Rocket Car Will Hit 1000mph

zingo
zingo Posts: 11,258
edited October 2008 in The Clubhouse
The British are beating us!

Britain's Minister of Science Lord Drayson is announcing today the commencement of the Bloodhound rocket car project, which will propel current land speed record-holder and RAF Pilot Andy Green to speed of over 1000mph. This is another step in the sporadically intense fight for the fastest car in the world, but the Minister has a half-hilarious, half-reasonable excuse for it: it'll get British students interested in taking advanced science classes. Nobody really cares about stuff like that because, well, 1000mph.

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The first part of the run will be propelled by a jet engine, originally designed for the Eurofighter. After the Bloodhound reached 300mph, propulsion duties will be taken over by an experimental "bespoke" hybrid rocket, during which time the driver will be subjected to 2.5Gs of acceleration force until he hits 1050 mph. The whole process will take about 40 seconds, amazingly.

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Naturally, possible blackouts, horrific crashes and mechanical malfunctions are all in the cards here. Dont' worry though — according to the Times, he is preparing in the most ludicrous way possible: "He will practice... in a stunt aircraft, flying upside-down over the British countryside." No date for the run has been set, but we should get a few more details after the Minister Drayson's formal announcement today. -GIZMODO
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited October 2008
    My first thought was they will never find any "Parts" later if needed....

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited October 2008
    Very awesome. That looks sweet.

    Hmm...I'm thinking about a daily driver, here. What do you suppose the turning radius is on that thing? :D
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,715
    edited October 2008
    "The British are beating us!"

    Nothing new there. The current record holder is the ThrustSSC, which was a British designed and piloted. That happened back in 1997.

    Actually, the record holder has been British since about 1983 when Richard Noble broke the record in the Thrust2.
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  • Beekyman
    Beekyman Posts: 150
    edited October 2008
    While not as fast, here is an ongoing project utilizing the modified fuselage section of an old F-104 "Starfighter" to break the existing land speed record.

    http://www.landspeed.com/updates/June/060607.html

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