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re: 2 men killed in horrific high speed boat race on the Potomac
Posted on 10/18/16 at 10:57 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 10/18/16 at 10:57 am to meauxjeaux2
Holy frick!
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Posted on 10/18/16 at 11:38 am to SundayFunday
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Saw this on reddit and someone said the death rate is like 10% a year for these drivers.
Yep. And over 80% eventually die, the main thing that saves them is quitting.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 11:43 am to mizzoukills
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They can go much faster than 200 miles per hour.
The record is over 300mph.
It's worth nothing that if you go skydiving and your chute doesn't open, you will hit the water doing anywhere from 120-180, depending on how your body is oriented. So if you come off a speedboat instead it is much worse.
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 11:47 am
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:05 pm to mizzoukills
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The most famous racing boats compete at LOTO Shootout to end the summer season.
I didn't know the unlimited hydroplanes raced at LOTO Shootout. Weird.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:34 pm to mizzoukills
Should boat guys wear parachutes and have an ejection mechanism that automatically ejects them if the boat reaches X degrees of angle of attack?
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:38 pm to meauxjeaux2
i mean couldnt the wind kick up a small wave cause this thing to go airborne at 200mph. Thats bad news from the start. Did it go airborne because he gave it the gas to fast?
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:40 pm to FLObserver
quote:no. Boats like that don't pop wheelies
Did it go airborne because he gave it the gas to fast?
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:45 pm to FLObserver
I think I would only travel fast with theach wind at my back.
Headwind gusts nope
Headwind gusts nope
Posted on 10/18/16 at 1:24 pm to FLObserver
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Did it go airborne because he gave it the gas to fast?
No. The issue is he had the outdrives trimmed all the way up, trim tabs down and headed into the wind. To much air got under the hull causing it to lift like a plane.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 1:33 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Should boat guys wear parachutes and have an ejection mechanism that automatically ejects them if the boat reaches X degrees of angle of attack?
Equally as silly: why don't they make planes out of black box material?
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:04 pm to meauxjeaux2
frick
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:07 pm to mizzoukills
God damn man, chill out about this fricking boat race.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:24 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
this phrase needs to die
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:44 pm to meauxjeaux2
"Ever see that boat race in Missouri where people die all the time?"
"No."
"Go Cards, baby!"
"No."
"Go Cards, baby!"
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:48 pm to foshizzle
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The record is over 300mph.
It's worth nothing that if you go skydiving and your chute doesn't open, you will hit the water doing anywhere from 120-180, depending on how your body is oriented. So if you come off a speedboat instead it is much worse.
The key is to go completely flat and spin like a record. Then you just skip line a stone until you're moving slow enough to survive. This method doesn't work if you're falling straight down, though. That's why skydivers usually die if the chute fails.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:52 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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That's why skydivers usually die if the chute fails.
Uh..yeah...that's the reason...not plummeting towards a hard surface from an incredible height.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:54 pm to WaltTeevens
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Uh..yeah...that's the reason...not plummeting towards a hard surface from an incredible height.
Well, it's because spinning doesn't help them skip. Spinning or not, they splat, not skip.
Posted on 10/18/16 at 2:55 pm to WaltTeevens
amazing how a Missouri boat race conversation pisses off so many people. LOLOLOLOLOL
Posted on 10/18/16 at 3:12 pm to meauxjeaux2
Damn. That's some Faces of Death shite right there.
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