TARDIS vs. Flux Capacitor, #TimeWars

[Triop]

TIME MACHINE DRAG RACE TIME !

Yeah... It's a thing. 

TARDIS vs. Flux Capacitor.

SO WHO WILL WIN ?

Leave a comment for who you think will win and why.

Results will be in later, let's see who got it right.... 

*Tardis original design by @SaturnianBlue

Edited October 7, 2019 by Triop

[Triop]

THE RESULTS:

The first race was won by nobody.The TARDIS was making 'woosh woosh' noises, but took 10 seconds to disappear before reappearing AFTER the finish line, never crossed it.

The Flux Capacitor car reached 88 MpH before the finishline and disappeared, only to return at the startline going 88 MpH.

 

Want to hear about race #2 ?

Edited October 7, 2019 by Triop

[DoctorDavinci]

15 hours ago, Triop said:

The Flux Capacitor car reached 88 MpH before the finishline and disappeared, only to return at the startline going 88 MpH.

So unless the driver of the flux capacitor car slammed on the brakes after reappearing at the start line going 88mph, it should have won since it was fully capable of crossing the finish line

I call shenanigans ... the driver of the flux capacitor car threw the race 

[swjr-swis]

3 hours ago, DoctorDavinci said:

So unless the driver of the flux capacitor car slammed on the brakes after reappearing at the start line going 88mph, it should have won since it was fully capable of crossing the finish line

I call shenanigans ... the driver of the flux capacitor car threw the race 

What actually happened is he set his return clock 10 minutes before the time he left in an attempt to warn himself about the Tardis pilot stealing his snacks. He did cross the finish, but 9m37s *before* the starting shot, so he was summarily disqualified due to a false start.

[DoctorDavinci]

6 minutes ago, swjr-swis said:

What actually happened is he set his return clock 10 minutes before the time he left in an attempt to warn himself about the Tardis pilot stealing his snacks. He did cross the finish, but 9m37s *before* the starting shot, so he was summarily disqualified due to a false start.

Well if that is the case then wouldn't it have crashed into itself on the starting line?

I think that would be the case since you can't have a false start for a car unless it is already on the starting line 

As an aside I think the operator of the Tardis must have been using floats instead of doubles when calculating the start line location

Edited October 8, 2019 by DoctorDavinci

[ZooNamedGames]

I agree that there's shinanigans as the car appears where it vanished- not where it started moving initially. 

[DoctorDavinci]

1 hour ago, ZooNamedGames said:

I agree that there's shinanigans as the car appears where it vanished- not where it started moving initially. 

so if the car appeared 10 minutes before the start of the race after starting the race that means the car gets disqualified for not finishing the race, no?

And if that is the case wouldn't the Tardis win by default seeing as it is the only competitor that is anywhere near the finish line?

Man, the paradoxes keep building on each other 

[swjr-swis]

21 hours ago, Triop said:

Want to hear about race #2 ?

<hushed> Anyone wanna buy a slightly used Grays Time Machine Drag Race Almanac 1950 -2020 and place a little bet? </hushed>

[dnbattley]

I tried to recreate this race, but only established that the Doctor is not very good at flying the Tardis. Perhaps more people are needed to help with the controls?

 

[Triop]

On 10/9/2019 at 5:20 AM, dnbattley said:

I tried to recreate this race, but only established that the Doctor is not very good at flying the Tardis. Perhaps more people are needed to help with the controls?

That is great ! is it stock ?

[dnbattley]

4 hours ago, Triop said:

That is great ! is it stock ?

Yes it is all stock (including DLC). It flies using a basic landing leg Kraken drive and then a motor rotates the shell around it, to maintain orientation. Happy to KerbalX it if there's any interest.

[Triop]

1 hour ago, dnbattley said:

Yes it is all stock (including DLC). It flies using a basic landing leg Kraken drive and then a motor rotates the shell around it, to maintain orientation. Happy to KerbalX it if there's any interest.

Yeah, I'll take her for a spin. I might race her....

[dnbattley]

7 hours ago, Triop said:

Yeah, I'll take her for a spin. I might race her....

Voila: https://kerbalx.com/dnbattley/TARDIS

Not sure if the action groups upload properly on kerbalX so I've left instructions in the description. Let me know if you have any issues getting it working.

Enjoy!

[sturmhauke]

When I tried it, the TARDIS landed inside of itself and Val started hitting on herself. Jeb was into it, but Bill and Bob had to step in to prevent a Time Kraken from spawning. It was a close thing.