Drag racing

Drag racing has a long history. In Utah it started in 1925 on the salt lake flats. Now it has evolved into a legitimate sport. Rocky Mountain Raceways is a great place for racers to practice their drag racing skills and to impress other racers. It has many great traditions, but is lacking in being overly cautious, inefficient and could do with some improvements (http://rmrracing.com/history/). People have to be 18 or older with a legal valid license in order to race in the Rocky Mountain…

pioneer for women in drag racing and especially the NHRA. She influenced me by showing that everyone can do anything if they put their mind to it. For example, I became the varsity lacrosse goalie for my high school team. Shirley Muldowney was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew in Schenectady, New York. Her birthday is June 19, 1940. She fell in love with her first husband when she was 16 and still in high school. She dropped out of high school and married him. She fell into racing when…

By: Joel Otero Period 3 Why do people do co2 dragster racing? Students do co2 dragster racing for many reasons whether you’re doing it for fun or because of some competition or some activity or for whatever reason at all! So, what exactly is co2 drag racing and how would you test and race a co2 dragster? Co2 dragster racing is basically where there are small crafted cars that are powered by a small co2 canister thing and can be very fun to do. It has many things to it and many components to…

The NHRA Pro stock class is a class that is not very well known. The Pro stock class is one of the hardest to compete in NHRA drag racing. Now, the NHRA has decided to change the rules to help the class become more popular and for a performance standpoint. The problem is some people agree to the new rules and some people disagree. Some of the new rules are fuel injection instead of carburetors and having the manufactures name on the headers and there not allowing hood scoops to make the cars…

The Physics of Bird Flight The Factors Affecting Bird Flight Biology of Bird Flight Experimentation: Velocity and Maneuvering Air Drag & Angular Momentum Work Calculations Error Calculation Theoretical Calculations Conclusion Bibliography Explaining Flight 1.1: The Physics of Bird Flight: Components: I. Drag: (Air Resistance) The force opposite to the force of the motion of an object through a fluid. (Fluid in this report refers to the medium…

Paper planes that are folded for long distance usually stays in the air for a long time because they have a lot of lift but little thrust, but they are meant to be thrown with a lot of force. Unlike paper airplanes, darts don’t have a lot of lift nor drag because they depend on extra thrust to overcome gravity. Also another way balance can affect the plane's flight is by having different weight on opposite sides. For instance, more weight on the back with have more lift but will land sooner than…

The T-41 (i.e., the military version of the Cessna 172) had a "simple mechanical" flight control system using direct mechanical linkages. Direct feedback of forces acting on the control surfaces to the control stick (or yoke) provided a natural feel. The feedback was by the "seat of the pants". The trim system was a mechanical linkage connected directly to a trim control wheel in the cockpit. There is no warning in the T-41 if the trim was set incorrectly. It is the pilot’s responsibility…

Assessment Task 1 A. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Goal: lift distribution capacity by 20% Current resources: 30 employees - 1 business manager - 15 employees in picking and packing team - 10 in distribution team - 4 in checkout team Operating hours: 5am to 5pm Products for distribution: dry food products, chemical cleaners, refrigerated foods, fresh and frozen produces, cigarettes and alcohol. Strategic direction: • Increased efficiency in distribution • Minimise wastage in resources • Improved…

Specify the sources (causes) of friction. The causes of friction in this lab come from three different sources. One is the string sliding over the pulley wheel. Another is the pulley wheel turning on its axle. Also, the string sliding through the hole; all these cause friction in our experiment. Glider on Frictionless Air Track Lab The acceleration of the glider can be calculated by tracking the speed as it passes through the two photogates. On the frictionless air track a glider is placed on…

Communication and Collaboration Information, Media and Technology Literacy Thinking Flexibly Thinking Interdependently Drag: air resistance that slows and object down. Drag is an opposing force of motion. Gravity: a force that pulls objects together, and the reason things on Earth fall down instead of up. Weight: (the gravitational force) the force of gravity pulling an object down. Lift: the…