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Old 09-03-2010, 01:49 AM
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Default Race the Base Event in Canada - F18 vs Enzo Ferrari



"Race the Base" Event Teaser Video... They put an Enzo Ferrari up against an F-18 fighter jet...

Although it's obviously a great PR stunt, I'm not sure exactly what it proves?








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Old 09-03-2010, 06:38 AM
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That looks like it may be an Enzo FXX, much more power and lighter weight then the standard Enzo.
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They should have put it up against an F22...

Actually, it doesn't matter. Also, I think the car v jet races are kind of stupid.
Individually, both vehicles are incredible. I'd love to be a passenger in either one.
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thats the FXX 850hp 3000lbs

**** the jet
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Originally Posted by Tainted
thats the FXX 850hp 3000lbs

**** the jet
Yeah, the jet weighs 25k lbs and each thruster only makes 18k lbf of thrust.
The puny thing can only climb at a rate of 600mph.
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Originally Posted by DiscerningZ32
Yeah, the jet weighs 25k lbs and each thruster only makes 18k lbf of thrust.
The puny thing can only climb at a rate of 600mph.
but most everyone could drive the fxx, hardly anyone has a pilots license and could freely take a jet out like that
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Originally Posted by DiscerningZ32

Actually, it doesn't matter. Also, I think the car v jet races are kind of stupid.
Agreed. But they sure draw a crowd!
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Originally Posted by Tainted
but most everyone could drive the fxx, hardly anyone has a pilots license and could freely take a jet out like that
Yes, but if you could pilot the jet, I doubt there's any driving/piloting experience out there that could compare to it.
I guess the Ferrari would be fun to drive too though.
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*Fighter pilot doing 240mph in a FXX:* "That's not fast, it's not even takeoff speed!



(I don't know what the actual takeoff speed of a sleek CF-18 is, but I assume it's in this territory)
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I dont think there is anyone that owns a fighter jet cept militaries. I dont think that they sell them to people. If that is the case then its a **** of alot easier to get into a jet like that then a FXX. Thing sounds sick. Cant imagine with all that power that it is able to get any traction below 100. Berry nice!
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idk, the Veyron/Jet race was pretty ****** sweet.....
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I have been delivering the Lemoore Naval Air Base all month. To hell with that Enzo. I would give my wife's first born to get a ride in one of those F/A 18 jets. The other day, they ran high speed maneuvers and one was at the brink of breaking the sound barrier, the funnel cloud was forming around it, but it is illegal in our area, so no boom. I have never seen how much those jets twist when performing such moves before until that day.
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see that would do me no good. i'd puke EVERYWHERE in that jet doing spins and turns n ****. I'd end up being like that poor news reporter guy that kept passing out.
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Originally Posted by Tainted
thats the FXX 850hp 3000lbs

**** the jet
Nah, **** the car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfZ4aCc94ck




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