Thread: 1/4 Mile Results are in(no traction :-/ )**(redemption run June 21st)**

You're not getting it. 95% of the other people here get it. No point in arguing. I have done it, I have seen it, I know it.

I'll lay one more scenario out there for you to try to explain it.

Take an RC car with a top speed of 60 mph. Set up cones 10 feet apart.

Run 1: Launch from a stand still.
Run 2: Hold the wheels off the ground and hold the throttle wide open for a second then let it down.

Run 2 is going to hit top speed in a shorter distance because it got a running start. The same situation happens on a poor launch in a 1/4 mile run.

Higher RPM's equal higher MPH.

Originally Posted by stealthee

You're not getting it. 95% of the other people here get it. No point in arguing. I have done it, I have seen it, I know it.

I'll lay one more scenario out there for you to try to explain it.

Take an RC car with a top speed of 60 mph. Set up cones 10 feet apart.

Run 1: Launch from a stand still.
Run 2: Hold the wheels off the ground and hold the throttle wide open for a second then let it down.

Run 2 is going to hit top speed in a shorter distance because it got a running start. The same situation happens on a poor launch in a 1/4 mile run.

Higher RPM's equal higher MPH.

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

You can't? Last I checked you could do a burnout standing still.

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

My "silly" example proves why you will have a higher trap when you spin. Wheel spin equals inertia. You will hit a higher rpm at an earlier point in the run. Higher RPM equals higher MPH.

Originally Posted by mechguy

That isn't a valid comparison because in a real race, you can't begin spinning your tires before the light turns green.

Of course your silly example would win because it's just giving an inertial head-start to the one R/C car.

Dude, you really should have stopped while you were ahead.