Anyone have the Ferrari vs. Eurojet on video??

[JUS8AV8]

? thanks

[Evil 330ci]

the euro jet won. saw it on the news.

[ledfut]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/12/11/....ap/index.html

" Schumacher won the first race of 600 meters in 9.4 seconds, with the jet 0.2 seconds behind. The jet won at 1,200 meters in 14.2 seconds, with the Ferrari 2.5 seconds back. In the final race of 900 meters, the jet finished in 13.0 seconds and the Ferrari was 0.2 seconds behind. "









"GROSSETO, Italy (AP) -- It takes a jet plane to beat Michael Schumacher.

An Italian Air Force fighter jet defeated Michael Schumacher's Ferrari 2-1 Thursday in three races down a military airport's rain-soaked runways.

Schumacher's Ferrari F2003-GA proved to be a nose faster than pilot Maurizio Cheli's Eurofighter Typhoon in the first race of 600 meters. The plane then easily won the last two races of 1,200 and 900 meters.

"It was an interesting experience," Schumacher said, adding that "there was a lot less pressure" than facing Formula One rival Juan Pablo Montoya.

Cheli did not gloat over his victory.

"Everyone is a prince or king in their own environment," the fighter pilot said......."

[E36DJ]

um funny how traction isn't an issue for an aircraft that uses jet engines w/ afterburners, vs. the car.

edit: I want to see the F22 go up against the euro fighter lol.. that's the only time I want an american "vehicle" to destroy a european one.
Our avionics and electronics systems are soooooooo much more advanced than anything the eurofighter can impliment; that's why our 20+ year old F14 remains the current air superiority fighter, we keep updating it with weapons and radar systems that detect and destroy enemy aircraft before the bad guy even knows there's a plane ahead of him. The whole thing is over with before they see eachother, who cares about manuverability (in the case of the huge ass f14.)

Anyways.. I'm off topic.

[Jonte]

Here`s a video, sorry about it beeing in Swedish.
http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/strea...vdelningslage=

That`s alot of waterspray! Imagine trying to launch without wheelspin in that!

[Jonte]

I`d say that 9.4 in the wet for 600(the quartermile is 402.33) meters is pretty damn impressive for something that wasnt built to run in a straight line.

[ledfut]

Originally posted by Jonte
I`d say that 9.4 in the wet for 600(the quartermile is 402.33) meters is pretty damn impressive for something that wasnt built to run in a straight line.

yeah, i mean, i guess its alright if you like that kind of thing.

[PortalBMW]

I didn't think much could outsound an F1 car but that euroflighter owned it. Cool video.

[JUS8AV8]

okay, i'm getting nothing from that link. I press play and nothing happens.

[nickmpower]

it may have been different had it not been wet

[JayT]

WOW very nice vid. Any one know how to save it?

[Alex Mc]

Originally posted by ledfut
yeah, i mean, i guess its alright if you like that kind of thing.

Who the hell wouldn't like blasting down an airstrip pinned in the cockpit of an F2003-GA bangin out 19,000rpm shifts!?!

Of course you'd want to get it on a race circuit, but god it'd take you days to put a good lap together coming from what us mortals drive.. i'll take a drag race anyday.


mmmmmm, you can almost hear it.

[E36DJ]

yes it would have been much different in the dry, the plane doesn't put it's power down through rubber/tires

[PortalBMW]

How does it do it then?

[Jar_e_d is]

Originally posted by PortalBMW
How does it do it then?

Are you serious???

The plane has no power going to the wheels, therefore traction in the wet is not an issue for it.