This is too good to be true. Hoax?
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About as fast as a duck (on land), too!
This one immediately sprang to mind
Dear Darwin,
@CmndrFish: But then there's that glare under the wheel... that's why I questioned it. Reflections of parking lot lights seem like a (remote) possibility
@Shadowise: WHAT IS THIS about remaking thunderbirds? Are they still using supermarionation? When? Where?
Boeing's blended wing body design is brilliant, but I don't think it will ever take off for passenger flight... people like windows!!!
It could be a Chevy Citation x11, though it is hard to see in the 2nd photo if it has that hood cowl induction bump.
@patman: On a banked track there will be much less braking, though, so the spinning of the flywheel will be minimized, so less gyroscopic force to recon with on the banked turns.
@patman: That's what I've been saying!
@MikeofLA: My bet is that it helps lap times more than hurts them.
@MikeofLA: It shouldn't affect the car's turning. It will help it stay flatter around corners, counteracting body lean. It could pose some challenge on a steeply-banked track, but that will be minimized by two factors: they don't race these kinds of cars on banked tracks much (if at all), and, on a steeply banked…
@Ruffles: There's more advantage here than just the boost aspect. The way they've oriented the flywheel means it will also act as a giant gyroscope... helping to keep the car flat on the track/resisting body lean around corners. It could have a higher g pad rating because it is a vertically oriented flywheel rather…
@tonyola: DEFINITELY THIS!
@joneez: Here's what wikipedia has to say on the difference in terms between rotary and radial engines,
@Brahmaviharas: Fascinating.
I don't understand this. Isn't it a closed loop system? Calories in and calories burned? I don't understand how burning fat before breakfast is different from burning the breakfast carbs and then burning your fat throughout the day (since your breakfast carbs have been used up by your workout).
All this shows is that the process and procedures currently in effect can prevent this kind of terrorist attack (if that is indeed what it was).
I think the physics seem very realistic in GT5...