Aston Martin AMLS car flies further than Wright Brothers

[StanAE86]

Aston Martin ALMS car flies farther than the Wright bros. first flight

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/23/aston-martin-flies-farther-than-wright-bros/

EDIT:

The video:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3GRIH29Q

[dannyroz]

:shock: At first it looked like it was photoshoped but then you see the following pics...holy crap

[yg60m]

Wow , impressive flight !! but less than Mercedes at Le Mans :wink:

[Fleischmann]

Wow :shock: Amazing how although it lifted off the ground and flew 142 feet the car stayed almost level :shock: If there had been any other cars on the track the driver may well have been six feet under by now.

[saadie]

the best flight was that of the merc did a whole somersault lol :mrgreen:

hmmm sweet pics love em lol ..
you know ..if the car lifts up a bit .. the downforce from the venturi dissapates and the shape of the car acts like a wing of an airplane lol .... soo YAY for aston !! :mrgreen:

JW top tip .... if you ever want to made a plane out of cars .. make sure to use dbr-9's as its wings :lol: 8) 8)

[Fleischmann]

^^exactly, the underbody is flat so as to make low pressure beneath the car which glues it to the track. When you reach the limit of downforce though, it's like a jet fighter taking off. In such light cars at high speeds even the slightest raise of the nose can make you fly.

[sameerrao]

Holy Crap!! :shock:

[StanAE86]

Looks like he slipped off the track at a point where the track dips off and he landed on the lower section. It doesn't look like he hit anything that actually launched him into the air.

[Pokiou]

ROYAL AIRFORCE

fighting dbr-9s

i wonder if there is a video footage if so some1 post it up.

Pok

[TNT]

wow!! :faint: i need new underwear just looking at the pictures. :oops:

[pterps]

Unbelievable the car didn't flip over :shock:

[StanAE86]

Here's the video of the Aston. I was right, he slid off the track and landed at a lower elevation:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3GRIH29Q

[stmoritzer]

^^ had the same thoughts,

thanks for the video, wow, impressive flight :wink:, gorgeous car :P

[StanAE86]

Yeah, those Astons are beautiful....

[dutchmasterflex]

Amazing pictures.. cant wait to see the video!

[03200165]

hmmm sweet pics love em lol ..
you know ..if the car lifts up a bit .. the downforce from the venturi dissapates and the shape of the car acts like a wing of an airplane lol .... soo YAY for aston !!


As a third year student at the university of Aerospace technology (studied aerodynamics for 3 years), I can say that this is bullshit. When the car would fly upside down, it may have acted like a wing of an airplane, but now it was the other way around, you can clearly see something on the rear, suspension or something, broke. then the car went backwards and over the curbs and flew.



^^exactly, the underbody is flat so as to make low pressure beneath the car which glues it to the track. When you reach the limit of downforce though, it's like a jet fighter taking off. In such light cars at high speeds even the slightest raise of the nose can make you fly.


There is no limit of downforce... At least, not on this planet.

[r2r]

:D just found the same link on a different website few minutes ago.

Was a pretty big fligh for a car. :)

[DeMoN]

wow the pics look amazing. Cant see the vid though as apparently, its hosted at some spam page and my spam protection doesnt like it.

[dutchmasterflex]

The video is fuckin hilaarious.. must of been one hell of a ride for that driver!

That DBR9 looks SOLID! (while hitting the tire barrier in a crash landing)