Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

[tblaxland]

Does anything date faster than a recruiting film?

Slightly OT, but I'm sure you won't mind... This one was popular in my school days:

 

[Notebook]

More Bloodhound news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12631733

"It means the way you actually connect the engine to the outside world needs an awful lot of thought because if we were to feed it a supersonic airflow we would give it a fairly epic amount of boost and it would be very powerful for an extremely short period of time.

"it would be very powerful for an extremely short period of time", is that a euphemism for 'goes bang'?
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[Goth]

Cool, I like this stuff. This is sure better than using NOS :yes:

 

[Notebook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12882566

The most urgent of these is increasing the "yaw static margin". What's that when it's at home? In very simple terms, it's making sure that the fin is big enough to keep the car pointy-end forwards.

Pointy-end forwards, always a good idea. Except for this:

http://www.techfresh.net/tear-drop-shaped-futuristic-car-concept/

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[tblaxland]

Pointy-end forwards, always a good idea. Except for this:

http://www.techfresh.net/tear-drop-shaped-futuristic-car-concept/

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Only a Puegot :lol:

 

[Fabri91]

There's also another contender for the record, although not for the 1000mph mark:
American Eagle, basically an F-104 with no wings

 

[Notebook]

Sad to say, I quite like it, very continetal...

Oh well.

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[Notebook]

More news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13839670

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[Notebook]

and a bit more promo...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14853786

some of the rocket firing tests:
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news/l...=customWidgets.contentItem_show_1&cit_id=5122

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/bloodhound_tv/episode_4_-_behind_the_scenes_with_the_bbc.cfm

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[Notebook]

More from the driver:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15696067

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[Notebook]

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/bloodhound_tv/episode_10_-_autosport_international_/_design_&_make.cfm

Andy Green and Conor La Grue announce the BLOODHOUND SSC design and make programme at Autosports International Show 2012.

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news/l...=customWidgets.contentItem_show_1&cit_id=5254

http://www.the-mia.com/Supply-BLOODHOUND-SSC

Novel way of getting your sub-contractors, hope they get all the bits.

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[Notebook]

Stirings doen under?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17441382

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[tl8]

Oh, we aren't going for the record, we are just trying to get iron ore to the ports quicker than a plane....

Getting the record is an aside

 

[MattBaker]

Sorry for playing the Downer, but:

What is actually the reason behind this efforts? This things will never drive on a highway because if you hit a pot-hole you're on a ballistic trajectory...
And I can't really see a technology-breakthrough there, it's more a "Who can build the fastest aircraft/rocket that is unable to liftoff".
So, it seems just like the hunt for a world record (If you look on it that way 100-meter at the Olympics becomes boring:blink.

 

[tl8]

So, it seems just like the hunt for a world record.

Of course it is. It is nothing more.

Aussies love nothing more than a contest, so this is perfect. The mother country against her most successful child.

Up for grabs is a bit of short term glory and a crazy fast car at the end of the project....

 

[Notebook]

Bloodhound land speed rocket test to roar over Newquay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19810160

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19791084

Looks to be live streaming of the test here:
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/

 

[Notebook]

Live streaming has started here:

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/rocket

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[Notebook]

Getting exciting now....shame they couln't have done it at Spadehadam

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafspadeadam/gallery/historyinpictures.cfm?start=1&viewmedia=11

Seems to have worked!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19818009

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[Spacethingy]

I mean...

A cut-and-shunt made up of a missile, an F1 engine, a jet off a Typhoon, and a rocket. Can you get anything cooler than that? I don't think so...

 

[Notebook]

Not to mention the cruise-missile turbo-pump....!

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