>From: "High Tech Coatings" <htc@MNSi.Net>
>Reply-To: "High Tech Coatings" <htc@MNSi.Net>
>To: "bricklin" <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
>Subject: How not to go fast
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:12:59 -0500
>Please note: This is a true story except the car was actually a 67 Impala
>(as I received this message), but a the addition of the Bricklin makes for
>a better story.
You might want to look around for some more info on this urban legend. This
page was interesting:
http://www.cardhouse.com/rocketcar/ROCKIT.HTML
Although it could easily be bogus too. :)
One thing I've been trying to find out for years is just how much thrust can
a JATO make? If you're talking about a full-sized car like an Impala, then
we're looking at something like 3500lbs. Most cars can brake at close to 1g
(really rough numbers here), and I have a hard time imagining a single JATO
making more than say 3000lbs of thrust, so the brakes should be capable of
stopping it. In any case, you damn sure wouldn't melt the brakes - they'd
fade and become ineffective long before they had a chance to melt, I'm sure.
Anyhow, hope this email doesn't sound cantankerous. It is a good and
interesting story, and I've been curious about the related physics for quite
a while...
Bye,
--
Phil Martin
"It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive"
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