How This Car Does 0-100 in 0.9 Sec

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  • @trailguy
    @trailguy 10 месяцев назад +54

    My dad’s non turbo 1985 300zx was a fast car at the time and did 0-60 in 8.3, I think. Within 10 years the turbo Volvo wagons we’re doing it in under 8 which was amazing. The Lamborghini on my wall was a v12 with 4 valves per cylinder, the Quattro valve. It did 9-60 in 5.0, I believe. Today, you can get any old car to do that. I wish we would start focusing on making light cars with 100mpg that cost very little. I’d be happy with a 2000 pound, 100hp manual car all analog that costs 8k.

    • @SNerd42
      @SNerd42 7 месяцев назад

      Have you ever considered a Kei car? Might need some mods to get it to 100 hp but it could be a fun little project.

    • @WaspMedia3D
      @WaspMedia3D 3 месяца назад

      Yup, even my 2003 Honda pilot can get there under 7. It's a special gem for old Pilots though, also gets 5mpg better than EPA rating ... which still sucks by today's standards. Engines can literally run on fumes, 80 mpg with power on tap when you need it is not impossible at all ... but you know, big oil profits, government tax revenue, etc.
      I'd love an old analogue car, but also ... you know, government sanctioned remote shut off (actual real thing required by 2030), tax revenue generated by integrated chip giants (AMD, Nvidia, Intel), etc ...

    • @ryanpeck3377
      @ryanpeck3377 3 месяца назад

      What you're missing is that due to insurance (and the nanny state governments) safety regulations have gotten ridiculous. That all requires weight. Just look at what a modern Miata or Mini weighs

    • @Lovetheducks
      @Lovetheducks 2 месяца назад

      My friend in high school had an old Volvo diesel. It took about a minute to hit 60 miles per hour was scary getting on freeways lol

    • @xXlURMOMlXx
      @xXlURMOMlXx 2 месяца назад +1

      If you want efficient then you wouldn't want a manual lol

  • @WalterPidgeonsForge
    @WalterPidgeonsForge 11 месяцев назад +22

    Jim Hall and Chaparral 2J did this vacuum thing in 1970.. still works! Without rules the mind can wander freely and innovate. Jim would be amazed and proud of this team and their innovation and success.

    • @francom6230
      @francom6230 11 месяцев назад +3

      I met Jim Hall (in the '90s) .. GM considered building a street car version of his Chaparral.. at the time, Ford built a prototype GT-90 but did later poduce the street legal GT-40.. My boss (Chuck Mountain) quit Ford todevelop the original GT-40 with Carrol Shelby.. (Kar Craft was the "kunk works)

    • @willecutlip
      @willecutlip 11 месяцев назад +4

      I believe one of the driving reasons it was banned was because of the speed at which any pebbles on the track were ejected from the fan(s)...

  • @K0ALA.
    @K0ALA. 11 месяцев назад +884

    Tom Scott did this too. Looks mental! Would love to have a go

    • @saintuk70
      @saintuk70 11 месяцев назад +14

      He stopped making weekly videos as it's not that easy when still on the, or over, the Moon. He loved it.

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 11 месяцев назад +11

      The lateral forces are about 3.5 G. Insane.

    • @MrMuz99
      @MrMuz99 11 месяцев назад +2

      I came to comment that 😄

    • @chsinger96
      @chsinger96 11 месяцев назад +7

      R.I.P. Tom Scott's channel🙏🏼

    • @TheUKNutter
      @TheUKNutter 11 месяцев назад +4

      Tom Scott 😭

  • @kmoecub
    @kmoecub 11 месяцев назад +21

    The best way to add downforce was banned by the CanAm series in the early 70's (the analogue was mentioned in the video). Electric actively sucking the car to the track. I'm still disappointing that no racing series embraced that method. I'm so enthused that these students saw the benefit of that and did all of the work needed to bring their vision to fruition.
    It's also good to see Citeron's work in hydraulic suspensions still being referenced in modern race cars.
    refrenced

    • @corentinoger
      @corentinoger 9 месяцев назад +8

      I guess one of the troubles if used for cornering in a practical race, is that if the car is lifted from the ground that for any reason (debris, stone...), it looses all grip at once and goes tumbling.

    • @zentai5076
      @zentai5076 4 месяца назад

      you should check out the mcmurtry car. it has a vaccuum fan that sucks it to the road

  • @JesseSarkkinen
    @JesseSarkkinen 11 месяцев назад +1168

    Swiss government in 1955: Let's ban motorsports for 70 years because of this horrifying crash
    Swiss students: Haha wanna make this bathtub into a missile?

    • @dubi127
      @dubi127 11 месяцев назад +73

      hehe, bathtub goes "bzzzzzzzzz"

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo 11 месяцев назад +1

      Bwaaahahahaaa

    • @liamgumprecht4983
      @liamgumprecht4983 11 месяцев назад +50

      As a Swiss i can confirm that everyone has a motorized bathtub and it's the only acceptable mode of transport here

    • @FiglioBastardo
      @FiglioBastardo 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@liamgumprecht4983 🤣

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад +10

      Maybe because they banned motorsports, the Swiss students failed to learn about America's National Hot Rod Association; making this a failed record attempt.

  • @brianhatfield9782
    @brianhatfield9782 11 месяцев назад +6

    Very informative, science explained very well, and a small correction in that science: lower pressure doesn't 'suck', you reduce pressure and the surrounding areas of higher pressure fill the void (like releasing the pressure on a spring, it equalizes pressure instantly, creating what appears to be a 'pull' instead of a 'push'). Excellent information and so proud of those students!

    • @danielklopp7007
      @danielklopp7007 11 месяцев назад +1

      I spent part of my career making instruments to measure air pressure (at extremely low pressure... what most folks would call vacuum). I always said "vacuums don't suck; surrounding (higher pressure) air pushes".
      BTW, we made instruments that could accurately measure pressures as low as 0.000,000,000,001 torr (i.e. less than one trillionth of a psi)!

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch 11 месяцев назад +454

    As a Swiss myself, I am so proud of the ETH Zurich. This record has laid down on September 2023. Also note, what a short distance they needed. Just insane engineering, well done guys and gals!

    • @Gespannter
      @Gespannter 11 месяцев назад +5

      im swiss too and even from Zurich

    • @ATominator9911
      @ATominator9911 11 месяцев назад +30

      Isnt it logical that you need a shorter distance if you accelerate faster to 100 KM/h?

    • @Snegus
      @Snegus 11 месяцев назад +3

      The Company where i will start working at built the suspension for this absolute machine.

    • @thi8826
      @thi8826 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@Gespannter Grüezi, demfall :)

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 11 месяцев назад

      @@thi8826 hoi zäme

  • @jordanwilliams2557
    @jordanwilliams2557 3 месяца назад +14

    0:38 “faster than anything else in the world” top fuel dragster: am I a joke to you?!

  • @kuunib7325
    @kuunib7325 11 месяцев назад +32

    I like that you made a program for students. I myself am an apprenticing electronics engineer and I always enjoy seeing others getting excited over science, technology and engineering. We need this kind of promoting of STEM subjects because they make cool things possible like racing or lasers.

  • @MaxMustermann-bm7qt
    @MaxMustermann-bm7qt 11 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic video! It's truly commendable how you've managed to bridge the gap between academia and the general public, making complex topics accessible and engaging. The visibility that Formula Student receives is disproportionately small considering the remarkable achievements of its participants. Although AMZ's RUclips channel offers excellent content, videos like this one that delve into the engineering challenges, presenting problems and solutions in an understandable way, are incredibly valuable and enriching.

  • @meanredspider
    @meanredspider 11 месяцев назад +246

    Formula Student - totally fantastic: you forgot PR/media, Scott - my daughter won the FS social media prize with her team and is now a driver press officer for an F1 team and is on TV every F1 race weekend.

    • @senku1505
      @senku1505 11 месяцев назад +1

      What team may I ask?

    • @jordisaura6748
      @jordisaura6748 11 месяцев назад

      i am from spain and did a Raclete with my friends for lunch. When they left I got this recomended. I mean... la suisse..... I have to go back there some day. Miss my relatives there.

    • @RoonMian
      @RoonMian 10 месяцев назад +3

      Haha, that's awesome. And yeah, I participated in Formula SAE in 2006 and it was awesome how the team needed expertise from everywhere, even including accounting. Learning to work interdisciplinary was IMHO one of the most valuable lessons.

    • @The_ZeroLine
      @The_ZeroLine 4 месяца назад

      If no one knows your project exists, you won’t go very far.

  • @cunning-stunt
    @cunning-stunt 11 месяцев назад +3

    FRIC
    First seen on the Austin Allegro in 1973 and known as hydrolastic suspension. Each displacer unit contains a rubber spring, and damping is achieved by the displaced fluid passing through rubber valves. The displaced fluid passes to the displacer of the paired wheel, thus providing a dynamic interaction between front and rear wheels. When a front wheel encounters a bump, fluid is transferred to the corresponding rear displacer, then lowers the rear wheel, hence lifting the rear, minimising pitch associated with the bump. Naturally the reverse occurs when it is a rear wheel that encounters a bump. This effect is particularly good on small cars as their shorter wheelbases are more affected by pitching.

    • @bryn494
      @bryn494 11 месяцев назад

      Norton Commandoes?...

    • @cunning-stunt
      @cunning-stunt 11 месяцев назад

      @@bryn494 Not that I know of, do you ,mean isolastic suspension?
      Basically rubber bushings.
      Hydrolastic was something completely different.
      Suspension units were connected via pipework. containing a special fluid that prevented rolling and pitching under cornering braking and acceleration.

    • @huseyinuguralacatli5064
      @huseyinuguralacatli5064 6 месяцев назад +1

      Citroen 2cv has similar (but not same) tech

    • @nicktecky55
      @nicktecky55 3 месяца назад +1

      Wasn't that first on the 1100 and 1300's? For a time, they replaced the Peugeot 504 in Africa. AFAIR, that was down to the suspension, as well as the reliability and repairability of the B series.

  • @kuroshine
    @kuroshine 11 месяцев назад +38

    I love the growth of the SAE Formula. The electric competition. I did Baja at my university since I enjoyed the wheel to wheel endurance racing more than the tine attack

    • @kuroshine
      @kuroshine 11 месяцев назад +7

      Or Formula Student as everyone else calls it lol

    • @ohwell2790
      @ohwell2790 10 месяцев назад +1

      Went to a University and and thinks time is spelled tine, got a great education.

    • @kuroshine
      @kuroshine 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@ohwell2790 DAMN you must be right! We all know how engineers are universally known for being excellent communicators, and never ever making spelling errors.
      WOE BETIDE UNTO THE ENGINEER WHO FAILS TO SPELL CHECK WHILST @ohwell2790 IS PERCIEVING!
      FORGET YOUR FINITE METHODS, STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, STATICS, MECHANICS CLASSICAL AND ADVANCED!
      FORGET YOUR CALCULUS
      YOU HAVE NO HOPE FOR SUCESS!
      YOUR DEGREES ARE MEANGINLESS!
      UNTO YOU THIS WARNING I MUST IMPRESS!

  • @karlnorgaard9447
    @karlnorgaard9447 11 месяцев назад +9

    I've been building up a very fast bicycle for a few years now. I know I won't set any records but I don't care, I'm building it for myself to ride on a course I've been riding regularly, having set a baseline average time. Of course bicycles don't compare to fast cars.
    I'm watching everything I can about aero advantages to maybe apply to my build. This little car is rad. Closest thing would be the McMurtry Speirling. Love this.
    One thing I've been researching is surface characteristics and their effect on wind resistance. I've built my own disc wheel covers, modified the frame to optimize rider position, wheelbase, and power delivery.

    • @paulwiegand4267
      @paulwiegand4267 2 месяца назад

      Bald wird es so sein, dass die einen Crash Test , Sicherheitstssitz u Gurt u Aibags nachweisen musst, damit du mit deinem selbstgebauten, mit Wetterschutz verkleideten Fahrrad am Straßenverkehr teilnehmen darfst ...so lange du auch den gesetzlichen Fussgängerschutz erfüllst
      Natürlich macht das alles dein Fahrradmobil so schwer, dass Du einen Elekromotor brauchst

  • @williamfordham8081
    @williamfordham8081 11 месяцев назад +363

    Top fuel dragcars do 0-60 mph in about half off this time! But this is still ridiculously impressive when you look how small it is!

    • @krovek
      @krovek 11 месяцев назад +109

      I thought about this too when I first heard about the sub 1 second record they did. I think it's fair to say that top fuel dragsters are in a league of their own. While these students did optimize the hell out of that little car for straight line acceleration, it still could go around some corners like a car. Top fuel dragsters can really only go straight.

    • @Mello675
      @Mello675 11 месяцев назад +44

      there's no comparison between this and a topfuel dragcar... wtf? completely different type of vehicle, budget, strip, students and literally everything else is different

    • @HannyDart
      @HannyDart 11 месяцев назад +19

      @@Mello675 agree with all points but the budget part 💀

    • @tktspeed1433
      @tktspeed1433 11 месяцев назад +40

      ​@@HannyDart nah, top fuel dragsters definitely have a higher budget since they have to rebuild the engines so often and also all the methanol they go through and such.

    • @sntslilhlpr6601
      @sntslilhlpr6601 11 месяцев назад +36

      @@Mello675 It's still worth pointing out. There was a another vid that was a bit misleading about the record they broke. Doesn't take anything away from this team, though. Electric or not, glorified go-kart or not, a sub one second 0-60 is still an incredible achievement.

  • @mrcrane6811
    @mrcrane6811 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have to say i love the fact the majority of your sponsers are educational. Love your video's!

  • @0chriser0
    @0chriser0 11 месяцев назад +16

    Thank you so much for covering this, I always love when bigger channels showcase what insanely cool stuff Formula Student does.

  • @GetMoGaming
    @GetMoGaming 9 месяцев назад +1

    Surely, you can add reactive power distribution and load transfer to the list @2:38. Too much power in the wrong place or at the wrong time is no good, the wrong type of suspension and damping is no good, and too stiff a chassis can be no good. These are intuitive guesses, btw.

  • @danyuhYTV
    @danyuhYTV 11 месяцев назад +48

    I was glad to be a part of this competition in college, The closest ive ever been to F1. The team work and engineering required for this is exceptional

    • @leroy420b
      @leroy420b 11 месяцев назад

      did yall ignore nhra they have been doing this for decades????

    • @dubi127
      @dubi127 11 месяцев назад +2

      same, unfortunately i only worked on the cooling system for two years before i dropped out of college and went to become CNC machinist/programmer :D but my team was nowhere near AMZ :D

    • @SOHCHEAD
      @SOHCHEAD 8 месяцев назад

      Same, I did SJSU Formula in college. It's still the same size on my resume as my entire college history between two schools haha
      We had a lot of issues but we did make it to Comp, it was an early electric car and we had to have a "F1" car and instead we got a "F-none" Car. Still one of the best experiences of my life, as traumatizing as it was. I slept in the shop for 8 days and skipped two finals for comp, academic probation was worth it.

  • @TheMattC9999
    @TheMattC9999 11 месяцев назад +138

    "faster than anything else in the world"
    Top fuel dragster: "Lemme show y'all a little somethin'...."

    • @Lianpe98
      @Lianpe98 11 месяцев назад +5

      Dragster is slower from 0-60 mph, which was the only purpouse of this specific design.

    • @Jester123ish
      @Jester123ish 11 месяцев назад +59

      @@Lianpe98 Nope, top fuel dragster can do it in 0.4 seconds. In 0.8 seconds they are going 100mph.

    • @Lianpe98
      @Lianpe98 11 месяцев назад +24

      @@Jester123ish I stand corrected

    • @ron2280
      @ron2280 11 месяцев назад +34

      @@Lianpe98i appreciate your willingness to adjust your position once new facts came to light.
      But why did you argue first, then look up facts?

    • @answeris4217
      @answeris4217 11 месяцев назад +5

      They use glue on the track to increase traction and have tires that increase in diameter as the car accelerates.
      Without any tricks it's impossible to accelerate faster than 1G.

  • @brendanmiller1690
    @brendanmiller1690 11 месяцев назад +163

    This is wild. Power to weight must be off the charts.

    • @froz3ntree40
      @froz3ntree40 11 месяцев назад +58

      320HP in 180 kg, driver included

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 11 месяцев назад +15

      Nearly 2 to 1 , crude calculation

    • @redamber483
      @redamber483 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@paulmichaelfreedman8334 2 to 1.1?

    • @milo3733
      @milo3733 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@redamber483 the second number in the ratio is always 1. So it would be 1.8 to 1 assuming @froz3ntree40's numbers are correct

    • @Freeeez3
      @Freeeez3 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@milo3733 doesn't have to be. 16 to 8.8 is a perfectly viable ratio. so are 1.8 / 1 or 2 / 1.1 . they are all the same (roughly at least, after rounding). 1.8 to 1 is just normalized, it's a standard, but it isn't always applied. 1.6666666666.... to 1 for example is most commonly expressed as 5 to 3 or 5/3 because it's more accurate and also more readable.

  • @FreebooterFox
    @FreebooterFox 11 месяцев назад +3

    @5:30 This is interesting, because a similar strategy using fans to create downward force was used to break ground in terms of speed in international micro robotics competions.

  • @Bagpipebrad
    @Bagpipebrad 11 месяцев назад +145

    16:26 a wild James Pumphrey appears.

    • @TheGlitch93
      @TheGlitch93 11 месяцев назад +7

      MO POWAH BABEHHH!!!

    • @ControlAllDa1337
      @ControlAllDa1337 10 месяцев назад +1

      Pop-pop-pop-pop-POPUPUPANDDOWNHEADLIIIIIIGHTS

    • @Santaná-RSA
      @Santaná-RSA 7 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

    • @keeyajavan
      @keeyajavan 7 месяцев назад

      fav part of the video lol

  • @rexrocker1268
    @rexrocker1268 11 месяцев назад +400

    A top fuel dragster accelerates to 100 mph in eight tenths of a second. Zero to 60 in about four tenths of a second.

    • @answeris4217
      @answeris4217 11 месяцев назад +105

      Top fuel dragsters use tricks that you can't use for this. They use glue on the track to increase traction and tires that get bigger as they accelerate.
      Not using these tricks you can't accelerate past 1G.
      It's also why this car needed fans.

    • @JesusTheForgiver
      @JesusTheForgiver 11 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@answeris4217 the Rimac Nevera averages 1.57g for a 1.74 second 0-60...

    • @answeris4217
      @answeris4217 11 месяцев назад +31

      @@JesusTheForgiver all cars doing a 0-60 in under 2.7 sec are using tricks to get there. The standard today has a 1 foot rolling start to the metric and they do it on prepaired surfaces...
      The Nevera uses special tires that will likely wear out very quickly and when you replace those or even wear out that top layer of rubber you will never see that performance again.
      To get anything better than 1 G in acceleration you need tricks like tires that glue themselves to the road or fans that suck the car down.

    • @3694-k5s
      @3694-k5s 11 месяцев назад +55

      And a top fuel dragster has many restrictions that keep it from being faster and quicker.

    • @3694-k5s
      @3694-k5s 11 месяцев назад +55

      ​@@answeris4217what are you calling tricks? Anything that upsets your sense of sensibility?

  • @evansprochassis
    @evansprochassis 11 месяцев назад +9

    You left out drag cars, nothing to it. 😂

    • @DogeDelecto
      @DogeDelecto 5 месяцев назад

      Srsly, Top Fuel goes 0-100mph in the same amount of time. No shade at the students or this car, what they did is nothing short of cool, but there is definitely some hyperbole at play here.

  • @JakeRobb
    @JakeRobb 9 месяцев назад +2

    First, a technicality: in the world of drag racing, we use the terms quick/quicker/quickest when comparing elapsed time; fast/faster/fastest refers to trap speed and is only applicable in a distance-based race (e.g. 1/8 or 1/4 mile).
    So, this is [quicker] to 60 than anything else in the world? We're out of the realm of production cars now, so anything goes, right? I believe this record still belongs to the NHRA Top Fuel dragster, and has since at least the 1960s. People don't normally measure those in terms of 0-60, but a quick Google search indicates that they'll do it in under half a second, and 0-100 in about 0.8 -- so it's not even close.
    I'm assuming we just mean wheeled vehicles - bullets, for example, accelerate much, MUCH more quickly, as do many other things.

  • @amigodesigns
    @amigodesigns 11 месяцев назад +22

    The FIA always banning every good development has occurred in F1, oh man, as an engineer it makes me nuts.

    • @markszlachetka4897
      @markszlachetka4897 7 месяцев назад

      As an engineer, then you should know better that there is a speed limit to everything in the universe, and if your going to fast to slow down to make the turn, many people can get killed besides yourself. Make a breaking system that can slow as fast as taking off, and you might have something. Otherwise even on a straightway the speed limit is 240mph no matter what you drive. Over that, and your disqualified.
      Why, because vehicles of any kind can get out of control so quickly, that there is no time to react to through the parachutes when something goes array. The tendency is to push it as far as you can go without, breaking the limits, in the fastest time. It's not a land speed record, it's a time speed record.
      Going so fast with up and down movements, can make the front pop up, completely losing control, and wiping out the spectators in the seats.
      I think you know what I mean. You have probably seen the car that popped up and slid all the way on the back of the car, and when it hit the wall at that speed, it flipped so extremely that the 80+ people that died, and the rest that got hurt in less than a second.
      Yes, they don't want that to happen again. So engineer the machines properly, and hopefully nobody will get hurt, and the spirt will continue to provide entertainment, until it doesn't become entertaining anymore, unless people just go to see people die, and in that case they can bring back the Roman days, and watch people try to defend themselves against gladiators and lions, etc...
      Now if you want to make a break system that will keep the wheels on the ground, a jet system would keep the front down, and back, but usually the front catches air under the vehicle, and if the sensors sense the car popping up, the jets instantly keep the car down and gripping the tar, instead of flying. That's a different type of race, and it is one of many coolest races I have seen. Hydrofoil Sailing is another. It's the Formula 1 of the water.
      Brings the pontoons out of the water, as the L shaped hydrofoil blades are dropped down to lift it up, and less drag is implemented.
      Then when brakes are necessary they raise the blades, and create drag with the pontoons so they don't go to far past the turn around the buoy. Otherwise some team will pass them if they think speed is better before the turn, besides braking using drag., and turning, and raising the boat back up by cranking the hydrofoil blades down, as they go up in the air. 😊
      What a pleasure to watch.
      These days speed can only be measured correctly with timers, and sensors, and not with the naked eye. Some instruments have to measure it, and that's also how cheaters that break the rules get caught, or killed before caught. Parts of the cars and fuel can still go over the fences, and kill people, and people like the thrill of watching from the corners, as it is exciting. But death is not what they are looking for, but the closeness to it.
      Some like to see majorly expensive crashes, but they are not right in the head. It's just a show to them.
      So if you put extra wheels for traction, but without drive or brakes, just to hold onto the tar, and if the gas is hit to hard the back won't slide out, and try to head to the front by physics, because the wheels will not loose grip, as they just roll, just like the tractor-trailer trucks do.
      Take all examples from all machines. Yes it adds a little weight, but more grip. Add safety, and you get better control, grip, and speed around corners. Even on a straightaway it would be in better control, and then maybe speed limits can be raised.
      No resolving the issues, then nothing will change. They want to lighten as much as possible, but that's where they go wrong to a certain degree. When flying, you want it to be as light as possible. When you want to stay on the ground, you want it to be heavier so you don't come off the ground.
      It's really that simple... Lighter the more dangerous. To heavy and you can't stop fast enough unless you have more tires, or can control the vehicle when it goes sideways with jet propulsion, without melting the cars next to you.
      Jets pushing down may be a better use of jets but if a sensor can sense if a car is next to you, the jets won't work, and catch the car next to you on fire. Or a different propellant would work, such as H²O². Or another non flammable high pressure gas.
      😊

    • @markszlachetka4897
      @markszlachetka4897 7 месяцев назад

      Let's see what you can come up with that will get you from here to there in less time, and record breaking time. Speed limits might still be implemented, but acceleration and grip can not.

  • @wpistor
    @wpistor 10 месяцев назад +1

    Truly incredible out-of-the-box thinking! AMZ has built a runway to F1! 👏

  • @pympton
    @pympton 11 месяцев назад +29

    Pumphrey making a cameo. I love it.

  • @user-vp1sc7tt4m
    @user-vp1sc7tt4m 11 месяцев назад +2

    "we need to get back to normal life"... I love that comment at the end and commend this awesome, so well calculated engineering effort and for achieving 0 to 60 mph in .9 seconds... are you kidding me! Wow!!

  • @rapidtg1
    @rapidtg1 11 месяцев назад +121

    great vids. waiting for the upside down video

    • @Zaibstar10
      @Zaibstar10 11 месяцев назад +4

      It released 2 minutes ago-

    • @Theodorenoise.
      @Theodorenoise. 11 месяцев назад +2

      Pp

    • @Theodorenoise.
      @Theodorenoise. 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Zaibstar10 4

    • @jamesoshea580
      @jamesoshea580 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@Zaibstar10 No, it didn't... liar.

    • @Trackandshield
      @Trackandshield 11 месяцев назад +1

      Don't worry this guy is taking us for a ride😂😂

  • @JeffEva-q3j
    @JeffEva-q3j 4 месяца назад +1

    He was the type of guy who liked Christmas lights on his house in the middle of July.

  • @ryobibattery
    @ryobibattery 11 месяцев назад +26

    Swiss? Fast car? Whoa whoa whoa. That's illegal

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂, as long as it's not on public roads they are safe, for now 😉

    • @bennylloyd-willner9667
      @bennylloyd-willner9667 11 месяцев назад

      Don't they have motorways with 120 km/h speed limit? If so, no worries 😊
      The car itself is perhaps illegal on public roads, but not the speed, unless they have "too fast acceleration laws"😊

    • @jankington216
      @jankington216 11 месяцев назад

      Switzerland is starting to sound like every other country

  • @FOOKYOUTUBENUMBERS
    @FOOKYOUTUBENUMBERS 3 месяца назад

    Very nice your helping students for the future great channel.

  • @TheZanzaroni
    @TheZanzaroni 11 месяцев назад +15

    They may have broken the record, but everyone knows the true joy in FS competitions is when you win in Hooserball.
    Huge props though, saw their car running in 2021and was amazed.

  • @darrelldixon8056
    @darrelldixon8056 11 месяцев назад +2

    Seeing the John Player Special formula 1 car brought back many memories... I had a laminated poster of one on my wall during my time in England as a kid in the mid '70s. My father took me to a Formula 1 Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Though, the race was paused due to rain, I still saw an awesome race. There was a car that left the track and launched into the outer fence directly in front of where I was standing behind the inner fence. I also got a Black JPS T-Shirt and a "Goodyear Tyres" miniature blimp.. afterwards he custom built a formula 1 style "Go-Kart" with a motorcycle engine. However, after it was done, he realized how insanely fast it was, and I really didn't get to drive it...

    • @steveletson6616
      @steveletson6616 11 месяцев назад

      I also have a laminated John player special poster the size of a large platemat from Detroit Michigan. Wish it was worth more money. Must have gave a ton of them away because of the lack of value. Still kind of cool to still have.

    • @darrelldixon8056
      @darrelldixon8056 11 месяцев назад +1

      The one I had was a large wall poster, it was a birthday gift from a schoolmate​@steveletson6616

  • @yeti-xi3bl
    @yeti-xi3bl 11 месяцев назад +12

    I am a part od WUT FS team and a lot of people dont really understand how much work we put in to make the car better and better

    • @vaterchenfrost7481
      @vaterchenfrost7481 11 месяцев назад +10

      all the good engineers do get it. Don't get frustrated about lack of a verbal expression of aknowlegement ;). The first thing you know as an engineer - the number of final iterations can get simengly endless high. The second - you have to make cut at some point, compromise. And the last - dond blab about it, until you have something to present ;) all the best in your future indevors.

    • @leroy420b
      @leroy420b 11 месяцев назад +1

      did yall ignore nhra they have been doing this for decades????

  • @motorv8N
    @motorv8N 6 месяцев назад

    Fascinating - thanks for posting. I wouldn’t have thought this kind of acceleration possible on anything short of a dragster. It’s also amazing to learn the Formula Student series has had an electric category as far back as 2009!

  • @GustaveBetty-q2r
    @GustaveBetty-q2r 4 месяца назад +3

    Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

  • @BaryyKacaryh
    @BaryyKacaryh 4 месяца назад +1

    The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched... but are felt in the heart.

  • @paultruesdale7680
    @paultruesdale7680 7 месяцев назад

    Very exciting, this is why I love engineering.
    Bravo to the team, we look forward to your future contributions in the engineering and auto sector. 👍

  • @worldhello1234
    @worldhello1234 11 месяцев назад +4

    @0:11 Yeah, kids are easily impressed.

  • @ajhoyt2552
    @ajhoyt2552 10 месяцев назад

    Fascinating full execution of the Jim Hall idea. Call the "drag" any and everything that slows acceleration. One could do this with FWD only and the center of drag is aft of the front tire contact patches - enhancing stability on the entire run. This would eliminate the need for all wheel drive; simply apply the down force primarily to the front driving wheels.

  • @hayest9872
    @hayest9872 11 месяцев назад +17

    I never cared about top fuel or drag racing until a friend convinced me to go watch the nationals in Indianapolis. He kept giggling when Ashley Force lined her car up to the line and I couldn't figure out why. We were mid track and all I can say is when the shock wave hits you it feels like you have been injured somehow. I thought something injured me. Your eyeballs shake and you lose clear vision. It's the closest thing to a bomb going off I can imagine. My buddy was laughing at me because he knew. That is burned into my memory forever. They also let you walk right up to the cars when they set the clutches and they wear gas masks but there's a game to see how close you can get before you can't handle the nitro in your face.

    • @sydwall4445
      @sydwall4445 9 месяцев назад +3

      I was a startline photographer at Shakespeare County Raceway (sadly lost to housing) for years and stood behind multi-thousand horsepower cars as they left the line. But I'd never stood next to a nitro funny car or dragster. I've just come back from the NHRA Gatornationals, not on the startline, watching from the stands. When the first nitro funny cars came out, I was prepared for the burnout. When they left at the green light, I jumped off the seat, the noise seemed to make the stands shake, let alone my insides. For the next dozen or so green lights with the nitro cars, I knew exactly what was coming, but still I could not stop an involuntary jerk at the total assault on the senses. I finally got used to it and got great photos. Any motor sport lover must go to see drag racing at least once.

  • @willecutlip
    @willecutlip 11 месяцев назад

    I kept waiting on something truly innovative...From a purely engineering perspective, this was an exercise in great systems engineering -- integrating existing technologies in an optimal way. Bravo to all of the students involved.

  • @WdyWP
    @WdyWP 11 месяцев назад +15

    Pretty impressive!!
    I think a top fuel dragster is around 0.4 sec.

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@rogerwilco1777 This one can't either. It was specifically modified to go as straight as possible and for one time only.

    • @NoHope-WhatSoEver
      @NoHope-WhatSoEver 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@rogerwilco1777what's your point! The car was designed to do 0 to 60 in the shortest amount out time, no go around corners. F1 are designed to go around corners.

  • @prilep5
    @prilep5 9 месяцев назад

    I’m glad that your videos are pointing how much science is involved in racing

  • @michaelclemmons8080
    @michaelclemmons8080 11 месяцев назад +3

    Have you heard of a Top Fuel Dragster? 0-60 MPH in .4 sec. and 300 MHP in 4 seconds. How did this beat the world record? Is it class?

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад

      Hey Teacher, Leave those kids alone!

    • @dasworkshop4967
      @dasworkshop4967 10 месяцев назад +2

      Who needs honesty in 2024? You are supposed to be as deeply impressed with this video as those who made are with themselves.

  • @Dara-ih6jq
    @Dara-ih6jq 6 месяцев назад +1

    That formula student thing sounds so freaking cool🤯😭…Gosh I wish I was a kid with stuff like that around.

  • @lw216316
    @lw216316 11 месяцев назад +15

    faster than anything else in the world? what about top fuel dragsters 0-100mph in .8 sec,
    I admire their accomplishment. I have experienced a 0-60mph in 3.0 seconds motocycle - so I can't imagine doing that in under 1 second. That is some serious G force.

    • @MaxMustermann-bm7qt
      @MaxMustermann-bm7qt 6 месяцев назад

      about 3.6-4g take it or leave it. / *electric* i believe

  • @davidcammack3037
    @davidcammack3037 10 месяцев назад

    Great video - riveting and very informative! what an amazing achievement for the team.

  • @TurtleSodadrives
    @TurtleSodadrives 11 месяцев назад +5

    Damn, thats properly fast!

  • @ROCKETRICKYH
    @ROCKETRICKYH 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent, Scott. Proper engineering explanation, yet again.

  • @stefanobattestin5666
    @stefanobattestin5666 11 месяцев назад +4

    Loved the Pumphrey's "more power" cut 😂 love your videos mate, keep going 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

  • @williamberger2178
    @williamberger2178 11 месяцев назад +2

    This idea is not new, Jim Hill in 1970 produced a vacuum assisted race car for the CanAm race series. It was commonly called the "Vacuum Cleaner". But like most of Jim Hill's innovative designs it was soon outlawed.

  • @bengtkorswing5279
    @bengtkorswing5279 11 месяцев назад +9

    The hydraulic connected suspension comes from Citroen from D model and 2CV 🙂

    • @dominikschindler2330
      @dominikschindler2330 9 месяцев назад +2

      Except it doesn't? The 2CV has a big spring lying flat, but is purely mechanical (at least mine is) and the model D has no connection to work this way (at least my dad's doesn't) - the suspension is hydropneumatic, not hydraulic. It does some clever shenanigans to keep the car stable (for a car that old, that is) in acceleration, breaking and cornering - but not in the way depicted here.

  • @mattschm5486
    @mattschm5486 11 месяцев назад +1

    On of my colleagues used to work on a formula student team. It’s a great project for future engineers

  • @EnlightenedAtheistPhotog-mh1ty
    @EnlightenedAtheistPhotog-mh1ty 11 месяцев назад +10

    A top fuel dragster does it 2wd in .4 of a second then onto 100mph in .9 of a second and 300mph in 3.5 seconds. Convenient to omit a sport dedicated to this feat. No record breaking here.

    • @nordic5490
      @nordic5490 11 месяцев назад +4

      And top fuel cannot go around corners, and a TF engine needs to be rebuilt every run.
      How long has top fuel been in development for ?
      This is a low budget student operation. Very impresssive indeed.

    • @mediapc2666
      @mediapc2666 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@nordic5490 Wrong! Top fuel doesn't rebuild every run, they inspect the engine after every run. Also, they're using an engine built in 1964. This student program pulls in more than $5 million a year in revenue.

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@nordic5490 This electric go-kart doesn't go around corners either. The electronics, motors, chassis, and down force equipment were specifically set up to make it go only as straight as possible; and for only the amount of times it took to go for less than one second...straight. This car won't be used again, except for parts. Maybe you didn't watch the video.

    • @NoHope-WhatSoEver
      @NoHope-WhatSoEver 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@nordic5490not to clever are you.

    • @MaxMustermann-bm7qt
      @MaxMustermann-bm7qt 6 месяцев назад

      @@conflagratus This is the re-use. It can corner, as you said, with the different setup:
      ruclips.net/video/lvX5il7j1Xg/видео.htmlsi=qy7gPwzevTOU_bCF 1:53,
      and you are correct this is the electric car world record. zero to 100 km/h in 0.956 seconds (distance of 12.3 meters, from 01.09.2023).

  • @tomactually9285
    @tomactually9285 5 месяцев назад

    Well done video.Excellent mate

  • @last_details
    @last_details 11 месяцев назад +39

    "made a car accelerate faster than anything else in the world" What a ridiculous statement. Top Fuel walks this

    • @rogerwilco1777
      @rogerwilco1777 11 месяцев назад

      those cant go around a track

    • @last_details
      @last_details 11 месяцев назад +13

      @@rogerwilco1777 where was that mentioned? This hasn’t been shown to do that either and the video was about straight line acceleration.

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад

      A dragster can drive around a track, awkwardly. This cart's electronics purposely won't let it make a turn. @@rogerwilco1777

    • @brianswelding
      @brianswelding 10 месяцев назад +3

      I just came to the comments to say the same thing about Top Fuel.
      But still, amazing achievement here.

    • @corentinoger
      @corentinoger 9 месяцев назад +4

      You're right, the video should have stated the record they broke was the "fastest accelerating EV" under Guiness rules, it's the rule that makes the record.
      You could go even further and say that acceleration is still acceleration in any direction, so any car crashing into a tree gets more G's, 100-0 is the same as 0-100 to a physicist.

  • @JazzbLu
    @JazzbLu 11 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent! They made a specific vehicle to do what the McMurtry Speirling does on the racetrack! Brilliant! I wonder who will beat this acceleration test next and what technology they will use?

  • @MarkWladika
    @MarkWladika 11 месяцев назад +22

    0.4 seconds - Top Fuel dragster

    • @thebeard1982
      @thebeard1982 11 месяцев назад +5

      Exactly my man there are quicker cars to 60. Tfd as you say and most drag cars. Ryan Martins fireball camaro does it 0.7 on the street and 0.5 on the strip. Both are quicker than there car

    • @konstantinosprouskas8106
      @konstantinosprouskas8106 11 месяцев назад +4

      I think a strip makes all the difference

    • @konstantinosprouskas8106
      @konstantinosprouskas8106 11 месяцев назад +1

      I think a strip makes all the difference

    • @konstantinosprouskas8106
      @konstantinosprouskas8106 11 месяцев назад +1

      I think a strip makes all the difference

    • @TelephotoTom
      @TelephotoTom 11 месяцев назад +4

      I think that's mostly down to the surface. Drag strips are pretty much coated in rubber at the launch area. I'd be interested to see how quick a TF Dragster would be on normal tarmac.

  • @jpdemer5
    @jpdemer5 10 месяцев назад +1

    Given the horsepower at hand, this is really impressive. Try doing that with a 220 hp ICE!!

  • @TheBillseevers
    @TheBillseevers 11 месяцев назад +5

    Great job. Dont forget a Top Fuel dragster does this in half the time. Brute force.

  • @DM-wp9vq
    @DM-wp9vq 11 месяцев назад +1

    In-Hub and one motor per wheel electric setups have been around for a long long time now. Techwise. The US military has been using them in future armored vehicle design for even longer. This is allllll pre-established tech, being used in the ways for which it was designed, plus a little more. Kudos to the team, but this was all pre-existing tech

  • @raunakchawla5248
    @raunakchawla5248 11 месяцев назад +20

    Formula Student 🙌

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 11 месяцев назад +3

      Think that's such a great contest the universities compete in.

    • @raunakchawla5248
      @raunakchawla5248 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@rjung_ch yess! I'm a part of a team from India! Crazy stuff!

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 11 месяцев назад +1

    The down fan reminds me of the miniature rc cars that do those maze competitions in Japan. They are able to make insane turns at high speed without losing traction

  • @BareSphereMass
    @BareSphereMass 11 месяцев назад +5

    A Top Fuel drag car can do 0-100 mph in .8 seconds, how is 0 - 100 kph (62 mph) in .9 seconds a world record?

  • @greybeard9x44
    @greybeard9x44 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Just wish I was of student age again! Good to see these challenges and solutions!

  • @JohnCharb87
    @JohnCharb87 11 месяцев назад +4

    Actually Hoosier is pronounced "Hoo-sure". Hoosier Tires is a company based out of Indiana, United States the Hoosier State. Debated what it actually means. Daytona 24hrs is tomorrow. I wonder if we will ever get a 24 hour races with vehicles like one shown in the video.

    • @parasecglenkwyst4835
      @parasecglenkwyst4835 11 месяцев назад

      The car this is based on is designed for a max distance of 21 km... so probably no 24h.

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад

      A softer "s" sound, more like a "z". Hoozzzier. This car was built to race for less than one second, and once that was done, the car was done.

  • @fullboost
    @fullboost 11 месяцев назад

    A great insight, cheers.

  • @gustavofagundes8994
    @gustavofagundes8994 11 месяцев назад +5

    imagine a category where everything banned by the FIA is allowed

    • @SmileyEmoji42
      @SmileyEmoji42 11 месяцев назад

      People would die. That's why they ban stuff. It's not because they are killjoys.

    • @gerbilfx
      @gerbilfx 11 месяцев назад +1

      We had that. It was called Group B Rally, and it did not end well.

    • @mephistoxd2627
      @mephistoxd2627 11 месяцев назад

      Rocket sled goes brrrrr.
      Seriously, I'm not sure if this is a good idea. The "ideal" no-rule dragster would probably look something like the sprint missile with some wheels. That thing accelerated at 100 g while going straight up, reaching Mach 10 in 5 seconds. It accelerates so fast that it breaches the sound barrier in its launch tube, and would make everything else including top fuel dragsters look like snails.
      Of course, the acceleration alone would also kill any potential passengers.

    • @gustavofagundes8994
      @gustavofagundes8994 11 месяцев назад

      @@gerbilfx just take all the people off the track god dammit

    • @gustavofagundes8994
      @gustavofagundes8994 11 месяцев назад

      @@mephistoxd2627 probably not good definitely fun

  • @CONCEPTUALMAN
    @CONCEPTUALMAN 8 месяцев назад

    I enjoy the fact that even in Switzerland , they are using Hoosier Tires from over in Indiana . Cool!

  • @vr6one
    @vr6one 11 месяцев назад +35

    I thought it was 0-100mph in .9 seconds. I was like holy crap those are top fuel drag numbers then I realized, it was to 62mph. Still wildly impressive.

    • @rustymustard7798
      @rustymustard7798 11 месяцев назад +12

      Yeah, as soon as he said "no rules" I wondered why they just didn't go grab a top fuel car and do a few hits lol.

    • @vaterchenfrost7481
      @vaterchenfrost7481 11 месяцев назад +1

      I wonder as well if there is some kind of regulation on drag racing cars, that prohibit the aplication of the underpressure skirts instead ot aerodynamic aids. Looks like it is a big weight advantage to have the skirt.

    • @bongwaterbojack
      @bongwaterbojack 11 месяцев назад +3

      I was wondering about that too. In terms of high level drag racing, sub 1 second 0-60s are far from unheard of. My guess is that the caveat here is that they're launching on an unprepared surface.

    • @vr6one
      @vr6one 11 месяцев назад

      @@bongwaterbojack unprepped surface on drag slicks. I'd be interested to see what it would do on regular radials.

    • @jeremythurman5261
      @jeremythurman5261 11 месяцев назад +8

      Top Fuel does it in about 0.4 seconds.

  • @mattadams7922
    @mattadams7922 11 месяцев назад +2

    So top fuel drag cars would like a word about the who 0-60 deal. They've been doing it sub 1 second for decades now i believe.

  • @chriskelvin248
    @chriskelvin248 11 месяцев назад +15

    Not to minimize their achievement because it is incredible, but Top Fuel dragsters are quicker. 0-62 in .4 seconds.

    • @Thejwh4323
      @Thejwh4323 7 месяцев назад +3

      Yep and with no fans.

    • @HeavyHunter16
      @HeavyHunter16 6 месяцев назад

      that must feel insaneee

    • @kdawson020279
      @kdawson020279 6 месяцев назад

      Sammy Miller's car Vanishing Point, fastest standing quarter mile on a drag strip, 3.58ET 386MPH 0.21s 0-60mph. But, it is rocket powered, so it doesn't compete in the same league. That record was set in 1984 with a 20,000 equivalent horsepower rocket motor. He has a faster pass 3.22ET 402MPH, but it's unofficial. The acceleration of the record pass was determined to be about 12g. If that's not getting sucked back into a seat, nothing is. If you're willing to risk your life strapping a rocket to your butt in a Pontiac, you can get where you're going pretty quick. 😂 We really have to class racing, though, because unfair competition leads to reckless attempts to push cars out of their stability envelope and people get hurt. Lots of guys and gals build the crap out of some super sweet rides that'll never run better than 11s or 12s, and that's fine. Not every car has the right setup to be a racing legend. Just avoid crappy stick on car mods and RGB lighting that makes your car look like a 2010s computer case.

  • @pawelkudela4947
    @pawelkudela4947 9 месяцев назад

    I've had a pleasure to visit their lab. Amazing achievement!

  • @canonpatchell
    @canonpatchell 11 месяцев назад +4

    Good on the kids. That is one really cool achievement. Not exactly any novel ideas on their own but lots of clever engineering to combine existing concepts. Except, A top fuel dragster does 0-60 in 0.4 seconds. They crushed the 1 second barrier decades ago.

    • @jackhemsworth7515
      @jackhemsworth7515 11 месяцев назад

      Makes you wonder how long it will be till electric's instant torque makes it faster.

  • @bobjimenez4464
    @bobjimenez4464 11 месяцев назад +1

    Going fast is pretty easy, doing it with control is astounding....well done students : )

  • @fugelkusch3722
    @fugelkusch3722 11 месяцев назад +6

    13:33 - If in doubt, flat out!

  • @arconeagain
    @arconeagain 11 месяцев назад +2

    Ferdinand Porsche was the first to mount an electric motor on each wheel. That was a lonnng time ago, near the turn of century, from memory. The other century.

    • @tahrey
      @tahrey 11 месяцев назад

      sadly hub motors have turned out to be generally kinda rubbish, despite being an idea that's come and gone a few times. Might actually be particularly suited to this one very particular application, however? (Like if you're trying to get a lot of accelerative grip maybe you *want* a bunch of unsprung weight?)

    • @arconeagain
      @arconeagain 11 месяцев назад

      @@tahrey still though. The immediate thought is the ease of being able to control each wheel... apart from it being four wheel. This being another first. Not that it was a car, more of a coach really, a project for a count, I think. Porsche was mucking around with batteries since he was a teen. This also led to the first hybrid, by Ferdinand. So yes, things do come and go.

    • @tahrey
      @tahrey 11 месяцев назад

      @@arconeagain Well, I can't speak for whatever Porsche was thinking when he set his car up that way. Maybe distributing the weight and also reducing it somewhat by using pancake motors in place of the wheel rims (and brake hubs?) seemed like a good idea, at least in theory. Clearly it didn't catch on and even he didn't feel like persuing it that much further, other than as a testbed for that hybrid. (Who knows whether that idea might have been far more successful if using a regular inboard motor?)
      As for being able to control each wheel... that's certainly a thing, but you could get that about as easily with inboard, sprung-weight motors that may be of a better shape (as well as easier to wire etc) even if direct drive, and maybe even more responsive with a reduction gear. Just do away with the differential and mount one motor per halfshaft. Or use two or even just one motor, plus two or three active diffs or some other kind of per-wheel power modulation (e.g. the brake-pulsing ESP/TC my car uses to very good effect).
      One thing with hub drive is that you need to generate a hell of a lot of torque for any kind of launching force, which conventional electric drive achieves with a lower torque motor and gearing.
      I suppose you also do away with the weight of the halfshafts themselves and the possibility of bending them with the torque coming out of the reduction drive, however?

  • @g8stopa
    @g8stopa 11 месяцев назад +7

    Why dont these sorts of things not include top fuel drag cars? The record needs to be more specific

    • @SmileyEmoji42
      @SmileyEmoji42 11 месяцев назад +2

      I think they only last 1 run. Certainly the tyres do. Perhaps no drag racers thought of the one way, up hill loophole

    • @NathanMauery
      @NathanMauery 11 месяцев назад +3

      Top fuel cars are just so far removed from anything else that it's not really a far comparison. Also, I'm fairly sure the record that was broken is a Formula Student specific record, and all the comparisons he did were just comparisons and not meant to lump all the different cars under one record.

    • @yannickfeuillet6952
      @yannickfeuillet6952 11 месяцев назад +4

      The record in question is fastest acceleration from 0-100kph of an electric car. This does include all production EVs and prototype EV cars as well, however it has always officially been held by one of a couple of Formula Student teams, as no one from outside that community made any official attempts to beat it. For instance, the previous record of 1.461 seconds was unofficially beaten many times by the McMurtry Speirling. They never tried to get it certified though. With this time though, I don’t think there is any EV capable of accelerating faster at this point in time, officially or not.

  • @VemaReed
    @VemaReed 11 месяцев назад

    It is fair to say any of these brilliant students would get a first priority should a job in F1 (or any other motor race category for that matter) is made available. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Ty-bz7zx
    @Ty-bz7zx 7 месяцев назад +3

    I love that you took 17 minutes to say "It uses traction control & a vacuum". =)) Awesome vid.

  • @tomcampbell6384
    @tomcampbell6384 3 месяца назад

    As a UPS driver , I picked up trailers full of those sticky tires at their facility in Northern Indiana. And I'm here to say that those tires are sticky AF!!! I would grab a tire and it was amazing that my fingers would leave an imprint....

  • @addictionsucks8848
    @addictionsucks8848 11 месяцев назад +4

    My high-school did something like this. We didn't have a ton of funding obviously, but we managed to make a kart that could go 73mph. It's acceleration wasn't great because it was gas, but we were just trying to make a custom kart go fast

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад

      A fairly standard race kart will do 120mph. Funding was definitely a problem. These swiss kids had $5,000,000?

  • @rustywater3219
    @rustywater3219 9 месяцев назад

    Put the tray more toward the back, because that's what you really want to keep on the ground. Put a spoiler or weights up front, or wheely bars to keep the front down.
    Hopefully if the tray pivots around the fulcrum (rear wheels) the front of the tray will stay planted.
    Or maybe 2 trays.

  • @SafffOneee
    @SafffOneee 10 месяцев назад +18

    for the many yanks getting triggered in the comments, the record is New Guinness World Record for "Fastest 0-100 km/h acceleration by an electric car". This is not only a world record but also the first time an electric vehicle has reached the sub-one second milestone. yes, your 10000hp dragster accelerates twice as fast as this 200hp student car, relax

    • @RhinoTheTerrible
      @RhinoTheTerrible 2 месяца назад

      "Who ya callin' a Yank, Crank."

    • @freeskier175
      @freeskier175 Месяц назад

      Yank?

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat Месяц назад

      Proper looking forward to when it _does_ beat a dragster though. 😈

    • @freeskier175
      @freeskier175 Месяц назад

      @@MostlyPennyCat will not even come close to top fuel.

    • @MostlyPennyCat
      @MostlyPennyCat Месяц назад

      @freeskier175
      Course it will, dragsters have _rule books_
      These things don't.
      Right now the limiting factor will be battery wattage (capacity is meaningless over a ¼ mile) and whatever power converters sit between battery and motor, you can only feed so many watts through those.
      But in the EV arena, technological evolution is not exactly slow, is it?

  • @howardsimpson489
    @howardsimpson489 9 месяцев назад

    The old 1964 Morris 1100 had hydraulic coupling of front to rear suspension called hydrolastic. They handled really well but were under powered.

  • @yackson4804
    @yackson4804 8 месяцев назад +80

    Too fuel does it in 0.49 seconds

    • @rexrocker1268
      @rexrocker1268 4 месяца назад +12

      Yeah, this is a bunch of nonsense and that’s a little tiny 2 pound go kart. He’s comparing it to hypercars. I’m not saying it’s not cool, but what a joke. Basically it’s a glorified electric RC car. So we can fairly compare it to big and heavy top fuel dragsters.

    • @alexharshman7025
      @alexharshman7025 3 месяца назад +1

      Faster than anything else in the world, really? Like faster than a catapult launcher on an aircraft carrier or a bottle rocket 😂🤷 I really don’t know but I just have a feeling there’s probably a few things in this world that can accelerate to 60 faster. I’m not hating on the guy and I’m sure if I was standing in front of him and asked that he probably elaborate on what he meant fairly reasonably

    • @benyork654
      @benyork654 3 месяца назад +2

      Still not quicker than yer roller skates 😎

    • @Vmaster005
      @Vmaster005 3 месяца назад +7

      ​@rexrocker1268 4 wheels and an Engine. Don't get your feelings hurt because it's not petrol. Electric is faster

    • @KingChrisReaper
      @KingChrisReaper 3 месяца назад

      Thank you 🤘

  • @petergerdes1094
    @petergerdes1094 11 месяцев назад +1

    What are the rules? Can I sandwich my car under a roof to press it down? Do I need to use electric or can I just use flywheels? Can I replace 'suction' with w rocket pointed at the sky?

  • @robertbuttry5233
    @robertbuttry5233 11 месяцев назад +7

    It’s it even quicker than a Top Fuel or Funny Car dragster? I think not

  • @zrxdoug
    @zrxdoug 11 месяцев назад +1

    Snot Rocket 2.0 enters chat, chuckles quietly...then exits for its next 1,000-plus mile drag & drive event, shattering this "record" as it exits a McDonald's drive thru...

  • @BreeZy-dj4pw
    @BreeZy-dj4pw 11 месяцев назад +7

    Great vid as always scott 👍👍

  • @TheOriginalGenghis
    @TheOriginalGenghis 11 месяцев назад +4

    Top fuel dragster has entered the chat.

    • @glen646
      @glen646 11 месяцев назад

      🤣

    • @TheOriginalGenghis
      @TheOriginalGenghis 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@glen646 to put it into perspective, it'll reach 100 mph in 0.8 seconds, this toy has no chance

  • @rkmbnt
    @rkmbnt 8 месяцев назад +1

    Tesla: our fastest car can do 0-60 in 0,5 seconds.*
    *with 2 seconds or so rollout subtracted LOL

  • @giedriuskadisa
    @giedriuskadisa 11 месяцев назад +6

    It took 17 minutes to talk about 0.9 sec. Impressive!

    • @conflagratus
      @conflagratus 11 месяцев назад

      It's taking me hours to reply to wacky comments! Thanks for yours friend.

  • @yanguskhan8513
    @yanguskhan8513 8 месяцев назад

    i was not expecting james pumphrey sighting but i approve and enjoyed it.

  • @4rdF1Hunny
    @4rdF1Hunny 11 месяцев назад +7

    What is this a record of? A top fuel car is still much quicker. 0-60mph in 0.4sec and 0-100mph in 0.9sec

  • @ElitonHansen
    @ElitonHansen 3 месяца назад

    A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.