It’s fair to say that the two snarling musclecars lining up on a drag strip thing has been done to death. So the folks at Precision Helicopters decided to throw down the gauntlet to RPM rollbars by pitting their 313 kW McDonnell Douglas MD500D helicopter against a 350 kW Dodge Challenger SRT-8 in a there-and-back runway showdown.
In the power department the helicopter looks seriously outgunned by the Challenger, but at it’s something of 816 kg versus the car’s comparatively portly 1 723 kg it’s going to be a close-run thing.
From the previous car vs. plane duels we’ve seen between Veyron and Typhoon Eurofighter and Reventon vs. Tornado fighter jet, it all hinges on the turnaround at the end of the runway…who will win?