How Compact Cars Can Jump Football Fields In Rally Races

The longest jump ever made in the World Rally Championship was 278 feet, just under the length of a football field. But most rally cars are made from tiny little compact cars that can barely handle potholes. How do you get a vehicle like that to soar through the air and come back down in one piece? We explore how rally cars' design and engineering makes them capable of such massive jumps.
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How Compact Cars Can Jump Football Fields In Rally Races

[@jaredahn6810]

Hello, from Korea. The fact you guys measure things by feet and football fields is really interesting

[@saturn9488]

i hope ur joking when u say feet and dont think its actually human feet, and a ( american) football field is 100 yards

[@mrmadisonlv]

@@saturn9488 The foot measurement actually is originally based on the length of a human foot. We use it here in the US and it’s impractical to say the least. But I’m used to it so...🤷🏽‍♂️

[@richardfierro2699]

Feet because we americans like to feel special, and football fields because every highschool has a football field, so referencing it helps everyone visualize it.

[@N4SCARfaN]

Yeah I don't know why the US does that. Makes no sense to me, the Imperial measurement system was abandoned by the French in the French Revolution a long time ago.

[@Sub4CarClips]

@@richardfierro2699 we are special XD. Someone’s gonna comment special Ed I have a feeling

[@zackalma5204]

Citroën C4 known for it's safety and reliability and other jokes a french can tell you.

[@mr.wyrzykowski7522]

they're probably American

[@Sub4CarClips]

@@mr.wyrzykowski7522 I’m American so I wouldn’t understand 🤣. Well now I know they aren’t reliable even though I don’t think they sell these cars in America. At least I’ve never seen one

[@MightyCoffeeMaker]

@@Sub4CarClips French here, they don't ^^ altough there was some peugeot 508 seen, it was just some marketing research done by former PSA (Citroën's owner) before the merge with FCA (both are known as Stellantis from now). Maybe you'll some more one day. French cars are like every cars, some are very reliable and some others aren't. But they are obviously not as reliable as old japaneses.

[@pombitxo7713]

@@MightyCoffeeMaker well, if you have luck in a french car its amazing. My dad had one with 500 000km never replaced anything. Original clutch... everything hold up

[@l.k5244]

It's probably way more reliable than your average gErMaN eNgiNeErInG BMW or Audi that breaks down every 10000 km

[@alexandermennie7167]

Citron c4 “known for reliability”

[@DValk]

😂

[@zeaugusto8456]

Hahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha

[@mr.wyrzykowski7522]

they're probably American

[@DD-gz9ut]

Citron en effet 😂

[@tomhoffmann6701]

Citroen*

[@facucontreras3498]

*Trying to watch American content not being american and using metric all my life* Insider: "Yeah, this car jumped 200 feet, more or less an American football field or like 2k avocados aligned over a blockbuster parking slot"

[@facucontreras3498]

"Hmm yeah b-b-but guess who went to the moon 😠😠" yeah lol nasa lost 125 million mission because of imperial

[@kornaros96]

@@facucontreras3498 they couldn't go to the moon without the German engineers that used *metric system*

[@TheRedBaron2004]

@@facucontreras3498 That wasnt even NASA that was Lockheed Martin, a military and aircraft manufacturer. Get you’re fast right.

[@erixccjc2143]

@@facucontreras3498 not saying imperial cant be used, but man it is a headache compared to metric, 1km=1000m but 1 mile=5280 feet? does that make sense huh? you could easily transform any measure into another using simple math in metric, without even knowing that a hamburger = 1735 peperoni pizzas

[@BoomChockolaca]

I really love avocado units: "Average speed was 2490 avocados over parking lot / per 35 coalas steps"

[@SadMarinersFan]

" wings are used to keep the cars from running off the road". They're also used for the same reason said in Indycars. They help the corner faster by pushing it to the ground "High pressure air under the car creates lift" while yes it would, the air under the car is actually accelerated due to the venturi effect, and therefore is low pressure relative to the outside pressure, creating a suction effect and sucking the car to the ground. "In a corse with more jumps, they want a suspension that will bounce back immediately" actually the opposite. A course with many large jumps will require a softer suspension with slower rebound so the car doesn't bounce repeatedly after landing the jump. This video also completely lost the plot. You said you were gonna talk about how a rally car can jump entire football fields but didn't say anything about how WRC cars produce around 3 times the power of the road going variants of the car, which is the main factor as more speed means a longer jump.

[@tiresomejarl8666]

Just saying 1 your right and you actually got your facts correct and 2 this is a car channel and tries to refer rallycross week to Indycar areo

[@ald3nt3]

Exactly this! Also wings, like spoilers create most of their force by sucking air up with their lower side. The "pushing air up" part creates less force. This works similar, but opposid to airplane wings, where the majority of lift is created by the upper part of the wing, sucking the plane up.

[@pranavgoswami7443]

thanks for clarification... no wonder why I got a headache by watching the video...

[@tiresomejarl8666]

@@pranavgoswami7443 I got severe trauma of talking to a non car nerd

[@TallCanDan02]

Yeah the video was more like "How rally cars survive jumping the length of a football field (with errors!)"

[@screamingsabre95]

This analysis is not exhaustive at all. Downforce actually works against a car jumping in the air due to drag. Instead you should have talked about engine power (that is way higher than the road car) and especially weight reduction and distribution. Don't forget that some pilots actually brake just before the jump to balance it when landing. Also metric system instead of imperial must be used for any scientific talk.

[@allatom8403]

Yeah you're right but it' important to not brake too much to avoid a catastrofic crash

[@HyperactiveSloth79]

I think you missed the point of the video entirely. Did you actually watch it? The whole video is about how these cars SURVIVE flying that far not how to make them fly farther. Maybe he should have added the words "...without crashing" to the end of the title.

[@xavierwindon8968]

That’s not what the videos about though

[@ranjan8022]

So immature to measure distance by football fields🤣

[@ivanmunoz9055]

Yeah if you had less downforce you'll probably fly farther, and land without any stability and crash

[@TROXXOS]

Video introduction: How do these rally cars jump very long distance? Entire video: Explains how these rally cars were designed to jump less

[@aniwindows5403]

They are some bozos

[@scottcates]

Can confirm. Overall, a dumb video.

[@naufalnabil208]

When the narrator said aerodynamic for the first time, at that moment I know this is not going to end well.

[@DeanGl]

What do you expect from someone who measures distance in football fields?

[@guilhermemilanicontar284]

At least put the metric system too...

[@DD-gz9ut]

Could not agree with you more. Americans are adamant to keep using that outdated system. Yet they use the metric system every single day without even realizing they do 😄

[@saturn9488]

or just convert it yourself like we do

[@ponga2780]

yeah i hate that, it always has to be measured it football fields and beers

[@Janshevik]

at least in subtitles, like Big Car channel is doing

[@Sub4CarClips]

@@ponga2780 I love this comment and I’m American

[@georgestarTV]

How the freaking hell you could make so many mistakes in only one video,i mean downforce is the OPPOSITE. With increased downforce the car is pushed to the ground even more,for better grip and traction.

[@xXSgtJackXx]

God i wish i could half ass my job like the dude that wrote this script everything is wrong lmao

[@junatah5903]

Even the damper diagram is wrong. XD

[@JMurph2015]

@@junatah5903 the damper diagram looks like it was drawn by someone who has never actually seen a damper.

[@diddy_dante]

7:26 *laughs in LeMans backflips*

[@thedeamonmeteor69420]

@Vaibhav Bisht "And mercedes takes off again"

[@xm258]

@@thedeamonmeteor69420 and the porsche is off the track of atlanta Yet again!

[@ajemajh]

mercedes goes weeeee

[@bastienhubert283]

It's not lemans

[@vokay]

@@bastienhubert283 you're right it's 24 hr of LéMONS

[@CynicalTake]

I'm calling BS on that jump being 278 feet. Actual distance in the air looked less than 150.

[@axmenha]

'how car can jump 300 feet', but talks about downforce which actually brings car down to the ground faster..

[@erixccjc2143]

i mean if you dont have the right downforce and get to a jump say goodbye friend, you are gonna land flipped over

[@Chrzanof]

I would appreciate adding informations in km/h cause my brain is in metric.

[@Pootisbird01]

You wouldn’t, the video is bad enough, understanding what he’s talking about even more would just make you realize that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about

[@OPAgusta]

Well he is an American who leaves in his own bubble..

[@Silverdev2482]

always add metric and imperial untis so all people can understand

[@junatah5903]

Think KPH is about 1.4x more than MPH? Just a random guess.

[@hjuugoo4416]

@@junatah5903 a mile is about 1.6 KM so 1 MPH is about 1.6 KM/H

[@TheMPBailey]

Every time something is compared to a football field I am certain I'm being taken for an absolute imbecile.

[@zintdamint]

Dang the americans really hate the metric system, coffins per white house, pothole per dog, and now jumps per football fields edit : typo

[@junatah5903]

Yeah not a realy football field though. I would say that jump is 1 fifth scale of a football field. XD

[@eviethekiwi7178]

40 seconds in and i can’t handle this

[@junatah5903]

Being talked to like a baby with a commentator who sounds like he has lost his soul to a robot doesn't make the most enjoyable viewer experience will admit.

[@dovydasgrigas441]

@@junatah5903 And on top of that tone all hes saying is bullshit. Came here to learn something not have some bullshit about downforce making the jump safer.

[@akashniranjan866]

When you go to work after smoking weed and say whatever shit comes to your mouth 😂😂

[@OrlandoMGarcia]

The robotic way the presenter talks its giving me enought stokes to put my iq into doube digits

[@junatah5903]

I'm pretty sure the last of my brain cell have committed Anti-life while listing to this commentator. XD

[@craesh]

Wait, that was a real human, no synthetic voice?! It sounded exactly like all those generated voice overs on other videos.

[@junatah5903]

@@craesh it sounded like a text to speech software trying to replicate "How it's made" commentator.

[@craesh]

@@junatah5903 But in fairness, these synthetic voices sound better every day. They don't sound weird any more, just "dead". Like this voice over (was this a human or a TTS?)

[@junatah5903]

@@craesh considering that the future videos on this channel haven't got the voice over, I'm wondering if you're right, honestly can't be bothered to rewatch this video to figure out, rather go hang myself.

[@Tommy1996Leet]

So much misinformation in one video. I cant believe they posted this without even fact checking themselves, this video should be taken down on principle

[@cosmey449]

Idk I think it was entertaining at the least and even if it has misinformation it can get more people interested in rally car racing

[@jimsagubigula7337]

What is the problem?

[@Mzee1084]

@@cosmey449 People would be more interested if the information was accurate, and wouldn't get the wrong ideas.

[@iwanwafflezonmysyrup]

“what makes this car able to fly *up* in the air? let’s talk about *DOWN* force.” LMAO

[@owenh770]

"doesn't have a suspension"

[@jonskhag]

1:44 narrator: Downforce keeps cars from flying off the track. *meanwhile rally car flies off the track* note: Both driver and co-driver are totally unscathed in this crash thanks to their roll cage.

[@onelyone6976]

It's seriously impressive how much these roll cages can handle, you see a lot of accidents in rally where the car doesn't even resembles anything anymore and driver& co-driver come out unscathed

[@maxsavage7679]

"Hunday" 🤢

[@zin6749]

He did his homework, just for the wrong teacher.

[@iKiWY]

Im having a really hard time believing that jump was anywhere near 278 feet or 85 meters. After researching for a bit online theres absolutely no official sources stating that (theres 1 news article but absolutely no sources or anything), theres only a few comments saying they heard someone somewhere once saying it was 85 meters. Looking at the some footage and a really good view from the side from a spectators camera id say the jump is 10 car lengths, or around 40 meters.

[@Mzee1084]

Yeah, it looked like 20 or 30 yards at most, not the whole football field...

[@maxencec172]

Yeah, in the comments of the video of this jump, someone does say that the jump was 85 meters long. But it's unofficial though. And it doesn't seem that long. The longest official jump was during the final jump in Ruuhimaki stage in rally Finland 2021 : Adrien Fourmaux jumped his car over 68 meters and it looks much longer than this "85 meters" jump

[@mpatla8462]

That looked like it flew only 25 feet

[@remirms2239]

Metric???

[@WillplaysFort]

Is that a bird or is it a plane oh its a car OH SHIT ITS A CAR

[@ksekhose8933]

" Downforce is especially useful for jumps"

[@GartenhausLP]

So we're just gonna ignore that these light compact cars also get all wheel drive and an unreasonably boosted enginges that are then tuned down to "only" areound 400hp?

[@benbland8304]

380hp/450nm (there about)

[@DarkGenesisSo2]

Alternate title: *How compact cars can yeet themselves into the air*

[@junatah5903]

Or, *Narrator has life threatening stroke but still continues with his job.*

[@francisp1]

All I know is that jump was NOT 300 feet. No way. Looked like 50 feet

[@richardfierro2699]

Yeah, this video is terrible. The second he said "aerodynamic design" for rally cars, i lose all faith. The longest jump is nowhere near 300 feet, it's closer to 200.

[@ItumelengS]

You know it's about to get real when it has football field on the title. We are about to get inches, feet, football fields and 50 degrees cold weather

[@lordrefrigeratorintercoole288]

ahahahhaha

[@ninadpatil8627]

In India, Cars jump Cricket fields

[@Pootisbird01]

Thank you for clarifying, I was unsure how the distance of the jumps were different in different countries

[@zack9912000]

These are not the same car as the logo on the hood. Completely different build and parts, not the same car by a long shot

[@junatah5903]

Yeah it was done in a look alike cetreoen C4. I'd like to see you be able to get up that speed in a stock cetreoen C4.

[@nivst7094]

F1 and nascar: if you fly you’re done WRC: its a feature now

[@kentstructures4388]

They can jump a football field on rough terrain simply because they are fast and super strong. The only similar part / component the WRC car shares in common with the commercial budget model is the Outer Shell - and that is for marketing purposes only. From the Magnesium wheels to the long travel suspension setup which is super rigid, and to the Tubular Frame Chassis as well as a completely different engine and 4wd drivetrain. These cars are basically Baja cars with a sedan clothing.

[@kentstructures4388]

Heavy duty brakes and a tough sequential gearbox.

[@thomascriviera5779]

Kent, with all the respect I have for the many things you do have correct, I do would like to correct you on your statement these rallycars are just dressed-up tubeframes like Trophy Trucks and Nascars. Yes, the cars of the Group-B days back in the 80's were exactly that, but these days that is not the case. In fact the chassis/body of a rallycar is actually from its production counterpart, in fact, they actually take a production car straight from the assembly line to rebuild it. How Its Made have released a video years ago in colab with M-Sport where they showed the process of building a rally car. So search on KZbin for 'How Its Made Rallycars' and you will find it :) So where the entire shell of the rally I20, Yaris, Polo or DS3's are the same as your roadcar, they do install rollcages to increase the stiffnes of the body and survival chances of the crew inside (they also install batteries these days for the electric drivetrain). The wider fenders being indeed made from a carbon fiber or other composite material, the Rally spec engines as well as the other points you do mention correctly. ;)

[@shadowwsk3507]

"278ft" Americans: i dont know what that means "A length of a football field" Americans: wow is it that long??

[@lordrefrigeratorintercoole288]

i love it when its shorter and they go "Its a quarter of a football field"

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

There is literally no way in hell that that was a football field length

[@Fundamental117]

The amount of freedom units used is unhealthy.

[@120hz]

W0W! This sport is SERIOUSLY underrated!!

[@hjuugoo4416]

I'm kinda surprised he didn't just measure it in hamburgers

[@shatl_bar_king]

It's always pretty impressive to see them airborne like this.

[@bainy8366]

Bruh, it is aerodynamic so it can ‘fly through the air faster’

[@claxtoncurtis811]

did he say aero dynamic design, on a rally car lol #1 difference is suspension and tires lol

[@krsna_gwda]

*nice*

[@lp9280]

Citroën C4 known for it's reliability..... REALLY?! Who said that?

[@bordlampen3468]

"Citroën C4 known for it's safety and reliability" what do you smoke ?

[@drchestpain9166]

yeah. getting confused between a Veloster and a Citroen. Saying downforce helps your car go farther in the air. among other things. also to note that jump WAS NOT a football field

[@erixccjc2143]

yeah, but in the right circumstances it does help, a rear wing will bring the back down, but also lift the front, wich makes it to kinda glide, making it to fly more, this isnt applied to these cars though

[@drchestpain9166]

@@erixccjc2143 ye thats what im saying. and where the aero is DEF aint gonna help it fly.

[@hattemakern]

That is awesome! 😃👍

[@mngunisimelane7819]

How many meters was that jump?

[@junatah5903]

Definitely not a football field lengh. XD

[@TheRetroLab]

You're not going to mention anything about chassis stiffening and reinforcing the strut towers etc so the car actually survives the jump then?

[@h.deaner6834]

well, basically they are powerful racing machines with a bodies of daily-drive cars

[@dehsantanao1]

Simplesmente incrível!

[@hct7168]

So lets say my car hit a lot of potholes everyday, will this make my car interior rattle a lot in the end ? Do I need a suspension and dampers with a lot of travel so it could absorp more bumps ?

[@ArZer]

7:26 what's the music mate

[@thetheflyinghawaiian]

Someone tell this man people don't actually sound like this.

[@junatah5903]

Zuckerburgs cousin is trying his best okay? Cut him some slack.

[@pseudointelektualista_vlog]

Very intresting video since my dream is to become semi-professional rally driver

[@junatah5903]

Find a diffrent video, this has loads of unclear and false information.

[@pseudointelektualista_vlog]

0:10 But you know this ain't Football?

[@junatah5903]

It's considered an america football field which is diffrent to a normal football field. But I think they jsut used it anyway.

[@Dorfuto]

I like how almost everything you have said is either completely wrong or missing something.

[@Pheatan]

realistically this video isn't for the more experienced enthusiast but I do feel its important to mention a couple things. for the suspension one of the most crucial features is the travel, or how far the suspension can compress. the length of travel is crucial is it gives more time for the spring and shock to slow down the downward momentum of the car. for a simple explanation the impact the car takes is variable based on change in velocity over time. for a more nerdy explanation of dampers, so liquids are really hard to compress this means that ordinarily if you pushed that piston down like the video explained you would have absolutely no shock absorption. the piston however has small cut outs along the side that let some of the oil go past it as it compresses down, kind of like how an air mattress is completely stiff until you open the nozzle then you can push the air out. typical cars just have one set sized opening to get the compression the manufacture wants for their vehicle. but many aftermarket options (I really love BC Racing for value for money) have adjustable dampening where you can set how large of an opening the piston has, and some suspensions have multiple piston heads stacked on top within the same piston so that for the first section of travel its softer for everyday driving but harder when under more sustained strain like taking fast corners at a race track

[@aintreal301]

Americans: is this the length of a football field? Lmao rip metric system

[@antsarumae4659]

I suggest using the metric system in videos about WRC as I'm pretty sure most people watching this are Europeans. Most Americans don't even know what WRC is

[@mrwindsor7834]

I lost it at a C4 being safe and reliable

[@IamPlainLazy11]

Take a shot every time he says "just ask" or "means nothing if".

[@whiskeydelta4073]

1:03 Hello, where can I get my new parents from? Thanks.

[@zvuho]

Imperial Units? Thumb down

[@connor-cx5wc]

"Same steel *shell* ." Shell?

[@Nbill]

Same steel body*

[@ameraldas3641]

*roughly shares some resemblance*

[@hankadelicflash]

I don't know who's crazier/dumber, rally car drivers or the people who stand right along the side of the road where these things land after a jump.

[@asocialisttree7573]

The aerodynamics part of this video was done by a teenager who just read about downforce

[@shreelaad4601]

measures in football fields instead of metric

[@jebremocampo9194]

All WRC cars would go a lot faster if it did not have to carry the huge balls of steel of the men inside

[@thisislulu3espana665]

Idk about yall. But that car looked like it jumped 1/5 of a football field

[@Tommy712rus]

0:09 how about metering for all the normal parts of the world?

[@giantspacemonstr]

"But mom, I want a flying car" Mom : " we have flying car at home " The flying car at home :

[@PatalJunior]

And you didn't talk about the engine, they surely won't fly on stock engines.

[@TheSpacemannspiff]

I wish we could get some good hot hatches in North America

[@qwerty687687]

6:32 that's an automatic transmission used in passenger cars, rally cars use sequential manual transmissions, which are built completely differently.

[@FeplayBuilds]

What the real title should be - "How cars survive jumping"

[@collinsacheampong9379]

Screams new parents 😂😂

[@Paniniyotnibenj]

Is this a hyundai add? Haha

[@idkwuisp7626]

0:21 ngl i wheezed

[@sang3Eta]

Only an American would consider a C4 "compact". To the rest of the world it's a regular sized family car LOL.

[@julien.le.createur]

What did I expect? The answer was: speed. Lmao

[@harmankardon8867]

Dowmforce literally works in the exact opposite way

[@headlightdesigngradacac]

So basically that hunday i20 is all but hunday i20 😉

[@oreillyautopartsofficial6445]

Just imagine a jump on a straight with the group b powerhouses. Like damn. Shit would fly

[@junatah5903]

Group B isn't too far off of current Rally cars. Think some modern day rally cars out perform Group B rally cars at this point.

[@forzafan5776]

@@junatah5903 That highly depends on the course, because group b cars had much hp than the current rally cars. However on a twisty course or if the power output get's increased in the modern rally car, the modern rally car would beat the group b car.

[@RoeGi1337]

Meters???

[@Harkie760]

How are they not going to talk about the crazy engines these things have??

[@ramadhanisme7]

Simple explanation : because wrc car has almost 0 component from their regular road going car, even the chassis is different

[@mishham6388]

They get rebuilt straight after !

[@bespinguard7854]

I like how you ignore the existence of the Y in Hyundai

[@aaryantiwari4359]

Answer is simple because it goes WEEEEEE......

[@damilolaakanni]

3:29 Raptor?🤔

[@jemsncrystals]

*Today I learned, what a skid plate "ACTUALLY IS" AND "DOES"*

[@Circ00mspice]

Ah yes my favourite American unit of measurement: football fields

[@marcus5435]

The fact he explained a wing with the same fluid dynamics as what happens on a spoiler... has the script writer never had a physics lesson??