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How about the cost per run? Top Fuel dragster is ca $10k per run, as you have to rebuild the whole engine, clutch, tyres and basically the whole car. Jet engines are rated Time Before Overhaul (TBO) up to 40.000 hours. So you can race all day long, just top up the fuel and check the tyres, is that right? Cost per run should be way less.

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What about rocket cars in competitive racing? Were they ever a viable option? If a dramatic engine change was not breaking the rules (internal combustion to jet) I would think the next evolution would be closed system rocket. Solve the issue of of variable trust based on speed/oxidizer flow rate: constant thrust

On this subject I know you've brushed upon drag bikes before, but how about Eric Teboul's current ROCKET POWERED drag bike or the now long-since retired rocket cars of Sammy Miller and Kitty O'Neil. Once saw Sammy Miller do a pass when I was young and I have never experienced anything like it! As quick as Fireforce V is, Sammy did the quarter mile in three and a half seconds, I for one would be interested to know how that was even possible.

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Couldn’t engineers design a strong enough brake system that holds the dragster in place until the lights go out, even at full power? Would it be too heavy? Because then the jet engine would have enough time to get to full power

I wanna built the first JATO-assisted drag bicycle.

So you mean rocket league cars

if they doubled or tripled the length of the dragstrip would the jet powered car begin to outperform the other cars? or would that not be feasible, i don’t know too much about drag racing.

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So why not doint the obvious? Hybrid Dragster with piston engine plus turbine, that starts after 100 meters?

I remember watching them when they were allowed to compete at raceway park in nj

People did this bc their crazy or bored

Some things are wrong here : you don't use an helicopter engine to get thrust from it. Turboshafts are only meant to give torque on an axle. Turbojets produce real thrust, but are used only in aircraft.

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"So why would you take a technology that is normally used to propell aircraft and fit it to a race car? Because you can, thats why haha

Fuel economy is measured in oil fields per mile

Problem solved: make a turbine/diesel hybrid 👌 You get the low end diesel torque with the high end turbine power! It’s a crazy idea but I’m sure the Germans could do it! 😊 considering they basically invented everything that we now take for granted ❤️❤️

Me: *draws a car that a topbspeed of 380 mph*

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I have been fortunate enough to be a trackside photographer at a couple of jet car events. To be standing 20 feet or less from dueling afterburner pops feels like getting kicked in the chest by an entire herd of horses. When the tree goes green and they take off, it's like the fires of hell itself opened up and a thousand screaming banshees are coming for you (and that's with ear protection). The cars are half way down the track before you actually feel the thrust, which is like being sand blasted with a blowtorch as it blows the dust and debris back at you. A lot of people make fun of them because "top fuel is faster." True, but these beasts are exciting in their own right.

"Why would you take tech. designed to propel an aircraft and fit it to a race car?" Because you can, and it kicks ass!

With all respect, YAWN!! Who cares about 320 mph? Piston powered dragsters dominate the jets in a quarter mile.

Is the NHRA paying you yet? Seriously, these videos are way better and more educational than the stuff the NHRA puts out for their broadcasts. I was already a drag racing fan, but these videos have made me even more excited for the Gatornationals 😁

2:00 if you play KSP you already know that.

5 seconds? Sorry. Too slow. When they hit 335mph in 3.5seconds... the experience of the noise alone is worth the top fuel. Jets are still fun to watch but not nearly as much as top fuel

Tire with no rim? Like if u get it

Jet dragsters dont really fascinate me as much. Its cool but ehhh, what's interesting is that top fuel dragsters produce that much stress on the engine, that the team practically needs to rebuild it after every run... I mean hey they do have thousands of ponies with 1 gear that has extreme torque. Makes sense to me

It would be interesting to see the results of a high power turbojet like the J79 (LM1500) coupled to a hydraulic transmission.

This was a good and accurate description of what's happening here.

I'm gonna put a jet-engine into my wheelchair

i would like to see dragsters reach a certain top speed (for example 1000kmh) rather than just the old 1/4 mile thing tbh

Are you sure about 30-40% efficient?

Has anyone made an electric dragster yet?

Are there any competitive electric drag cars yet? Electric will eventually destroy piston engined drag cars because the torque is available from low rpm

just curious top fuel or jet dragsters are better? in terms of engineering then in terms of the environment? not to cause a climate question just curious about the advancement of motor sports

3:48 Do you want to have the worst sunburn you've ever felt? Because that's how you get the worst sunburn you've ever felt. Also if your AWS certified, that's _probably_ a pretty good way to lose that certification by not following the minimum safety regulations

Look, there is a Difference between A Turboshaft and a Turbojet, Turbojets are used in Fighter Jets and they use the Incredibly Fast and High Speed Exhaust Gases to Propel the Aircraft, Turboshafts on the other hand use the The Rotation of the Core (so the Turbine and Compressor) to turn the Gearbox that Turns the Wheels. Turboshaft Engines Provide Very Little Thrust as the Way they are intended to be used is by connecting it to a Gearbox (Or whatever you need it to power). They Do Operate Very similarly, Because they are both Jet Turbine Engines, both Work on the Same Principle.

I think they can get more thrust if they use higher bypass engines.

They need afterburner

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2:30 He crashed, but he still won

So not the right choice as a daily I guess.

plz do one on rocket dragsters

Please make video about tractor pull race. Where they have multiple engines

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Only men can handle these beasts. Lookin at you Cletus McBitchface

Why..... ?!? .....because. ...that's why.

Someone should put a nozzle on the jet similar to a jet ski, so the driver can divert the thrust up and hold it at full throttle while staging, then to launch just swivel the nozzle. Kind of like a harrier in reverse.

Wow the new season of rocket league looking great

You are mentioning that the turbines come from helicopters and then explain how plane turbines work. This one 0:46 actually is from a helicopter and it doesn't use the thrust of the exhaust to push itself forward, but the exhaust is directed on a second set of turbine wheels wich turn a shaft that connects with the wheels - or before with the helicopter's rotors.

Don't let Richard Hamond near the jet car.

4:52 why did that happen? the wheel just slipped while the other one just kept on going

seance a jet car is classed an exhibition only the NHRA will only allow them to run 320.99 mph. if they wanted to run faster all they need to do is open the fuel regulator and pay the fine for going faster then allowed

hp and torque are the wrong measurements when it has thrust

the reason why i cant really get behind jet dragsters is that theres very minimal skill in driving and setup. no need to account for track condition nor the driver doesnt have much to do other than steer

These video's are amazing for learning really enjoy them, what's the dance track in the background around 6min.30?

Next video: rocket propelled dragsters. 👌

5 seconds is slow for foreforce 5 😂😂😂 defo beem in to the 3seconds mark

Jet cars cant top 11000hp nitro top fuel monsters shaking the earth as they rip to 126mph in 60ft.. love them v8 monsters

Always LOVE seeing the rocket trucks burning down the billboard to top off night under fire at Summit Raceway. First place I ever saw NHRA and Rocket dragsters. Absolutely incredible sight and sound

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Also: The TFD should adopt "fly" by wire to control torque

Next: Electric Dragsters

Matin Hill, the creator of Fireforce at Santa Pod, created his first Jet powered car was because he got fed up of making high HP V8s as they're so complicated: Piston timings, etc.

A lot of persuasive argument for jet cars

No engine rebuilds necessary

Bring back jet dragsters

Helicopters don't use jet engines. Jet engines produce thrust, not horsepower.

electric motors off the line, the jet to eff you up

*stuffs J79 into a car*

Wouldn't it be better to use the engine as a turboshaft to drive the wheels? If you want the best thrust to weight with absolutely no regard about efficiency use a solid rocket

they could max out the jet engine and hold the cars using wires at start. then suddenly release them on launch.

Not a gtr :D

Use electric motors for the first half of the run, and jet engines for the second half, and you are a winner.

Why put an aircraft jet engine onto a a chassis with four wheels? --- why give road-going cars a potential top speed of 400kph, even though it will never come close to that speed, outside of a racetrack? my guess is for the novelty of doing it

They use wide hose clamps on top fuel dragster's for motor mounts

... What if you piped it through a torque converter? I should probably clarify that I'm talking about turboshafts, not turbojets/turbofans/(sc)ramjets. Turboshafts are designed to primarily produce rotational torque instead of thrust. Soooo what would happen if we used a torque converter to transfer that torque to the wheels?

Nice video! 1:12 Thats not a heli engine, it could have been pulled from some prototype heli, but i's commercial use was for small jets (civil and military). Heli engines are designed to extract power through turbine shaft, so it would be not efficient to use just exhaust thrust. At 0:47 thou the dragster is probably using a gas turbine (jet) to power the wheels, that would be good use of heli engine. Also a bit disappointed no mention was given to fundamental difference between Jets and ICE, similar to the one between electric motor vs ICE. Jets and electric engines (before other technical limits) produce constant Torque or Thrust, while ICE drivetrain produces constant Power. It's often no good at all to even try rating jets power, as that depends on airspeed. For example we can have a jet use maximum thrust at takeoff but still produce less power than it will then use to cruise. But tbh i've not seen one automotive channel explain correctly what power actually is. Probably because of trying desperately not to alienate the audience... It really seems like people will get to understand how cars work only after "car" as a concept dies.

when did jet cars ever beat the best piston dragsters NHRA shortened the 1/4 mile strip to 1000 feet as the piston drag cars were getting too fast but even at 1/4 mile the top piston dragsters have been going under 4 seconds for years another sensationalistic video on youtube that has wrong info

Jet fuel is a hell of a lot cheaper than nitro. Just saying.

Why are the rear tires still so large and thick? To hold the car before the start?

jet dragsters accelerate faster and faster as you speed up. top fuel dragsters accelerate immediately but then taper very quickly. For 1/4 mile, Top Fuel dragster For 1 mile, jet dragster.

remember when Hammond drove one

It’s f wild to think some dude woke up one day and thought “let’s try a jet engine”!

4:10 DHL sponsoring a dragster: we deliver extremely fast ... but 2 times out of 10 you package will be toast

Wait, isnt the burning jet fuel carcinogenic?

What is exactly the purpose of these ridiculous machines. Beat records or to made the much polluting machine able to kill their pilots ? Difficult to understand for a European citizen.

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A jet drag car will never match the thrill of a nitro monster.

Couple of small nitpicks: the compression due to speed for a jet engine doesn't really matter until you're supersonic. The compressor does essentially all the work no matter what speed the dragster is going. Also, jet engines can be very efficient, but the kind used in fighters and drag cars isn't because efficiency comes at the expense of maximum thrust. Also, unless the jet engine is driving the wheels, "power" means nothing for a jet engine. (Also, it would be more technically correct to say that the car is "turbine powered" if the wheels are driven.) The effective power of the jet engine is the thrust produced times the speed of the car. When you look at the fact the car does better on the back half of the course from this perspective, it's small wonder. Your power effectively increases linearly with speed.

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When mpg means metres per gallon

I did the calculations and only got 433 kg of downforce with an angle of 10 degrees. Dunno what I did wrong. Sin is O/H, H is 2494 kg of thrust, then 2494*sin(10) is 433 kg.

Demolishes piston driven cars with a 5 sec 1/4 mile *Top fuel laughs in sub 4s* >U can't just make things up, that's not how this works

i saw a jet dragster incinerate a pt cruiser

Any more plans for the sim channel? I went back to find the old mx5 lap challenge and couldnt see it anywhere

I think electric dragsters are going to be so much better. Too much smoke, noise and pounding in my chest for me.