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Old 06-08-2007, 09:52 PM
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My pan car accelerates about 180 ft in about 1 second reaching 60 mph.
I hope I'm not being dense here, but 180' in 1 second?????

Assuming a constant rate, that's 122 MPH...from a standing start, it would have even a higher terminal speed.

180'/second X 60 = 10,800'/min

10,800/minute X 60 = 648,000'/hr

648,000'/5280 = 122.72 miles/hr

Did I miss something??
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