JimBob Jumpback

Yer bubbas bein to hard un ol bubba bently. da 1.6 formala iz wat da nasa scientits uzed to shoot dem rovors to marz. Dem phd nasa bubbas dont wantin anyonz to noz dat--dey wanz folk to be thinkin itz hard calkulatin--but itz trew.

Yer fren,

Jimbob

Cupcar#12

On to lighter things
"why did the chicken cross the road?"

I think he was depressed and wanted to end it all - either that or he was in the chicken "X Games" and lost....

Mike in Chi

Cupcar

I think the chicken crossed the road because he was already skilled in E & E actions (Eggsagerate & Eggscape), and had quickly done the math in his brain (without pecking a calculator), and knew that he could make it across before the GT-3 turned him into a feather fog. The 1.6 formula is very helpful for this.

Mike in Chi

Rob

you didn't ask but I thought it was important to note the chicken's name --
It's "Crow-nin".

macfly

He didn't want to end it all, he was feather-fogged in a desperate attempt to escape from a bunch of Crow-nies!

Cupcar#12

you know he might have been trying to point out the Apex for me -

nice little chicken
Attepted apex pointer
Red stripe maker

Sun Ra

a vette hit a chukar, the wild nevada prairie chicken at 170.... and it cost $1200 to fix... what $3,000 on a 911???

rockitman

The 1.6 formula for determining stopping distance from a speed of 197 mph is ludicrous. Perhaps this site will offer some insight to the error's of your math.
http://www.csgnetwork.com/stopdistinfo.html

Given all the variable's, there is no way that the car can be stopped in 315 feet. With a professional driver on a dry track, it will at least be 1500 feet, if not more. Figured someone would be interested in working it out using a professional driver's deceleration figure of (32 fps) or better.

ADOGNY

I have to thank Bently for all this.. His fantasy world ramblings brought my "why did the Chicken cross the road" line into the limelight.

This does bring back some memories though of the time I was on Mars acting as a super spy, freeing the mutant inhabitants, and finally terraforming the planet so life could flourish there. Ahh.. those were the days..

curtsm

Even better than the GT3 speeds is this from the *Sun*:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004031766,00.html):

Driver Peter O'Flynn was stunned to receive a speeding notice claiming a
roadside camera had zapped him -- at an astonishing 406MPH. The sales
manager, who was driving a Peugeot 406 at the time, said: "I rarely speed
and it's safe to say I'll contest this." Officials admitted it was a
clerical bungle, but insisted he would still be prosecuted. (The Peugeot
406 Sport has a top speed of 129mph.)

- curt

Bentley

As you comedians go about your banter, and think you are too remote from a chase scenario in your daily lives, read the following. Perhaps it will educate you a little [if that is possible]:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...oting_on_i_93/

W8MM

"Ludicrous" is the understatement of the day.

Porsches can often get over 1.0 g of braking with ABS and no significant aerodynamic lift. I measured a 928 over 15 years ago at 1.06 g for the entire stop from 80 MPH. If one assumes that ABS on Porsches hasn't lost capability over the years, that the GT2/3 aerodynamics have no significant lift at 197 (possibly erroneous), and tires are at least as good today as in 1987, then I propose that 1.0 g is a charitable (to Bentley) deceleration value.

If one uses this web calculator to investigate Bentley's physics homework, one finds that about 1300 feet is required to stop from an initial velocity of 197 MPH. (Calculator hint: The units are listed just to the right of the entry box. The "=" sign marks are a little bit confusing)

OK, Bentley, let's see what sort of harrumph you can work up to over this intriguing fact.

George A

Are you threatening to shoot us if you see us on the freeway????

What does that have to do with the current thread?

George

W8MM

Maybe he's trying to Escape & Evade a physics lesson?

John D.

C 'ya......