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The Shockwave Jet Truck

submitted by maatc

1 decade 6 years 7 months 1 week ago

Long buildup. Fast bit is right towards the end.

If the engines weren`t angled downwards this would also be in *spacy :)

From YT: "The ShockWave Jet Truck runs over 300 mph racing airplanes at airshows; holds the world record in a quarter mile for trucks at 256 mph in just 6.36 seconds; and holds the world record for full size trucks at 376 mph as recorded by Guinness Book of World Records. At 36,000 horsepower, the ShockWave has enough power to accelerate at 3 Gs vertical, which is as much as the Space Shuttle!"

Another Jet Truck clip here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Semi-Truck-With-3-Jet-Engines

5 Comments

TerraKhansays...

I wonder how much tires rated for 400 mph cost for a big rig. They can not be cheap.

535 views and nobody has been political yet?

America! FUCK YEAH!

Fire shooting out the back is just for show, right?

^Them be AFTERBURNERS baby!

The ones going out the top, from the "normal" stacks? Yeah, pure Whoopidty.

A lot of military-grade jet engines use afterburners, which ignite a second fuel stream injected past the turbine. Gives a lot more power, but at a huge efficiency cost. It certainly looks like the truck is using those at the end, when it accelerates down the track. All those showy flames in the first part of the vid look to be cosmetic, though. Probably something installed to burn some extra inflammant, which the truck is already using to make the exhaust coming out of the smokestacks flame up.

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