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Adrian Newey crashes real GT40 at Leman classic
Fred W B - 20/7/06 at 08:22 AM

GT40 crash discussion
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[Edited on 20/7/06 by Fred W B]

[Edited on 20/7/06 by Fred W B]

britishtrident - 20/7/06 at 01:33 PM

GT40 chassis are made of real steel --- must have been a "high energy event" :-)

iank - 20/7/06 at 01:35 PM

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Originally posted by britishtrident
GT40 chassis are made of real steel --- must have been a "high energy event" :-)


180mph allegedly how much does a real GT40 weigh? We can then work out how much energy was involved.

[Edited on 20/7/06 by iank]

David Jenkins - 20/7/06 at 01:40 PM

1121Kg, according to a website I just googled.

matt_claydon - 20/7/06 at 01:53 PM

I make that 3629220 Joules. About the same as 6 Mars bars.

iank - 20/7/06 at 01:59 PM

180 mph = 80.4672 meters per second (according to google convert)

So energy was:

E = 0.5 * m * v^2

= 0.5 * 1121 * 6475

= 3629237.5

So Roughly 3.5 million joules