A1 GP car races Boeing 777

[MAGPIE]

Should be interesting but surely the 777 wont be able to keep up.

Trying to remember how the Ferrari F1 car went against the Eurofighter.

A Grand Prix racecar will take on a Boeing 777 in the ultimate quest for speed at Auckland Airport this morning - as long as the weather holds.

The A1GP car driven by New Zealand star Jonny Reid will race the Air New Zealand plane, controlled by the company's chief pilot, Dave Morgan, along parallel runways at 9.30am.

The race is to promote the arrival of 21 nations for the A1GP Taupo on January 20. New Zealand is currently third in the standings.Footage of the race would be posted online.

Captain Morgan said the jet would be light, with no passengers or freight and minimal fuel, and the big challenge would be keeping it on the ground long enough. He said the race would use less fuel than a test flight.

[chevypower]

If the 777 only had 5% fuel, and no passengers or luggage, and sat there with its engines on 100%, before it released the brakes, it would probably do pretty well.

[ltd]

It will accelerate slowly initially, but gather speed very fast after about 5 seconds. You have to remember that a 777 running GE90 - 115B engines has more thrust than most 747's, and is a lighter plane. The 777 in those conditions should actually win this one.

[Casablanca]

i still reckon the racer will come out on top, they have absolutely phenomenal acceleration.

[ltd]

Should be interesting though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZhFbSl9cN0

Take off roll commenced at 22 seconds, rotation at 42 seconds. This had 3 hours of fuel onboard at the time, as well as a couple of dignitaries but otherwise, was pretty much empty just like the 777 is supposed to be. Remember as well, at the time of rotation the aircrafts VR would be lower than normal however would still be around 250km/h.

[MAGPIE]

It was a draw, they won one each

Organisers of two races between A1GP driver Jonny Reid and a Boeing 777 at Auckland Airport this morning say Reid would have cleaned up if the plane hadn't been given a head start.

In the first face Reid's Black Beauty race car reached nearly 300kmh as it sped past the Boeing -the jet left the tarmac at just under 270kmh.

The Boeing, piloted by Captain Dave Morgan, got rolling first to compensate for its slow start.

Organisers decided to give the Boeing a chance to get even and went ahead with a second race.

Black Beauty was a little slower out of the box the second time round due to surface water on the track and wasn't able to reach its top speed because the car's engine had a speed limiter set up for the Taupo A1GP racetrack.

Final result, one-all.

Reid told stuff.co.nz that it was like no other race he's driven.

"I've never been on a such a wide track before and it was fantastic looking across and seeing the Boeing 777 alongside me - it was something else altogether."

"Conditions weren't ideal, but it wasn't too bad because of the straight track. there was a little bit of drizzle so there would have been some problems with corners, but it went ok."

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by ltd

It will accelerate slowly initially, but gather speed very fast after about 5 seconds. You have to remember that a 777 running GE90 - 115B engines has more thrust than most 747's, and is a lighter plane. The 777 in those conditions should actually win this one.

But would it win if they were both on conveyor belts?

[TadKa]

Originally Posted by Peuty

But would it win if they were both on conveyor belts?

haha NO NO don't bring it up.

[rodderz]

here we go!

[TE50 027]

I remember Dick Johnson racing an EF or EL supercar against an F-111 here at Amberley back in the 90's. Can't remember how it went though I'd say the F-111 would have won hands down.