Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoEver since I was a kid wanted to ask this if I suspend a car mid air and rev it up to 100mph then drop it how far would it go without me touching the gas or break not even once?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down14
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareEver since I was a kid wanted to ask this if I suspend a car mid air and rev it up to 100mph then drop it how far would it go without me touching the gas or break not even once?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoNot very far at all. Very little power is needed to get wheels to spin in air at 100mph. When touching down, there would be a lot of wheel “spinout”. I’d expect well under 50 feet.
Not very far at all. Very little power is needed to get wheels to spin in air at 100mph. When touching down, there would be a lot of wheel “spinout”. I’d expect well under 50 feet.