200mph data-logging from VMax
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I know not everyone reads the VMax forum, but in case you are interested yesterday at Bruntingthorpe I managed to achieve my ambition of exceeding 200mph in the limited distance available on the runway (as certified by GPS and timing beam).
I won't repeat the full story (there's snippets on the VMax forum) but I managed 3 runs at 200mph, my friend Henry did a 201mph run and I did a 202mph. The temperature was below freezing which really helped freeup some power in the car (I've always been stuck at circa 196-7mph before) and I also removed the R-GT2's rear wing the day before leaving just the ducktail spoiler and the air intakes. The car drove there and back fine of course (it's a roadcar afterall).
Here's a couple of data-traces from my GPS data-logger.....
I've been in and examined the data, which it holds to the 1/100th of a second and from the graphs and the data you can see that at 200mph it was still gaining a staggering 1.4 mph every second
It's a real testement to the size and reliability of Ruf horses.
Guy
>> Edited by GuyR on Monday 21st November 20:59
I won't repeat the full story (there's snippets on the VMax forum) but I managed 3 runs at 200mph, my friend Henry did a 201mph run and I did a 202mph. The temperature was below freezing which really helped freeup some power in the car (I've always been stuck at circa 196-7mph before) and I also removed the R-GT2's rear wing the day before leaving just the ducktail spoiler and the air intakes. The car drove there and back fine of course (it's a roadcar afterall).
Here's a couple of data-traces from my GPS data-logger.....
I've been in and examined the data, which it holds to the 1/100th of a second and from the graphs and the data you can see that at 200mph it was still gaining a staggering 1.4 mph every second
It's a real testement to the size and reliability of Ruf horses.
Guy
>> Edited by GuyR on Monday 21st November 20:59
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