F1 vs Blade vs Powerboat

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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:11 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGEgEJyM6g&feature=dir

Fair fight?

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:03 pm

No its not. the funny thing is the boat would have won on power to weight, but water is a terrible moving object, the car would come second with the bike last, airodynamics play no part in this as its just .25 of a mile.

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:29 pm

Dunno about the boat but ...

Car .... "prototype" Premier racing series vehicle

Bike .... production-based series racing bike

Not saying a MotoGP bike would have won but it may have been a more comparable basis for this stunt.

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:51 pm

The fact the bike was a proddy, against a wholly race derived car did raise a smile.

They obviously were too scared to bring a BTCC car instead...

As for the boat, well...

That was just taking photos wasnt it?

Gio · #5 Post by **Gio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:10 am

Was just thinking, they should have brought the rocket car (the one the Hamster had his prang in).

That'd have made the F1 car look like a sunday drivers mode of transport

Fausto · #6 Post by **Fausto** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:14 pm

Don't know much about boats but once saw some Formula something or other racing on Windermere. They were small flat bottomed things - pretty much rode on top of the water and avoided any displacement/drag problems - and I was stunned at how fast they were. We sat behind the startline looking at the line up from the rear and when the flag went up there was just a great wall of water and then you saw them flick round the first buoy. It seemed to defy physics. I recall some talk at the time that they were faster off the line than F1 cars.... but for how long?

Anyway I was impressed and watched all aftetrnoon..... aided by hot sunshine and a nearby pub

Samray · #7 Post by **Samray** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:35 pm

Gio wrote:No its not. the funny thing is the boat would have won on power to weight, but water is a terrible moving object, the car would come second with the bike last, airodynamics play no part in this as its just .25 of a mile.

You'd probably have seen em all off on yer pushbike then.

Gio · #8 Post by **Gio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:39 pm

Samray wrote:
Gio wrote:No its not. the funny thing is the boat would have won on power to weight, but water is a terrible moving object, the car would come second with the bike last, airodynamics play no part in this as its just .25 of a mile.
You'd probably have seen em all off on yer pushbike then.

I wish, top speed I've managed so far is 31mph, downhill with tail wind

Samray · #9 Post by **Samray** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:49 pm

Considered trying a double bubble?

Gio · #10 Post by **Gio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:09 pm

I bet you'd like to see that