LIFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ReiKo

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WOW why in hell did he stay in it so long. He's only at like 400 ft and its verticle, not like the wing broke at the 1/8 or something he had to of seen that coming.
 
Hopefully he was fully strapped in as tight as can be so his head didn't get jammed into the cage...
 
For a little bit there I had visions of that thing landing ok but pointed in the wrong direction. Anyone remember hearing about that happening a couple years back at some TA/D test in Oklahoma or something and the thing went back and took out a bunch of stuff at the starting line?
 
ReiKo said:
Hopefully he was fully strapped in as tight as can be so his head didn't get jammed into the cage...
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Alot of those guys DON'T strap in tight at all, I see so many of them at milan when there staging lean forward in the straps like four or five inches I'm like wtf how lose are them things.
 
They do that so when they are out front they lean up and see the car next to them. It's a bracket racing thing. Very dangerous.
 
igotaneed4speed said:
WOW why in hell did he stay in it so long. He's only at like 400 ft and its verticle, not like the wing broke at the 1/8 or something he had to of seen that coming.
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once the car gets up like that usually the wind blows it over, thats what you hear about when dragster guys are talking about blow overs


4 cam tbird said:
For a little bit there I had visions of that thing landing ok but pointed in the wrong direction. Anyone remember hearing about that happening a couple years back at some TA/D test in Oklahoma or something and the thing went back and took out a bunch of stuff at the starting line?
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yea 3 or 4 years ago, i cant think of her name right now, it was a chick. it went up came down backwards, full throttle into the tow vehicle on the line, killed her and her son instantly
 
DannyDodge said:
once the car gets up like that usually the wind blows it over, thats what you hear about when dragster guys are talking about blow overs




yea 3 or 4 years ago, i cant think of her name right now, it was a chick. it went up came down backwards, full throttle into the tow vehicle on the line, killed her and her son instantly
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Couldn't you grab the brakes (rear brakes only right?>) when the front ends up there a few feet and get it to drop pretty fast even while still in the throttle a lil so it don't upset to bad. I know shit happens fast as hell and its hard to react fast enough in cases but this is theoretical talk.

I have no seat time in a rail hence why I'm asking
 
igotaneed4speed said:
Couldn't you grab the brakes (rear brakes only right?>) when the front ends up there a few feet and get it to drop pretty fast even while still in the throttle a lil so it don't upset to bad. I know shit happens fast as hell and its hard to react fast enough in cases but this is theoretical talk.

I have no seat time in a rail hence why I'm asking
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Typically a little lift from the front end isn't a big deal and you expect it to sit back down and there is a fine line between a little ok lift and that little extra lift that gets enough air under it to blow it over. So you launch and it lifts up a little and you're thinking it'll come back down and by the time driver realizes it is higher than "it'll come back down" height it's too late.
 
4 cam tbird said:
Typically a little lift from the front end isn't a big deal and you expect it to sit back down and there is a fine line between a little ok lift and that little extra lift that gets enough air under it to blow it over. So you launch and it lifts up a little and you're thinking it'll come back down and by the time driver realizes it is higher than "it'll come back down" height it's too late.
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You have seat time in a rail?
 
igotaneed4speed said:
You have seat time in a rail?
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HAHA, no, just watched a lot of drag racing and have seen a lot of interviews from big guys in cars that have blown over and that's the jist of what they say. So in a lower level race with a less experienced driver like in the pics Reiko posted here you can see how it would make it a little more likely too.
 
igotaneed4speed said:
Couldn't you grab the brakes (rear brakes only right?>) when the front ends up there a few feet and get it to drop pretty fast even while still in the throttle a lil so it don't upset to bad. I know shit happens fast as hell and its hard to react fast enough in cases but this is theoretical talk.

I have no seat time in a rail hence why I'm asking
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ya like you said theoretically you could, but like you stated shit happens fast.

Casper302 said:
If you look at the pictures the throttle blades are still open. Crazy shit :hitfan:
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yea i noticed that its hard to tell though, it one they seem open in the next they seem fully shut, idk im just hoping the guy wasn't a complete dumbass and stayed in it, i mean it is a top dragster, not just some regular super comp rail, you would think the guy had some sorta experience
 
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