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Old 2006-10-11, 05:46 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by nKoan
Actually, now that I think of it... if you kept on the throttle as your drive wheels hit the ramps, you would probably stall the engine.

Keeping it WOT in that scenario is similar to rolling along at 10mph (1st gear, 1k rpm), pushing in the clutch, reving to 4k and putting the car in 5th gear and dropping the clutch. You'd stall the engine.
Actually, I'd bet flooring it would mean spinning the tires all the way up the ramp. Think of Aaron's example of dropping an RC car, except this time drop it while tossing it forward 10 mph. The tires would either slow to 10mph, or assuming enough power and rotational inertia, just light up.
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