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Monster truck stunts.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...072#post221282
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...682#post190101
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...957#post187222
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...520#post173912
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...958#post137590
He knows how to put on a show.
The engineers who design the undercarriage and suspension seem to know what they are doing! Impressive amount of flexibility.
I don't know how they designed the suspension to carry the weight of this man's gigantic brass balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob47907
And so far no one has mentioned the amount of HP required to launch a 15,000lb vehicle that high into the air or to power out of a rollover that would leave any lessor vehicles turtled.
And what all of the fluids in the motor, oil sloshing around and all. Maybe the white smoke near the end is a telltale sign of it.
Tom Meents is arguably the best monster truck driver ever. He and Dennis Anderson (Grave Digger) redefined the sport from simply car crushing to the physics demonstration it has become.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Neil
If it were me designing my engine to be brutally used in such a manor the engine would have a dry sump configuration. Most of the oil volume would be in a separate tank, a savaging pump in the sump would replenish the oil in the tank This will not keep all of the oil out of the sump and obviously cannot scavenge while upside down, but you are also not subjecting the cylinder bores with 2 gallons of oil while on its side or upside down.Quote:
Originally Posted by batchit