Thread: jet sprint onboard fottage

Pretty hard to mesure it but at a guess we hit over 100km in less than 2 seconds (Easily).We had the engine dynoed at 523hp last week.
They are built for takeoff rather than top speed. I feel sorry for the engine it hits 6000rpm and stays there for pretty much the whole race, chewing thru about 5L of avgass in 60seconds
If the track is a high speed track we reduce the nozzle size which gives less pickup but its no good on hairpins when your speed drops off regulary.
On most of those corners the only thing holding us down is the suction of the water up from under the boat.
Im a bit sore at the moment as you get thrown around a bit and the harness diggs in!