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| Mountain914 |
 Feb 2 2010, 08:41 PM
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Too much time in thin air!  Group: Members Posts: 367 Joined: 22-May 03 From: Conifer, CO Member No.: 725 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Youtube video - Mercedes SLS AMG driving upside down through a tunnel.
Real ? Not sure. To quote the people who host this: QUOTE Is it theoretically possible to drive a car upside down in a tunnel? A F1 car produces 1:1 weight to downforce ratio at 80 mph. This means it can theoretically cling upside down at that speed, but without much traction. At about 120 mph the ratio becomes 2:1 which means the force on the wheels will be equal to weight of a stationary car and there will be enough traction (provided the fuel supply etc. is made to function upside down). The ideal environment to do that would be in a perfectly cylindrical tunnel. (We don't think that the tunnel in the Mercedes vidoe would do the trick. - Flixxy Editor ;-) But - I love the sound this thing makes !!! http://www.flixxy.com/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-tunnel.htm Who's up for a drive ? Eisenhower tunnel isn't too far from here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| 6freak |
Feb 2 2010, 11:12 PM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Totally fake ...what are they trying to prove with that fake B.S
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| messix |
Feb 2 2010, 11:16 PM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(6freak @ Feb 2 2010, 10:12 PM)  Totally fake ...what are they trying to prove with that fake B.S come on!!!.... let him believe in the easter bunny and the tooth fairy!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) |
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| P.Rocket |
Feb 3 2010, 02:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 17-March 08 From: Abbotsford BC Member No.: 8,822 Region Association: None |
Filmed in Beautiful British Columbia in the Fraser Canyon just north of Hope.
The bridge they go over is the Alexandra Bridge. The interior shots of the tunnel are filmed in a studio, the real tunnels on that road are nowhere near as clean and bright as that one. As fake as it is, very cool add and car. |
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| Dr Evil |
Feb 3 2010, 02:09 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,002 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Big deal, I did that today in my Forester (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Not as cool, though. Centripetal force would hold the car if it went fast enough, no need to worry about it "sticking" to the roof. It was only upside down for a millisecond (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) My Suby really has to have a good head start, though.
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| ArtechnikA |
Feb 3 2010, 06:48 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
If you are relying on downforce alone, you better have a fuel system that can suck gas from the top of the tank. (Aerobatic aircraft do - and inverted oil systems too...)
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| Mountain914 |
Feb 3 2010, 08:34 AM
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Too much time in thin air! Group: Members Posts: 367 Joined: 22-May 03 From: Conifer, CO Member No.: 725 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I'm sure butt-pucker must fall into the equation too (he-he)
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