Definition of acceleration

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== Preamble ==
 
 
 
There are no rockets or airplanes built by any government in the world that can accelerate from a standing start as fast as a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car!
 
 
  
  
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It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels.
 
It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels.
  
Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
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Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
  
 
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
 
A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger.
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Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
 
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
  
At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg F.
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At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitromethane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg F.
  
Nitro methane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
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Nitromethane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
  
 
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
 
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.
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...and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!
 
...and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!
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*This is a tired old story (has been posted elsewhere at least as far back as 2005) and several items have changed: The NHRA fuel cars only race 1000 feet now not 1320 feet, horsepower estimates are higher and more fuel is burned, cost is greater.
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 31 October 2023

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