Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Misleading
But it actually just uses usb for power, it still has a sound cord.
Oh yeah, the front says usb 2.0 :-P
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
lol at guitar hero
ok. come to find out you CAN fill a PS2 memory card :) i just had to delete somethign off the card so we could do a save for the country track pack. sorry trey, your custom park in Mirra BMX2 is gone... LOL
i'm thinking i may want to get a 2nd memory card just for my guitar games. the list:
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero encore Rock the 80's
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Rockband
Rockband Track Pack Vol 1
Rockband Country Track Pack
Rockband 2
PopStar Guitar
so there are a few more games, like Rockband metal, guitar hero meticalla, etc - but i dont' much care for them. however, i can have a pretty badass guitar hero party at my house now :)
i'm thinking i may want to get a 2nd memory card just for my guitar games. the list:
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero encore Rock the 80's
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Rockband
Rockband Track Pack Vol 1
Rockband Country Track Pack
Rockband 2
PopStar Guitar
so there are a few more games, like Rockband metal, guitar hero meticalla, etc - but i dont' much care for them. however, i can have a pretty badass guitar hero party at my house now :)
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Someone in britt's family is getting an exhaust pipe...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
That's still a mean looking car...
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That's still a mean looking car...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Fake xmas tree next to mower and trimming shears
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Inglorious bastards. Finished the colt 45. Movie isn't half good.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ritzpix promo code
Rcipix30 - dunno if it works, though.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
If you're not outraged you're not paying attention.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
dang :0
This is an interesting comparison of an GP Bike vs. NHRA Top Fuel Dragster.
First, some useful info:
One NHRA Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more
horsepower than all the cars in the first four rows at the Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1½ gallons of
nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the
same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive
the dragster's supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of
an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass.
After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow
of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down
by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to
blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at
an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before
half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light.
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
The Bottom Line;
Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for
once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the
quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher).
The top speed record is 333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the
last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).
Putting all of this into perspective for you bikers:
You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up the
road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile
strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the
RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes
green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts
after you. You keep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly
brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster
catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile
away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you
200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when
he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race course.
That, folks, is acceleration.
First, some useful info:
One NHRA Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more
horsepower than all the cars in the first four rows at the Daytona 500.
Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1½ gallons of
nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the
same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
A stock Dodge 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive
the dragster's supercharger.
With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of
an arc welder in each cylinder.
Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass.
After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow
of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down
by cutting the fuel flow.
If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to
blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at
an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before
half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.
Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light.
Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load.
The redline is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
The Bottom Line;
Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for
once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second.
The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the
quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher).
The top speed record is 333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the
last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).
Putting all of this into perspective for you bikers:
You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up the
road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile
strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the
RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes
green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts
after you. You keep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly
brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster
catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile
away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you
200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when
he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race course.
That, folks, is acceleration.
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