Why its impossible to drive 1000mph
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Cars get faster every day, and ever since we started driving them, we've always tried to go faster. But is there a limit to how fast a car can go? We did some math, made some calculations, and talked to some scientists to find out where the barriers are in making a car go faster. So what is the limiting factor? Is it the engine? The tires? You'll have to watch to the end to find out!
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Just to clarify, we shot this episode before the "Tuatara Drama" came to light. That being said, it still inspired us to make this episode. Hope you enjoy it! - Jerry
More people need to read this! The video actually focuses on much more.
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They kinda fked up the first run but I don't give a fk cause they said they will run it again and legitimately so stfu guys please
I was about to make angry comment about that :D :D :D
"Our only option is to increase power" James softly: *mo powah babe...*
fave part of the video
mo powa baby
Damn I had an ad right after the “mo”
I went back just ear it again
Time stamp
Always wondered why my 4 runner tops out a little over 975 mph. Thanks Mr. Donut!
97.5*
@@mr3rightside47 kph
@@mr3rightside47 so funny
Sorry, he meant 97 500 mph
Mm/ph
The team removing 16,000 TONS of stones, in the middle of the desert, by Hand was the most impressive feat in this video.
The Great Pyramid of Giza weighs 6 million tonnes, mostly moved by thin strips of leather with knots on the end attached to long, flexible sticks.
@@afterthesmash And still you can't move your ass from couch
@@afterthesmash aliens*
@@afterthesmash actually it was kinda built by pouring materials into molds just like cement
@@yacinaftsome primitive wood and rock CNC machines and complicated planetary gearset pulley systems
Better question is, how do you make a car go that fast without killing the driver if the slightest glitch happens. Jessie Combs died trying to break this record. A slight gust of wind, a tiny pebble the size of a pencil eraser, even turning the steering wheel a fraction a degree is all it takes for a disaster to occur.
Easy answer. You dont. Thats why we refer to these People as "Daredevils". No sane person would never try to do the sonic and go really really fast lol
thats why i enjoy motorcycles. 50 mph on an empty city street is exciting enough for this old guy.
Jessie Combs car was never ever going to achieve anything other than tragedy.....
@@originalforgeryWhy is that?
@@dextermorgan1Because it was built on a wing and a prayer with zero study to aerodynamic ground effects. You don't just cut the wings off a fighter jet and stick some wheels on it....!
I can see them making a energy drink called "liquid horsepower"
You’re not wrong there actually exists one.
They already have NOS energy drink
i would drink that more then water
nOS
If it was named that, id drink it all day every day, id have stocks in that drink no cap
“why it’s impossible to to drive at 1000mp” Someone watching this sometime in the future: **laughs in accomplishment**
Worked on a set of brake rotors back in 92/3 . Noticed thrust ssc on the drawings. In 98 discovered the company I worked for was a technical partner and that was when I discovered what the rotors were made for.
I am shocked it even had brakes.
I remember reading about the Thrust SSC in a kid’s book almost 20 years ago. Brings back memories...
23 ago
I remember it happening! The car is at Coventry Transport Museum now. Its really impressive kzhead.info/sun/nL2AXaymlqVrl2w/bejne.html
Is it the same SSC company?
@@johnchristian7788 people from the Thrust team are working on bloodhound, I know that.
I read that book!!
As someone from outside the US thank you for the KM/H conversion
Yes it would have been very difficult maths otherwise… 😂
@@markgadsby5568 math? what math? all you do is think in each system at the same time, and spit out an "about" if someone asks. Kw HP watts bla bla bla> Mph kts Ft/sec KM who cares. +/-5 who cares.
First many thought you couldn’t fly faster than the speed of sound, it was done and than was doubled. A land vehicle couldn’t do it, then they did it. It takes huge knowledgeable effort and money to do this. A totally committed crew and huge amount of patience. That on top of not getting discouraged with the multiple failures experienced prior to cracking 1000 mph in a land vehicle.
Literally the first video I've ever seen of your channel just found it awesome video I love how you take the time to explain that I agree with you you make sense a lot of people seem to not do that these days thanks for your intuitive points and entertaining video
Are we just going to ignore the fact that these speed record "cars" are really just jet aircraft that they kept from taking off?
Yep, absolutely true.
😂Right!👍
@@keppozx You just watched a whole video explaining why it's an achievement. It's definitely not a car the actual record calls it a "land vehicle", but it's not just a jet either. It's a fun engineering challenge and it's flashy enough for a Red Bull Stratos style advertising push when the finally go for it which will recoup a lot of the cost.
They also used special aluminum wheels, regular tires will blow apart.
They are lol but cars can have jet engines and still be cars. Had it in the 60’s and 70’s for the technology.
That's some honda civic speed right there
With no muffler
Shut up egg
VTEC INTENSIFIES
VTEC My Lads
POG
Best Explanation of the physical limits a car has to limit its speed. I taught physics and you would have been a VERY welcomed guest in my class. Thanks so much.
The land speed records was so fun to watch as a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s. The blue flame was my favorite
I watched this whole video and I'm still wondering how that shot glass of "liquid" didnt fall down at that angle.
Velcro stickers at the bottoms of the shot glasses .
And why u didn't skull it.
Cause he is takumi
Tape
Magic
Me: goes 120 down hill in my shitbox el camino "I'm so fast" Other people: going over 700, "I need more speed"
Mo powah babe
@@r32juan i guess the sad original 305 needs an upgrade.
Me in my shit box Saturn with a fart can barely maintaining speed on a slight incline...
@@hamsterama xD
I got my el camino up to 120 and a little bit more but the speedo only goes to 120 and at that speed I only dared take my eyes off the road for a second lol
One of the best videos on land speed I've ever seen - simplified a load of complicated stuff
I like that you're taking feedback and actually display kph values. You'll just need consistency.
This channel is legitimately so good
Been prob top 5 youtube pages for years
Almost as legitimate as SSCs record.
No
Yes
I've been using that word lately too
“Why it’s imposible to drive 1000 mph” Goes on to explain why it’s possible, just really hard.
Things are always possible.. just impossible under certain circumstances.. it’s possible that you could become smart, but ya chose to make an ass of yourself instead. A smart-ass, yet not an ass that is smart. See the implications?
@@SouthParkStudio With you trying to imply that all people who are smart-asses are not smart, I think you may be the not smart one in the conversation, along with your other fallacious assertions.
@@SouthParkStudio stfu
Cpawel Didn’t mean to offend you or your boyfriend. I never claimed all smart-asses aren’t smart.. just this one.. learn to read, and learn some rudimentary concepts while your at it
znO mE ur mom gay
Layman’s level explanations done in an entertaining way!! Kudos!!
Jerry, needs more projects. Freaking love your work! WE NEED MORE!
Someone 49 years later: No, no I don't think so...
49 years later with mecha Clinton as world ruler: bro you remember cars? Used to take that to work everyday and back then I only worked 8 hours AND I got paid. Anyways, better get back to work before we get burned at the stake.
@@HaidaWay ok
@@HaidaWay lmfao
Bruh
Bloodhound are planning to do it rather sooner.
The shot of “liquid” was the most precariously positioned object on earth.
That is true lelz
You guys make it so much easier for non car guys (like me) to understand, also, I've been learning alot about fluid dynamics, and how it applies to air, never thought the two with the same.
Someday I'm going to market air as "Water Light" and convince everyone they need to consume eight glasses of it per day, and that it's cleaner straight out of plastic.
What a fantastic episode! Love the explanation. (And the baby voice saying “my tail so good”)
The fastest car is that fart can honda civic that goes past your house at 3am. You ever wonder how so many people have the exact same experience with a civic? It's only one, he just drives THAT fast, that he passes every house on earth in a single night. He's the rice santa.
So if Ricer Santa exists..... does that mean rolling coal Krampus exists?
Rice santa........ we've all heard that mother fucked
ay rip Etika
Oh man! Thank you. I understand so much more right now. Not sure how to get this grin off of my face though. Lol!
I think we need a law that says, any cop who can catch that guy gets to keep the vehicle, though it must be disassembled and sold for parts. And of course the driver gets life in prison. I mean, if he has disturbed the peace of 2.6 billion people for a total of 100 hours each, how else is he going to make up for that beyond being immortal and put into community service for the rest of the lifetime of the Earth?
"You can see the curvature of the earth..." Flat earthers: The WHAT?!
I can't believe some people still actually think the world is round... talk about brainwashed by the government
@@tlf361 pathetic, how can it be round, think about it, the curvature is the gravitation pulling light down. Thats how black holes work, the gravity sucks the light,
@@CauneMusic I’m praying that you are joking
@@Geereg69 I pray that Jesus blesses you in your life
@@tlf361 Heil jesus!!!
4:55 omg it's so weird and harder to understand when the speed is not on the x axis. This way it would be more straightforward that the air resistance exponentially increases with the speed
Man, I went to school for Aviation Maintenance and this made my willy wobble. Dope Episode. thanks
When was this video made, we all know that SSC Tuatara record was nothing more than some GPS conversion software in a laptop. Great video otherwise.
Part of me wants to believe it was an honest mistake.
Yeah i heard about this, its quite inaccurate
@@Ryanbmc4 I did for a while, but they continued to lie and then their statement video was pathetic and pushed me over the edge 🤯
Easy to believe this was made over 2 weeks ago. Honest mistake. Less than honest oversight with the editor.... Seems lazy
Literally 16 minutes ago
Car: "goes 1000 mph" Tires: "yee, this ain't it chief"
The tires couldn't hack it so they just run it on super expensive alumunuim rims
@@jasongarfitt1147 single piece forged and laser balanced
I know no one asked but apparently a veyrons stock tires can only last 15 minutes before exploding at top speed but you will be out of gas in 12 minutes so....
@@snarkylive it really is people over look how cool tires actually are lol there quite the man made thing
@Chyler Baby who says I dont worship tires just made a fun fact there by far the most underrated man made thing
Congratulations. Out of the million YT videos that was the one and only advertisement I actually sat through and listened to.
The problem is those including Craig breedloves (the spirit of America) car (that was disqualified) that he entered into the land speed record car event which means it has to have 4 wheels not 3. The 3 wheeled vehicles now have their own class so unless your vehicle has 4 wheels it can not attain a record in that class of 4 wheeled cars that the thrust SSC holds the record for. The thrusts SSC beat breedloves record anyway because it broke the sound barrier on land first.
"Curvature of the earth" ought to piss off the flat Earthers.
There's a global uprise as we speak.
Lol, well they are correct about that one. It really is just perspective, as proven by a telescope bringing the "disappeared" object back into view
@@bustindustin959 it's so flat you can see the curve 🤣🤣🤣
@@bustindustin959 hahahahaha...perspective! That's funny, well done.
@@MrPixiepantz ....no no, for real. I don't believe it's flat, it's just that's not a good round earth proof, because you can bring the whole ship back into view, after disappeared, easily with a telescope.
Define “Car”...a rocket on wheels. ..hence “landspeed” record. Great stuff!!
this landspeed project has to be one of the last of it's kind and i love it. we need more if that
I love the way u lay it out. So understanding
"Back in October, the SSC Tuatara-" *I'm gonna stop you right there buddy*
They said it was recorded before all the drama happened
@@carlosmmm2183 I know dude for fuck's sake it's a joke
@@bbpro407 but wait a minute, the gears that were shown were the stock gearing, they could have tuned those gears and made modifications to the gearbox and engine to get to such speeds, and because it’s still a production car then it would still be eligible for the record.
@@cherrypepsi2815 fuckin relax buddy goddamn. sounds like someone needs a hug
@@asthmaticfish no
23 years ago I was 15. I remember reading about this I feel old.
23 yrs ago I was -10
38 years old 😬
23 years ago I needed 3 years to be born hahah
@@marizaguerrero4818 same😂
23 years ago i didnt exist and was in peace until god deciding to ruin my life by making my life
This video is why I subscribed. Good explanation of a technical problem.
so cool! I love all the videos donut makes, thank the lord
Fun fact: the fastest Man made object, The voyager in space goes 32,000 Mph
How fast did the man hole cover go?
Does it come back?
TwinChrome Yeah I was just thinking that too
Also fun: 32,000 Mph vs what? Any speed needs a point or frame of reference. 32,000mph away from Earth? The sun? Steve Harvey?
@@TexMex421 32,000 miles from where it was an hour ago?
Can we just say *RIP* to Jessi Combs, *SHE* set a land speed record of 398mph and but tragically died doing what she loved. Also was a “MythBuster” god we loved that show. Rip 🌹 ❤️
She died going 512 mph what a fucking legend!
they should have used a man
I never knew about this... She was famous for MB, which I loved very much but never knew she died that way... R.I.P.
@@lucasvanhamburg4937 Why? The Isreali Defense Force flew a mission up the Bakka Valley some years ago, led by a female Colonel of their Air Force- a half dozen planes, in line behind that female colonel took out 70+% of the Hezbollah air defense systems- at somewhere over the speed of sound and less than a thousand feet from the ground. The medicine says women handle G force better than men- it's a "biological thing"- sorta makes up for all the other superiority myths you've been brought up on, doesn't it?Actually, looking at your name,I suspect you should take up the qualifications of women with Angela Merkel- even if you don't agree with all of her politics, you have to respect her ability; those who haven't aren't much around the Bundestag any more. In Jessi Combs case, she was fully licensed and certified, the car was inspected and cleared by very skilled technicians of the sanctioning body, not the American Eagle team. In her early teens, she was doing things with dirt bikes that boys six to ten years older couldn't- and i rather doubt you could now. I'm not family, and I never met the lady, but I was deeply impressed by what she did, time after time. BTW, it is thought she hit a rock and lost surface contact- there is both the sanctioning bodies report and the County Sheriff's if you want to dig.
i didn't even know that she broke a land speed record, let alone she was trying to break a land speed record. she used to be on the power block on spike. always thought that she was a good looking lady. that's too bad.
Very informative, my friend!! Even with all of the complications and difficulties they no doubt will face, I hope they break their own record!!!!
Great insight on land speed record attempts. One clarification: Following Scott Kalitta's fatal crash in 2008, Top Fuel and Funny Car's only race 1000ft instead of a 1/4mile in competition.
Really? Well you’ve taught me something, I had no idea. No wonder the times got faster.
A resounding "YES!" to the extended interview. I'd love to see that...top speed racing is the nuttiest. Plus, I wonder why Bonneville wasn't used (environmental concerns, surface quality, track distance (or lack thereof), proximity to the location of build, weather, none of the above?, some combination of all, or some, of the above?). Thanks for yet another informative and (relatively) in-depth B-2-B on a subject that just doesn't get the attention it deserves. Cheers
We actually had to cut a section of the video talking about that, but in short its a combo of track quality and distance. For example, Black Rock Desert in Nevada used to be a good place to make an attempt back in the 90’s but the surface is less than ideal now because of, and this is 100% true, Burning Man - Jerry
Bonneville is a Salt Lake Bed that has been becoming increasingly less flat as moisture is increasing in the area. It's climate change that may have been brought on by the upward increase of event attendees...
A dried salt lake like Bonneville is simply too hard a surface for the vehicle and the driver at transonic speeds. That's why a dried mud surface works better: hard outer surface but softer material underneath.
Requesting a Bumper to bumper on James's relationship with his father
What would the intro look like?
Why does James and his father keep on coming up
@@casmorris5812 cuz people are dicks but if you have a dad that left you kinda can laugh about it cuz it’s something a lot of people can share basically his dad left his family when he was a kid and wasn’t nice to his mom and yeah
@@casmorris5812 I honestly think his dad said he would be a failure and it’s like funny to james cuz look where he is now🤣
We will never give up
10:36, the greatest visual for breaking the sound barrier that I have ever seen
And of course, as we now know, apart from breaking the sound barrier the most difficult thing is getting to the end of the measured mile without the text on your vehicle being turned back to front or is it inside out.
I'm sure if the engineers look into vtec surely it can hit 1000mph.
vtec is torque driven crap. they've bypassed torque and went straight to thrust power (much better). So what the frack you talkin bout willis? Did you even watch the video?
@@honklerton732 joke went over your head buddy
@@honklerton732 you understand how jokes work?
Chill buddy it’s a joke aimed at ricers.
@@Yuji_itadori_or_muichiro Look at the dudes profile and playlists. We should be proud that he can even read at all... The most basic and stereotypical taste of all below average IQ knuckle draggers xD
Funny how you keep calling it a "car", I'd call it a land rocket.
Thank you. That ain't no car. I was going to call it a scud missile on wheels.
if the wheels are providing the speed then its not a car.
Land cruiser or whatever, need some jets strapped to a chair to make that classic pod racer sound
been and seen the Bloodhound SSC in Leeds UK , its massive, and powered by a small solid rocket engine and a Eurofighter Typhoons turbojet engine,
That car got me into engineering lol, it's just crazy, car rocket, fucking both in the same time
Great explanation of what is a pretty hard thing to figure out in your head. It will be interesting if we ever approach 1k mph.
I have watched and taken into account all the factors mentioned in the quest for 1000 mph, as depicted by your excellent explanation, and I have the following question: "Was the yellow liquid tasty?"
Early Donut Media: The History of the Helmet Donut Media now: Lets have this guy pretend to be your Uncle for ads then lets have him explain why no one will ever go 1000 mph
Eventually you run out of topics.
ok boomer
*on land
Great content mate idk what your on anout
Oh shut up man, it's still great content.
Hey Vsauce, Michael here. Back in October, the SSC Tuatara set the record for the fastesr production car in the world, or did it? *vsauce music*
It's scary how I could hear his voice, and the music while reading this.
Looking at the video seeing the helicopter fly side by side at nearly 200 m/ph it was a fake! This type of helicopter has a max speed well under 200 m/ph and carries a camera crew + equipment.
Vsauce, Kevin here! So the SSC Tuatara just set the record for fastest production car in the world, right? Hehe....WRONG!
It isn't verified
@@spcresent the "or did it" music? I hear that totally
I attended an educational show as an HP consultant for scientific calculators on 2012. At that time, the Bloodhound LSR project was being introduced as the SSC. So I took that project as my presentation theme. After thoroughly studying math involved and running several calculations, I arrived at a speed figure of 1058.8 mph if the trial run was performed at 30 degrees Celsius ambient temperature and the 794-meter elevation at Hakskeen Pan. I figured that the combined power available from the jet engine - rocket motor combination amounted to over 100,000 horsepower to overcome the 19-ton drag force exerted over the car body. However, I could not consider the second-order effects stemming from the supersonic shock wave, being that the nonlinear analysis can not be undertaken without the aid of advanced hydrodynamic software.
Donut's the only channel where I actually watch the ads too, because you guys are so good.
I love how the liquid is barely contained in that glass
Meanwhile, me going 80 in my 2013 Nissan Versa: _I am speed_
I loved my Versa (2011 hatch)
Which perhaps takes more courage than taking the LSR to 1000mph. I salute you.
heh once me and a coworker "raced" on a freeway, his shitbox 90s civic and my 90 corolla, we hit about 90 and were neck and neck, looked at each other with instant regret and slowed down, was terrifying XD
Until the JATCO (Junk Another Transmission Company) CVT decides to take an explosive permanent vacation. :(
@@RoderickVoordouw 😂
Amazing and fun take on a really complex subject.
That's a lot of information. Thanks.🙏💸
5:58 wow. i never thought about lift effectively decreasing the car's weight like that and that's partly why it's so easy to lose control. fascinating.
You, ugh, do know how airplanes work right?
@@jamesbizs I think you're a little late to this party
@@blongus you are as well and me too
@@blongus You are never to late to the party lets go bois!
@@Delimon007 so true
Well the tuatara kinda did an oopsie with their measurements...
Most prolly orchestrated for media attention
They went “yeah it’s fine only 30000000 mph off”
Cry babies, cry!!!!
@@emanuelnamseth1469 Okay bro give your mom your phone back.
Yeah it was faked
You know what's interesting.... When combustion engines and cars first came out, they said it was impossible to break 50 MPH. I believe they said the same with sound barrier. So, can we reach 1,000 MPH? Oh yeah, there won't be limitations on stuff like this.
What does a car need to go 1000mph? Wings, but then it's an airplane.
“Liquid horse juice” Well that’s one hell of a concerning name. The color doesn’t help
lol
@Azal 423 y e a h
Look at my horse My horse is amazing
@@tylersmallman give it a lick, it tastes just like raisins
is it really?
Cmon, all it needs is a fart can exhaust a “cold air” intake and a V-tech sticker on it and it’ll go 1022 mph. 🤦🏽♂️
Smh you forgot the cardboard wing
dont forget the neon
What about the "Dolphin fin" ?
it lacks the snail with a impeller TUUUUURRRRBOOOOO sticker (chromed!)
Only if you are running a spoon engine with t66 turbos and NOS like hector ordered
Love focusing on the two molly anchor holes behind you on the right especially when you point a big green arrow at em'! LOL!
Great analogies - thanks
Jeremayah: *make some blah-blah-blah noises* Me: *starring at two holes on the wall*
Where? I want to see them too!
I thought there was dust on my screen
I literally cant unsee the holes now 🤣🤣🤣
"What does it take to make a car go 1000mph?" ... a 2jz with ... 3 turbos AND a supercharger?
Spoon engine, T66 turbo, NOS and Motec System exhaust
*tires* don't be like devel 16 It's not all about power (Also no idk if the 2jz could handle that Much power it might explode)
@@whoisbotsman ok Hector
@@whoisbotsman sorry but a honda can't go that fast.
A supercharger actually does help... pump fuel. They have used a supercharged jag V8 to power the fuel pump on this vehicle.
In other words no car will ever do what you’re talking about unless you define “car” in such a way as to include horizontal flying rockets that have tires attached and are kept (more-or-less) in contact with the ground under them. To call this contraction a car I would add the additional requirement that the tires have to maintain contact with the ground to the same extent that they had contact in the came proportion as the fastest production car when it reaches its top speed. In other words, it doesn’t count if the rocket is flying and the tires are just sort of touching the ground but mostly just skipping along for the ride. Excellent KZhead! Very informative. I had my Jaguar XJ12 up to 130+ MPH for an hour one time. The scariest part was how fast the other cars on the freeway approached me. At 130 I was still about 500 rpm below the car’s redline so there was a little more speed I might have squeezed out, but I couldn’t tell if the several cars on the freeway ahead of me were too close together for me to maneuver a 20’ long 6000 lbs machine around. Looking back it was fun. But at that moment it was scary.
They should have James saying “mo powah baby” just randomly in the video lol
bro just bring a long stretch of land into space and a car and record achieved ez clap
Tela's next stunt
Gg ez
Ya ikr engineers r so dum like hire me nasa 🙄
Crank the power up and find me someone with BALLS
And since it's in space you don't have to worry about drag anymore.
at first this dude was like a copy of the other dude. but over time this dude is getting his own style. good job dude
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Look at this duud
Subbed! Amazing channel
A collab with SSC and ASUS would do it. The kings of weight loss and the kings of cooling would equal an engine thats never even heard of the word "warm" 🤣
Day 31 of asking Nolan to make donuts for the crew Nothing can beat my civic... it goes 1000000000 mph
VTEC My Boooooiiiiiiii
10000000001*
Honda Fit goes 10000000000e x 2
This chain is mega cringe
my dodge dart can hit 69 inf mph
SSC "supposedly" set the record. Needs confirmation before you say it as fact
They probably recorded this episode before there was speculation
If anyone needs, watch Bladed Angel's video and Schmee150's videos which debunk the record.
@@billc_26 or you know Engineering explained who actually does the math? I love Bladed but he rants without a lot of actual backing it up sometimes
@@cptnscoob yeah....yeah....that is very true. I am foolish sometimes.
They tagged a comment, they filmed it before all the shit. I really hope SSC holds up to their promises and ACTUALLY do a 2nd run
He touched on it very shortly but downforce is really the limiting factor. The faster the vehicle goes the more downforce that is applied keeping the vehicle from flying up off of the ground essentially making the tores flat from trying to keep it from flying above the ground out of control therefore reaching maximum downforce load.
I honestly find the engine category land speed records more interesting than the big contest. The people who stick a built V8 in a cigar with some pizza cutters strapped to a titanium axle in the desert, lower themselves to a couple precious centimeters from the sand in their coffin of speed, and fling themselves into oblivion, are a different breed.
"And they break apart, just like this analogy" If only more physics teachers were willing to admit when an analogy meets it's limits. Hahaha. Great Job Jerry!
"Scotty, I need more power." "I've giv'n her all she's got captain, an' I canna give her no more."
All she's got isn't good enough Scotty. What else you got?
@@AlexandarHullRichter HOW BOUT...UMM 50,000 PUNDS O'THRUST
@@ilovebread352 pennies next to what the Enterprise already got!
@@AlexandarHullRichter sorry I don't understand U know when Siri says dat
I JUST CAN'T DOIT CAP'N!!
These land speed records remind me of high school physics class way back in the stone age. The teacher hammered into our heads that 'deceleration' isn't a real physics term, that 'acceleration' simply means a change in velocity so you can have positive acceleration or negative acceleration.
It blew my mind when I saw The Expanse and they "accelerate backwards" in order to stop. I felt a new realm of knowledge came to my life, because I never understood the practicality of negative acceleration in a world where you can just decelerate. Damn you, high school physics teacher.
@@IceSpoon that’s not the same, as they are literally accelerating in the opposite direction. Just because your car is rolling backwards down a hill, doesn’t mean you aren’t accelerating forwards, in order to stop that roll.
What I wonder about is the wheel integrity at the rotational speed that they will be turning...
Day 9 of asking James to do an Up To Speed 🥺
Ye boi im missing it too
Wait why they stop?
yes
What happened
maybe they ran out of car companies
"you can even see the *curvature* of the Earth" *Angry Inbred flat earther noises*
_EEEEEEHHHHHHHHH_ *NOT TRUE NO TRUE BAD BAD GOVERNMENT EEEE* *NOT TRUE IM NOT INBRED EVEN THOUGH I CLERLY AM EEEEEEEEE* *ITS ALL A SIMULATION NOT TRUE NOT TRUE EEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
orange man bad
@@sirmounted8499 What that has to do with the curvature of the Earth remains a mystery. Maybe we can make a series out of it.
@@markh.6687 trump is easily the reason for everything that goes wrong including earth not being flat
@@TWEAKLET Oh! Now I get it! I thought everything going wrong was MY fault!! Phew! That's a relief! :)
Thanks for the video
Just a question, at the start you talked about the snake biting his tail issue, couldn't that be overcomed by delivering electric power to some kind of supersonic capable EDFs or othe super high torque permanent magnet Synrm motors like in trains, through an overhead wire. The Idea behind this beeing we can add way more power and very little weight. I know there are a 1000 more complications in achieving this task especially ones related to wire tensioning and energy conversion, but still I find it an interesting concept
So much respect to anybody with a PhD in CFD
No joke. I took basic fluid dynamics and it was pretty hard.
@@arthritisankle Yep, and basic fluid dynamics deals with incompressible fluids. Things get much more complicated with compressible fluids
@DispelTheMythThat's too deep a subject
@DispelTheMyth no
I have a masters in CFd 😁
**12 year olds reading the title of the vid** “sUpRa CaN dRiVe tHiS fAsT iT cOmEs sTock wItH 10000 hp”
Your pfp matches it perfectly
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This joke is getting kinda old don't you think
How many 12 year olds today give a hoot about the Supra? Supra’s are not on kids radar
@@nibbacheese3787 yes
In my way over-simplified understanding it's how fast multiples of factors involved increase. Just physics issues multiply pretty quick. Rotating mass, drag, wind resistance, torsional stresses, lift, friction, heat problems, etc.
Been lucky enough to attend guest lectures by Dr Evans, proudly developed from Wales!
Can we petition for Donut to develop their own motor oil called “Liquid Horse Juice”??
😂😂😂
That's called glue lol
@@andrewdakus1766 liquid horse juice, my friend... not viscous horse juice 👍
"yea i did a LHJ swap"
And their own fuel additive called "Mo' Powah Babeh"?
I remember the Discovery Channel special on the Thrust SSC back in the day. All the struggles, the danger involved. It was very, very hard to pull that off. The driver was a former Royal Air Force pilot if I'm not mistaken, and the project manager was the former driver of the Thrust, which held the world record at the time, getting close to the speed of sound, but not over it.
Yup ... I'm old enough to remember when Richard Noble smashed the world land speed record in Thrust 2, which I got to see in person, in a vehicle museum, iurc, in Coventry. Aside from that, it was notable for the fact that Jaguar took one of the fastest coupé at the time (XJS ?), and turned it into the world's fastest 'fire engine' (OK, more like a car out fitted with a big enough tank for fire suppression), just in case Thrust 2 crashed ... I still have a vague visually memory of watching it power across the dry lake bed, the mirage effect making it look like it _was_ travelling across water, with a huge 'roosters' tail of dust, right behind it ... When Trust SSC came around, by then he knew he was a touch too old to drive it. Though he was a key figure in the project, even he would say he had a more hands off rôle than portrayed, but given he _did_ practically hold the land speed record for the longest time, he appreciated actually being bought on-board. As for the driver of Thrust SSC, if memory recalls, not only was he an retired RAF Squadron Leader (the equivalent to a Major in both the Army, and Royal Marines; and Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy - making him a NATO OF-3), but he was a Sqn Ldr of the Red Arrows, the RAF's Display Team, making him a man formerly in charge of one of the world's elite aerobatic display teams, requiring an insane level of skill just to be even considered to join them, as even a few seconds miss-timing can end in serious crashes, during air displays. I wish I could remember that pilot's name, as he - rightfully - deserves recognition for being the first person to drive faster than Mach 1, which would've pushed even his skills to the limit ... ... but seeing an aerial photo of Thrust SSC, a clear line, caused by the supersonic shock wave spreading laterally across the salt/sand, is still an incredible image ... ... hence I can't wait to see what Bloodhound can do, at maximum throttle ...
@@nigelft The driver of ThrustSSC was Andy Green. He's also the driver of Bloodhound LSR. But he'll be 60 years old this year, so maybe not such a great idea?
@@nigelft Same!! As a kid fascinated in all things 'car', we had a school trip to Coventry Motor Museum - after showing a documentary on Thrust 2, they rolled back the curtains and there it was - Thrust 2 !!! I was blown away! Those things really stick in a kids mind and is largely why I am now an engineer. Thrust 2 - Richard Noble Thrust SSC - Wing Commander Andy Green Thrust Bloodhound - Wing Commander Andy Green
Thanks for this Donut team. I managed a wind tunnel facility for 30 years and told everybody from the beginning it is practically impossible. There are hundred more reasons than the basics you discussed. On top of it all you need a perfect surface, which does not exist, perfect conditions that does not exist and perfect wheels that no unlimited budget will ever solve etc etc. Not to be negative, just realistic. Rather spend the money for charity.
Fabulous, just fabulous!