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by Darknight » Thu Jul 17, 2003 9:53 pm
Well, given that those are ramjet engines, and can't operate very well beneath Mach 1, and prefer much higher speeds, and given that one of those engines alone is bigger than KITT, and that the Blackbird is built like a spear, rather than a car, and the fact that the Blackbirds frame and skin are built from the lightest, toughest materials the Air Force could afford, and the power to weight ratio is astronomical, I say you'd have quite the difficulty using them to make KITT a reality.
To make something similar to KITT, not with his full acceleration, but similar, you'd need at least 1,500hp, and double that if you want to approach true KITTlike performance. But then, how do you plant that much power to the ground? > State of the art suspension and drivetrain, and in my opinion, electric hybrid AWD for fast takeoffs. KITT should've had AWD long ago, anyway. Oh, tires...he'd need the very best tires ever designed. I have a few ideas of my own on that, though.
DK