Mook Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 French rally driver Guerlain Chicherit is a very lucky man. He had hoped to beat Tanner Foust's 332-feet car jump record (which nearly went awry itself) with a 360-foot leap in a specially built Mini to score a new Guinness World Record at the French ski resort of Tignes. However, things didn't go to plan, and Chicherit suffered a massive crash during the attempt. He wasn't badly injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mook Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/chicherit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ooops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Someone didn't do their maths correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Lucky man. Bit too much speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Did he break the world record for somersaults? oh, James May would have worked out the proper take off speed. Edited March 19, 2014 by cruiser647 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 So... does he have to land on his wheels for it to count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 ooh - i thought the discarded body work was a human body to start with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ooch, lost balance just as he was landing, should have kept on the throttle to keep the nose up. Not that i'm an expert of course, just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Top Gear would have just built a bridge over that gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well, it wasn't just a question of losing balance when he landed. The whole angle & height of the landing ramp was wrong, the car had tipped forward too much by the time it landed so touched down nose first rather than wheels first. Instant cartwheel. He needs a better balanced car, I think... Less nose-heavy. Top Gear would have just built a bridge over that gap. But it would have taken them a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 ...with hilarious mishaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Tipex - how would keeping on the throttle help? I'm not baiting you BTW, genuinely can't see how it would help with the wheels spinning faster in mid-air so I must be missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I don't know the physics behind it, i'm sure someone will be able to explain it better than me, but it's to do with rotational forces I believe. I have a friend that is heavily in to Motocross, and he explained the principle is the same on a bike in the air as it is for a car, if you accelerate and make the wheels spin faster, it'll bring the nose up, if you lift off or even brake, the nose will dip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Don't ask me to explain in ANY level of detail but I did hear a feasible explanation once that it is all to do with torque reaction. As in similar to a helicopter if you removed the tail rotor (but obviously less so) IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The car is applying torque to the wheels. Therefore, there will be an opposite reaction torque on the car, which will tend to bring the nose up - as it does in a wheelie. Isaac Newton, equal and opposite forces, and all that. I would have thought the effect would be quite small, as you are balancing the whole weigh of the car against the weight of the driven wheels. But I suppose a powerful but light car could show it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 ^^^^^^^ What he said. Correct, it will be small, but MAY work in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I get the rotational force bit but I too would have thought the effect to be negligible, especially seeing how unbalanced the car was by the end. That said, I've not tried it myself ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 If you would like to try it for yourself then & let us know how effective it is we would all appreciate the practical physics lesson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 It's quite a major force actually. I used to race nitro powered R/C monster trucks - the in-air attitude was easily controlled by the throttle due to the gyroscopic forces of the wheels/tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ahem - R/C. It might be a major factor in something that small, but the small wheels on a full size MINI compared to its mass is going to be far more negligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Diddy R/C cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Full video is up, check his eyes at 8min 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Those eyes say "this is gonna hurt" !! Doesn't look like he's wearing a HANS?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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