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• If we recreated the scene from Fast & Furious 7 and droppeda Challenger SRT® Hellcat Redeye Widebody from a C-130 aircraft at5,280 ft, how much horsepower would it take to drive past it beforeit hits the ground if you’re 1 mile away?
• Rephrase the question: How much horsepower is needed to travelthe distance of one mile, before the dropped vehicle hits theground, from a mile up in the air, out of the back of a C-130aircraft. The falling vehicle is falling STRAIGHT down, no forwardtravel The vehicle on the ground that has to pass the point ofimpact BEFORE impact, has to start from a dead stop.
• Use the following data to compute the required hp to caver thedistance of 1 mile, from a dead stop, and pass the point of impact.Will have to calculate the time of fall, to find the time needed tostart from a standing start to cover a mile just past the point ofimpact.

Data available:

• Air density @ sea level, 59 degrees, no wind = p = .002377slugs/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 constantacceleration with no aerodynamic drag until terminal velocity
• Horsepower needed to accelerate is AVERAGE - not peak
• 100% driveline efficiency