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What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - NefCanuck - 07-11-2007
Found this while bouncing around YouTube... the results speak for themselves
Results of driving behind a 747 at takeoff velocity
NefCanuck
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - Scorpion - 07-11-2007
Well, I was gonna try that...guess I wont now :lol: :lol: :ph34r:
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - zx5power - 07-11-2007
seen it before pretty cool
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - oldeguy - 07-11-2007
So....... I guess I better lower the Focus, you never know when a 747 is gonna go by........ :blink:
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - torradan - 07-11-2007
Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - NOS2Go4Me - 07-11-2007
It's common sense, really, when you consider that the plane can be fully loaded, rip down a runway and take off.
The fact that they cruise at 550+ MPH is also a bit of a tip-off ;)
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - zx5power - 07-11-2007
they should have used a F18 hornet and roasted ford marsmallows
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - Mason - 07-11-2007
Funny funny stuff.
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - OAC_Sparky - 07-11-2007
Believe it or not, planes leave a "wake" of turbulent air that lasts up to two minutes after the plane goes by. When I have to land at Hamilton International I have to be mindful of the Westjets and such; what their lift-off/touch down point is (that's the spot where the wake is most concentrated) so that I don't run into it with my smaller plane. It's invisible, and it'll flip your plane no problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - NefCanuck - 07-12-2007
I think what was more shocking to me was watching the Citroen 2CV just get absolutley pummled by the engines wake(Even moreso than the Ford Mondeo)
I mean I know the effects of aerodynamics but whoa... :ph34r:
NefCanuck
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - NefCanuck - 07-12-2007
torradan,Jul 11 2007, 07:11 AM Wrote:Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
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They did a Mythbusters segment on this? :blink: The only one I can recall involving a jet plane was the time they were trying to duplicate the effect of blowing out a cabin window at altitude to see what actually happened (IE: whether the roof peeled back or the window when blown out sucked everything out) that one was busted...
NefCanuck
What Happens If You Drive Behind A 747? - mo_focus - 07-12-2007
torradan,Jul 11 2007, 12:11 PM Wrote:Looks like the guys on Mythbusters screwed the pooch when they did their experiment (and pretty sure called it busted).
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when did mythbuster try that? idiots :)
this is an actual safety video that was done back in 1993.
http://www.judetuben.se/watch?v=TyMGLjo6Oj...related&search=
its actually done with a truck.