| Author | Message | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 530 Registered: 1-2003 |
Vincent..This is an FAA approved event. There will be three plane races. If you are the only FCar that shows up, you get three runs. The events start around noon to 3:00PM. I can arrange for your car to be locked overnight in the main hanger of the field AMP (its huge). He stays there overnight with his family and camper in front of his hanger. I can pick you up and drive you to a local hotel in the beautiful historic town of Sonora and dinner at my girlfriends cafe (how am I doing so far?)....Its just a hell of a fun day!....Ps: One of the events is a flour drop. Guys fly the pattern and drop a 5 pound bag of flour at 100 feet to hit a circle on the runway. The event judge stands in the circle! No one has ever hit it! Its a riot to watch! | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 394 Registered: 4-2003 |
HMMMMM........ | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 528 Registered: 1-2003 |
'Ong' is tired for Long! | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 527 Registered: 1-2003 |
Vincent...Its 4670 x 75 ft. / 1423 x 23 m, plenty ong! The plane will be on final above stall, about 75 knots. After the first third of the runway, the race starts! | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 378 Registered: 4-2003 |
How long is the runway? | ||
| Charles Barton (Airbarton)
Member Username: Airbarton Post Number: 523 Registered: 11-2002 |
If I lived in Ca I'd do it! | ||
| Russ Turner (Snj5)
Junior Member Username: Snj5 Post Number: 148 Registered: 2-2003 |
If you want to make this fun, I knew folks that used to drag race corvettes with T-6s and P-51 Mustangs from a standing start - first to the end of the runway wins. THAT would be interesting - the Piper on the runway and the car on the parallel. | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 349 Registered: 6-2002 |
In all seriousness, (my last post was in jest  sounds like a lot of FUN! Be careful not to run out of runway/road If I wasn an owner (instead of just a wanabee) I'd be game! One of these days! Best! Ben. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 520 Registered: 1-2003 |
Dave..The plane will not enter final at full airspeed (The Malibu can cruise at about 180Knots). It will pace the car over the first third of the runway. I assume the Malibu will turn about 125Knots down the last two thirds of the runway. | ||
| Dave Mills (360dave)
Junior Member Username: 360dave Post Number: 86 Registered: 1-2002 |
Just how fast does this plane fly? Wouldn't it be extremely hard to time it so the plane and car were somewhat travelling together? After all, the car apparently has to start from a dead stop, get up to some max speed as the plane flies over, then stop in time before the runway ends, right? Just curious... Dave | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 517 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thats why I'm not doing it in my 308! | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 341 Registered: 6-2002 |
No way man, a malibu's fast! I'd take ya in a 152 though ;) Best! Ben. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 512 Registered: 1-2003 |
I invited anyone who was interested in racing a Piper Malibu down the runway on June 14th in Columbia,CA (Near Sonora,CA) and came up empty! The Piper will be at about 75-100' above the runway. This is the Fathers Day Fly-In and is a great event! There will be three Car/Plane races in the afternoon. The event has been FAA approved (The FAA will control the airport from 12:00 to 3:00PM that day). Sonora is 2 hours from the Bay Area,CA. Interested? Send me an email at [email protected] and I will put you in touch direct with the event director |