A question about drag racing

[68chevelle]

well in this case i guess i stand corrected. now that intreagues me. i want to go test it out for the hell of it. im one of those people who thinks logicly and in one way that doesnt seem logical, but then in another it seems totaly logical. the confusingness of the word.

[JekylandHyde]

As stated, the only difference in what object would "fall" fastest is aerodynamics, not weight.

As pinted out a feather does not fall fast because it floats ..... but dropping to cars of any sort and they will hit the ground at the same time.

Again, drop a brick and an egg from a 5 story building and see which hits first.

F=M*A ... changing the weight of the object doesn't change the Earth's gravitational pull. It stays the same.

[mustang babe]

A lighter car is going to go faster. If i was to put a motor in a lets say a big crew cab truck, and put the same motor in a funny car...the funny car is going to go faster because its lighter and its easier on the engine so the motor doesn't have to perform as hard.

[TheAznPersuazun]

Originally Posted by 68chevelle

lol. well that guy is correct. but only if your droped the two cars out of an air plane a few thousand feet in the air.

sweetheart....law of gravity...everything falls at the same speed

[mustang babe]

We're not talking about falling here...falling has nothing to do with it. A lighter car is faster...less work for the motor.

[JekylandHyde]

We've already established that.

The previous post was in reference to 68chevelle's erroneous comment.

[TheAznPersuazun]

Originally Posted by chevytrucks92

In a vacuum yes, but in the real world, the heavier woudl hit first.

no....in the real world both hit at the same time. the only way the feather would fall at the same time would be in a vaccuum cuz in the real world a feather floats NOT falls......

[PWRDbyUNCLEbens]

ever wonder why 400+ hp and 900+tourque does'nt propel a semi to a 12 second quartermile time? His statement applies to gravity but still it would be dead even in that case. I revoke my previous statement this guy has no idea what he is talking about.