How fast is too fast? - Richard Hammond head injuries.

Cosmo_xYRik · September 26th, 2006, 4:12 AM

I love going fast, but I've never been a fan of putting anything on a drag strip that isn't powered through it's wheels. I'm from Australia where rocket boosters are banned from our strips.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bbc...036516486.html

To throw the question open, should the BBC be putting any limitation on the stunts in Top Gear after the Richard Hammond crash?

wooflepoof · September 26th, 2006, 4:35 AM

http://www.finalgear.com

GPriest · September 26th, 2006, 4:51 AM

Hell No!!!! It was Hammonds choice to do the stunt. It is like asking whether we should limit any speed records, because an audience member doesn't like it. Top Gear is made for our entertainment, and as long as we aprove, they will continue.

optimusprime · September 26th, 2006, 6:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo_xYRik

I love going fast, but I've never been a fan of putting anything on a drag strip that isn't powered through it's wheels. I'm from Australia where rocket boosters are banned from our strips.

The landspeed record for Internal Combustion is still over 400mph.

(409.9mph to be exact)

Blind_Io · September 26th, 2006, 7:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo_xYRik

I love going fast, but I've never been a fan of putting anything on a drag strip that isn't powered through it's wheels. I'm from Australia where rocket boosters are banned from our strips.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bbc...036516486.html

To throw the question open, should the BBC be putting any limitation on the stunts in Top Gear after the Richard Hammond crash?

Bloody hell

http://science.howstuffworks.com/rocket.htm

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/turbine.htm

Rocket != Jet Turbine

Viper007Bond · September 26th, 2006, 8:06 AM

Well, I'd call it more of a jet engine. I consider turbine powered cars are where it drives the wheels while a jet engine pushes air.

Aardvark · September 26th, 2006, 8:08 AM

I'm trying to remember a film where those bullets go flying past someone's car when they are trying to do a speed reccord... Someone remind me, that was an ub3r cool film images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Blind_Io · September 26th, 2006, 8:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Well, I'd call it more of a jet engine. I consider turbine powered cars are where it drives the wheels while a jet engine pushes air.

That's just the difference between using a mechanical linkange and reduction gears from the turbine to drive the wheels or using the exhaust (and maybe an after burner) as a source of thrust, both use gas turbine powerplants, but they harness the energy in different ways.

My point is that a turbine, however the power is used, is not the same as a rocket motor. Rocket cars and sleds have been around for decades and were used in tests even before Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier.

Viper007Bond · September 26th, 2006, 8:43 AM

Yeah, rocket = missle, jet turbine = 747.

Blind_Io · September 26th, 2006, 8:48 AM

Some missiles use jet turbines.

The Tomahawk cruise missile comes to mind.

SV · September 26th, 2006, 9:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmo_xYRik

I'm from Australia where rocket boosters are banned from our strips.

Since when?
Ive seen rocket cars/jet cars going down the strips, years ago a few were in adelaide and recently they were at Western Sydney International Dragway.

I think that top gear will still be doing things as usual images/smilies/wink.gif

ESPNSTI · September 26th, 2006, 1:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark

I'm trying to remember a film where those bullets go flying past someone's car when they are trying to do a speed reccord... Someone remind me, that was an ub3r cool film images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Rat Race?

wooflepoof · September 26th, 2006, 1:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Blind_Io

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosmo_xYRik

I love going fast, but I've never been a fan of putting anything on a drag strip that isn't powered through it's wheels. I'm from Australia where rocket boosters are banned from our strips.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bbc...036516486.html

To throw the question open, should the BBC be putting any limitation on the stunts in Top Gear after the Richard Hammond crash?

Bloody hell

http://science.howstuffworks.com/rocket.htm

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/turbine.htm

Rocket != Jet Turbine

Im surprised Howstuffworks hasn't covered the Hamster incident, theyr'e usually on top of that (How stingrays can kill people comes to mind) I guess cuz Hammond isn't quite that big a star

sandor_ · September 26th, 2006, 2:05 PM

could you imagine the guys and gals out on the Bonneville Salt Flats if someone tried to limit their speeds or engines??

http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/bonneville_salt.htm

Susurrate · September 26th, 2006, 4:17 PM

There is no such thing as too fast just like there is no such thing as too many hot naked chicks in your hot tub. I'm sorry but the phrase"too fast" just isn't in my vocabulary.

TheOneVader · September 26th, 2006, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark

I'm trying to remember a film where those bullets go flying past someone's car when they are trying to do a speed reccord... Someone remind me, that was an ub3r cool film images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Rat Race indeed...

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/rocketcar022.jpg

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/rocketcar27f1.jpg

http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/rocketcar3120.jpg

Dark_Templer_102 · September 27th, 2006, 12:47 AM

Would that work? Doubtful...

GPriest · September 27th, 2006, 4:44 AM

Probably not as perfect, the bullet would loose momentum and not continue on such a straight course for that long period of time, as it was shot from a hand gun.

No Boss · September 27th, 2006, 5:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GPriest

Probably not as perfect, the bullet would loose momentum and not continue on such a straight course for that long period of time, as it was shot from a hand gun.

You guys do realize common bullets travel at speeds between 180m/s and 1500 m/s, right?

/even though 180 m/s is about 402mph, which is a common speed for rocket cars, you'd never be able to focus on a bullet next to you at that speed.
//Hollywood isn't reality.

optimusprime · September 27th, 2006, 7:31 AM

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Originally Posted by No Boss

Quote:

Originally Posted by GPriest

Probably not as perfect, the bullet would loose momentum and not continue on such a straight course for that long period of time, as it was shot from a hand gun.

You guys do realize common bullets travel at speeds between 180m/s and 1500 m/s, right?

/even though 180 m/s is about 402mph, which is a common speed for rocket cars, you'd never be able to focus on a bullet next to you at that speed.
//Hollywood isn't reality.

Not to mention the fact the bullets are affected by gravity same as anything else.

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GPriest Joined: Sep 21st, 2006 Last Online: October 5th, 2006 Location: ONTARIO, CANADA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Hell No!!!! It was Hammonds choice to do the stunt. It is like asking whether we should limit any speed records, because an audience member doesn't like it. Top Gear is made for our entertainment, and as long as we aprove, they will continue. __________________ 99' Aurora (Black on Black baby!) Mods: N/A More Pictures Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world - JEREMY CLARKSON

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 7:30 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,275 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Well, I'd call it more of a jet engine. I consider turbine powered cars are where it drives the wheels while a jet engine pushes air. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 7:30 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,275 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Yeah, rocket = missle, jet turbine = 747. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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Susurrate Joined: Apr 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 5:08 AM Location: North of Atlanta. Posts: 1,043 Car: Civic Rep Power: 46	There is no such thing as too fast just like there is no such thing as too many hot naked chicks in your hot tub. I'm sorry but the phrase"too fast" just isn't in my vocabulary. __________________ One unnamed team principal, asked if Mosley really was going to step down, said he would believe it "only when I see the stake through his heart."

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GPriest Joined: Sep 21st, 2006 Last Online: October 5th, 2006 Location: ONTARIO, CANADA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Probably not as perfect, the bullet would loose momentum and not continue on such a straight course for that long period of time, as it was shot from a hand gun. __________________ 99' Aurora (Black on Black baby!) Mods: N/A More Pictures Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world - JEREMY CLARKSON

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