Front Engine Dragsters Not Cool Enough?

"Cryptopygia - Front Wheel Drive is Best Wheel Drive" (cryptopygia) 09/13/2015 at 15:04 • Filed to: None

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How about a turbine powered FED?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Cryptopygia - Front Wheel Drive is Best Wheel Drive 09/13/2015 at 15:20

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Putting brodozer exhausts to shame

DrJohannVegas > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/13/2015 at 15:56

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Also, like a brodozer rollin coal, the flames have no real propulsive purpose.

(To clarify before there are questions: the reheat - afterburner - does not increase the transfer of power from the gas generator to the power turbine, which is what is really driving the dragster. Basically, it just looks cool. Afterburner makes no sense on turboprops or turbines which drive a shaft.)

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > DrJohannVegas 09/13/2015 at 16:22

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In this application, it may provide extra downforce, but that pretty questionable. If it does however, it would be pretty sweet, as its downforce without the drag penalty caused by a big-ass wing.

Boss2452stolemylunchmoney > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 09/13/2015 at 17:09

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Top fuel dragsters get a pretty significant boost in downforce from their exhaust, so my assumption would be that they’re using the afterburner to generate more downforce.

DrJohannVegas > Boss2452stolemylunchmoney 09/13/2015 at 17:22

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They fire the reheat before the launch, but never use it during the run.