No, you can't.
Jump off a building = 1 G of acceleration
0 - 100 in 0.7 seconds = 6.4 G of acceleration
BIG difference
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of craig boyle
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:21
To: James Creasy; Kelly, Katie; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Results from Round 6
So what? I could throw myself off a building and get
the same effect? How mych skill does that take? :)
Craig
--- James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net> wrote:
> um, yeah. those dragsters do 0-100 in 0.7 seconds.
>
> yes thats right, less than a second to 100 mph.
>
> they are going 330 at the trap.
>
> think of what you have to steer with.
>
> what i understand is that even 9 second cars are
> impossible to drive for
> untrained mortals.
>
> -james c
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:40 AM
> Subject: RE: Results from Round 6
>
>
> > That Shirley DROVE?
> >
> > I THINK she's still driving! I'd have to confirm
> that, though.
> >
> > She just totally, totally rocks.
> >
> > And you know, it HAS to take skill to handle those
> cars. They are
> absolutely scary insane. You can't just jump in one
> of those like you can an
> autox car.
> >
> > Katie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Debbie [mailto:bartsmom@mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:55 PM
> > To: Joey Jarosz; James Creasy; Michael R.
> Clements; Navid Kahangi;
> > ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Results from Round 6
> >
> >
> > I hear ya...I got a kick out of drag racing too,
> til I discovered road
> > racing and autox...To be honest with you, I would
> still get a kick out of
> > drag racing if you didn't have to stick around for
> 3 hours for less than
> 45
> > seconds (on average) of track time. Guess my
> attention span just isn't
> very
> > long.
> >
> > It would also be way more fun if I could drive the
> kind of stuff that
> > Shirley drove...
> >
> > Peace,
> > Debbie
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