F-18 Hornet vs. Formula Indy Car - Acceleration Race

A short clip with an interesting acceleration challenge between a Canadian AF F/A-18 Hornet (...that false canopy...) and (I suppose) a Formula Indy car during an unspecified Air Show in North America (where else!!).

Enjoy! ;-)

Tags: Hornet, Race, Indy Car, airshow, CF-18, RCAF

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guiomie says..

I was there when it occured. The pilot is not Pat Carpentier ... well not the Hornets pilot, its the racing car pilot. This racing car is an Indy racing car. It is a bit less powerful then a f-1. These event did take place at an Air show at CFB Bagotvill in Quebec. Carpentier is a french-canadian driver too ;) From what I heard the pilot did not use its afterburners because it could have been dangerous for the Indy car (fuel ...) ... But those are rumors I've heard.

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Connor Galbraith says..

sum1 tell me hoo wun plz

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AleXandr says..

So who is the winner ? I have ones wathed this on Tv earlyer , and they said that F-18 wins.True ?

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Dan McWilliams says..

The race took place during the summer of either 2003 or 2002, at CFB Bagotville, Quebec (about 2 hrs driving north of Quebec City). The pilot of the CF-18 is Capt Pat Charpentier; the driver of the race car is Paul Tracy (I think). The Hornet was definitely using his afterburners. Race car accelleration is just that much faster in the low speed regime. Once he got airborne, he pulled ahead very fast (hard to tell from the camera angle shown). I thought Pat was being very conservative after take-off; he climbed a bit instead of holding it low and building speed faster. Probably got told not to be too low... I'm sure of my facts - I used to fly Hornets in Bagotville, and although I wasn't there for the race, I heard all about it from pilots who were there, and saw it mulitple times on the news.

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Dinky Dink says..

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Originally posted by jorvilla
well you see an F-18 empty weights 24,700 lb (11,200 kg)
a F-1 ferrary (or whatever it was) weights (of course) less than that,
also both subjects use diferent ways of thrust. In other words besides the engine powers, the friction between the car tires and the runway is higher than the friction between the F-18 exhaust against the air, as result giving the car a higher acceleration. Nevertheless it is a great video.
BTW when that car gets to 1,127 mph you let me know :P
Note: Not trying to start an argument just using the laws of physics.

Your wrong wrong!

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Jordan Villalobos says..

well you see an F-18 empty weights 24,700 lb (11,200 kg)
a F-1 ferrary (or whatever it was) weights (of course) less than that,
also both subjects use diferent ways of thrust. In other words besides the engine powers, the friction between the car tires and the runway is higher than the friction between the F-18 exhaust against the air, as result giving the car a higher acceleration. Nevertheless it is a great video.
BTW when that car gets to 1,127 mph you let me know :P
Note: Not trying to start an argument just using the laws of physics.

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Enrico says..

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Originally posted by Eagle Driver
Wow, did Hornet man even use his afterburners?

Yes, it seems so, after the brakes release the nozzles open fully indicating the use of a/b, had it been a dry take-off the nozzles would have remained closed.

Just my opininon, happy to hear from others!! ;-)

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