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If we recreated the scene from Fast & Furious 7 and dropped a Challenger SRT® Hellcat...

If we recreated the scene from Fast & Furious 7 and dropped a Challenger SRT® Hellcat Redeye Widebody from a C-130 aircraft at 5,280 ft, how much horsepower would it take to drive past it before it hits the ground if you’re 1 mile away?

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Air density @ sea level, 59 degrees, no wind = p = .002377 slugs/ft^3
Coefficient of drag (flat plate, NASA) = C(d) = 1.28
Weight = W = 4451 lbs
Gravitation constant = g = 32.2 ft/sec^2
Area = A = 197.5" long x 78.2" wide x (1 ft^2/ 144 in^2)
Vehicle falls flat, wheels 1st, straight down, at constant acceleration with no aerodynamic drag until terminal velocity
Horsepower needed to accelerate is AVERAGE - not peak
100% driveline efficiency

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Expert Solution

Gravitational force on the car = mg.

air drag force = 1/2 v2Cd A.

When the car reached terminal velocity both force on the car will be equal

mg = 1/2 v2Cd A.

A = 197.5*78.2 /144 = 107.25 sq.ft

terminal vel . vt2 = (2mg/(Cd A.) )

= 2*4451/ (0.002377*1.28*107.25) ) = 27280

vt = 165.17 ft/s

h is fall in height , fall at const. g=32.2 ft until v t is reached , initial vel =0 at h= 4451 ft

v2 = 2gh

h = 27280/32*2 = 423.6 ft

the car has fallen through 852.5 ft and reached terminal velocity vt = 165.17 ft. The it falls

5280 - 423.6 = 4856.4 ft with const. vel of vt

time of fall t = 4856.4 /165.17 = 29.4 s

You have to drive 1 mile (5280 ft) in less than 29.4 s to drive past before it falls to ground

take it 29 s on safer side

speed required = 5280/29 = 182.1 ft /s

we take mass of the car mass as 4451 lbs.

KE of the car = 1/2 mv2 = 1/2 4451*(182.1)2 =73,773,340 ft.lb

you have to drive in 29 s

1 HP = 550 ft.lb/s

HP required to drive =73,773,340/550*26 = 4626 HP


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