actually rounding up the math with those figures... |
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 Buiadh
Male, 18-29, Europe
6650 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:49:51 PM
Start from 1:00. |
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 dm2754
Male, 30-39, Western US
2771 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:48:55 PM
okay now do it in a prius c |
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tsheriff
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
248 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:46:02 PM
i dont see why this is so impressive |
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 Cartunze
Male, 60-69, Western US
730 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:43:48 PM
He could have gone on all day if they had enough loops set up.
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 sjaakwortel
Male, 18-29, Europe
351 Posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012 12:38:45 PM
I dont see why this is so special, if the car is fast enough you can loop de loop forever like in een ball of doom. |
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dropkick2011
Male, 30-39, Europe
1 Posts
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:13:37 PM
Link: Top Gear Record Breaking Stunt: The Deadly 720! [Rate Link] - Top Gear Stunt Team has set a new world record by becoming the first to complete a double loop-the-loop on four wheels!! |
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