Acceleration

[gvainfo]

The point was: Dragsters don't fly.
Well. At least not for a second time  ;-)

1KPerDay wrote:
> Yeah, but it doesn't accelerate as quickly, which is the whole point
> of this thread. Jets need steam launchers to reach 100+ mph in a
> couple of seconds. 'Course a dragster won't pull 9 Gs in turns and
> exceed Mach 2. :D
>
> On 8/10/07, Jeffrey Markham <automan25 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> An F-16 can also maintain its high performance for much more than a few seconds without tearing itself apart like the dragster.
>>