burners

I think that those endplates would block a fair amount of area at large yaw angles but otherwise that is some kind of contraption.

ghoffman

Wow, very cool. I still like the F-4 splitter:

coffey

I believe that is the current Pikes Peak record holder. Monster Tajima's Suzuki.

burners

The Phantom is my favorite, Gary.

I know Tajima won Pikes Peak but I'm not sure if he set a record time.

HORNDAWG

He did not set a record time this year, but, he does hold the current record for Pike's Peak. Here




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ghoffman

If I ever win the $200M Powerball, I am going to buy a Rhino and learn to fly it. I hear they are only like $2M in decent shape. I might have to start out on a P-51 or P-47 or something first!

BrianCunningham

I wonder how much Suzuki is left in the Suzuki

Love Pikes Peak

If you even get the chance, go visit

ghoffman

Nice pic Brian! How much "Impala" is in Tony Stewart's car?

davidfarmer

those endplates keep air from spilling "off" more often than they keep fresh air from spilling "on"

coffey

He does hold the current record for unlimited but it should be noted that it's not much faster than Millen's best time(the previous record) and Millen's time was set on a full gravel/dirt course, while Tajima's record is after the course was mostly paved. I was there the last year that Millen ran and the first year that there was any pavement. He still didn't go any faster. The mountain has to allow you to be fast. The course condition is crucial.

burners

When you are drifting the car around a corner at high yaw angles the outside endplate is blanking a portion of the upper surface of the splitter and creating a lower pressure area in it's shadow (when compared to zero yaw angle). That will directly affect the downforce the splitter is creating.

Gary, I have the same dream about buying a Phantom. I keep my eyes on the Aviation Week Aerospace source book every year to see which countries are still operating them. Germany and Japan still have a large number. So does Iran...

ghoffman

I did get to sit up front in an active duty WW version at George AFB, but only in a hangar. My friend was the IG for the unit and so he sat in back and explained a bunch of stuff to me. I was most interested in the throttles!

BrianCunningham

That's the problem with NASCAR

CP Thunder

Paul Brown (www.tigerracing.com) sent me this pic and I really didn't think anything of it ......... until I looked at what he was standing on........

coffey

Yeah you should be able to stand on a good splitter.

coffey

Too bad they spend less and less time sideways up there these days.

trackboss

The splitters paul has are amazingly light as well. Good stuff.

geerookie

I don't see you as a flying rock type of person. That thing is an engineering disaster! Won't fly on it's own so they put a bigger motor in it and the parachute/brakes where an after thought!
Sounds like a lot the the people that do HPDE/track days....

I can see you in a P-51, sleek airframe designed to compliment excessive horsepower! Now that sounds like fun.

0Randy@DRM

racing on a slippery surface with and without aero is something I know about a little. They are much easier to drive with the aero. Maybe a tick slower but much safer.

Randy

Gramps

That aint no splitter, that ther's a cowcatcher!