@@Boomchaclefrom what I have seen he survived with just a broken knee and a burn on his back. Look up “Perth Motorplex jet car parachute failure” to find info from the time.
They should replace the sand trap with a loop-the-loop. The cars just stay on it until they bleed off all their speed. The tricky bit is knowing when you don't have enough speed for one last loop, and come off the loop before that. Otherwise you fall onto your roof and look silly.
Well Jordan, we'd never know unless we try. I suppose we could get boffins to do some calculations, but I'd sooner just build a prototype and see how it goes. . Is it fair to say that apart from the g-force issue, you're in? @@JordanMottram
Those guys that stopped it cleanly in the sand have to feel like a lifetime achievement was unlocked. That takes some serious control from your hands and feet, and fast thinking, probably jumped out amped like they won the championship
@@davidaugustofc2574 that is all for youtube, they were all fatal, and some of them even ended up killing more than one people like the second fire at 5:35 and the team manager that killed himself a week after 7:12
1:29 he's panicking and not feathering the brakes. It's rare a driver encounters a chute failure, so I don't fault that panic, but he probably learned from this. Yes, I have encountered a chute failure on a low 7 second car and it's not a fun experience... you have to be on, off, on, and make corrections. You stay on the brakes too long, this removes traction and steering capabilities from the front wheels.
No only was he not locking brakes, his brakes were completely overheated, you can see the glowing disks. Hew as going into the net regardless of what he did.
Years ago my fox body was running 147 mph in the 1/4 mph with stock brakes and it pulled both rear liners off, brake pedal went to the floor then drove into the gravel pit at Houston raceway park. Super embarrassing.
@@OreoIsSnacknot really those car are safer than u think also they have fire proof suit gloves and helmet I mean look at Grosjean’s crash 2020 sahkir gp what could have killed him there is speed Edit: indeed he survived
South African Jet Car driver Pieter DeWit has survived a horrifying incident at the Perth Motorplex last night, where the parachute on his ‘Gravity Storm’ dragster failed at 450kph, spearing him across the safety area at the state of the art venue before eventually coming to rest.
@@demorrobinson210 right at the end when he was about to go into the sand trap, He closed his eyes and prayed to God to keep him safe. And god did what he asked.
Soccer commentary: THEY HAVEEEE ALMOOOOST SCOOREEEDDDD! UNBELIVABLE Drag race: Yeah, he is coming at very high speed. His parachute seems to be broken. Anyways
Ill keep this as short as I can. I went camping at dale hollow lake, directly on the KY/TN border. The 2nd week we were there, we moved our camp to an island. The next morning when I woke up, I flip open my sleeping bag and there was the biggest wolf spider I have ever seen. I actually had to take a few breaths to calm myself down so I could ID what it was. Once I realized it was a wolf spider, I nudged it onto my hand and kept it as a vacation pet then released it before we left the island. Pretty cool
Bro there was a wolf spider that would always come out in my basement while I was playing halo but only after 2 AM. Everytime I saw him it was time to go upstairs and go to bed lol
The vast majority of tracks have no where to put extra track length. Many were built when top speeds were way less than 200. So cutting off 300ft was the answer they came up with. It does seem there's brake tech available to help fix this issue, of course that requires running rotors for than a few mils thick.
I'll never understand why 1/4 drag strips don't have long enough runoffs in case of a chute failure. It's going to happen again and again. But if people are willing the accept the risks, go for it. It's a dangerous sport.
Because of property. Some tracks can't get the property to build the shutdown area longer. In the case of Pomona, there's a road just past the shutdown area.
I hope yall know the first 2 were deaths, the first one slammed so hard into a metal barrier he died on impact. And the second one straight up exploded, so he is well… very dead.
Jesus they need to make the safety strip at the end wayyy longer. Its insane they get maybe 300ft of gravel before a tire/water barrel/net safety net at the end.
Why dont they make the end more like a semi runaway ramp? Full of gravel instead of sand and going uphill? Be a much more gradual stop instead of the near instant stop from that net
@@Nightstalker321 cowardly and poor insults arent gonna form your point anymore than its already damaged. You could say this with literally anything else.
It's high time Race cars Requiring 'Chutes for Primary braking should have Dual Independent Suystems where if the 1st chute Fails to Fully deploy, the chute can be Driver activated "Cut loose" & the Backup chute handle Activated for Safely deployed Without Entanglement.....Using Only 1 common handle trigger for Dual parachute is just Asking for Higher chances of Dual Entangled & resulting damaging Collision with whatever is at end of slowdown payment.....
Bye bye Miss American Pie, Drove my Chevy to the levee, and the levee wasn't dry, My drag chute did not open, but why? I know this'll be the day that I die!
I still dont understand why the back tires are hopping when the drivers are braking. Is that the driver inappropriately braking or is there some mechanical failure in the brakes?
@@tymz-r-achangin yeah I think it's when they brake the weight transfers to the front and then when they let off the weight transfer to the back making it hope
@@dog3gold3n Oh ok :o) Well sounds interesting how that happens, and so looks like something to search here on youtube to see if there is a break-down which shows how it happens
Some of these guys are definitely fine, while others could definitely use an on-screen death counter Edit: aside from a death counter, how about... backup parachutes? Hear me out, surely it cannot add enough weight/drag to have any impact when dealing with 10,000hp+, yet it would be as good as insurance gets.
