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Topic: Bloodhound supersonic car shooting for 1,000 MPH and new Land Speed Record
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December 31, 2008 at
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Bloodhound supersonic car shooting for 1,000 MPH and new Land Speed Record
Click above for gallery of the 1,000-mph Blackhound SSC
 The current land speed record (LSR) for an earth-bound motor vehicle is 763 mph, which was set by Andy Green behind the wheel of the Thrust SSC back in 1997. That car was designed by Richard Noble, among others, and he and his driver are teaming up again to build a new supersonic car (SSC) to shatter the old record on its way to a new LSR of 1,000 mph. The new Bloodhound SSC will be powered by three engines: a hybrid rocket, Eurojet EJ200 jet engine and 800bhp V12 engine, the latter of which will pull the vehicle around at low speeds and act as a starter motor - the world's most powerful starter motor - for the jet engine. The car's design is also completely different from that of the Thrust SSC, which Green and Noble used to set the current LSR. That car had two outboard jet engines, but in order to reach speeds of Mach 1.4 on the ground, the Bloodhound SSC will use a narrower fuselage that's been aerodynamically optimized to safely travel at speeds approaching 1,000 mph. Since this is an engineering exercise, the Brit-based Bloodhound team will gear up to their ultimate goal by scheduling successive runs to reach 800 mph in 2009, 900 mph in 2010 and finally 1,000 mph in 2011. You can read more about the car from Noble himself at the project's website.
Wheelbase: 30 ft Weight: 14,158 lb EJ200 jet engine thrust: 20,000 lb Falcon rocket thrust: 25,000 lb Equivalent horsepower: 120,272 hp @ 1000 mph - Projected cost: $15,000,000
Target speed: 1050 mph.
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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December 31, 2008 at
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December 31, 2008 at
11:31:24 AM by cubicdollars
Fastest Aircraft:
X-15 4,520 mph world speed record. Fastest manned aircraft. Not only is the North American X-15 the fastest piloted aircraft ever, it is the highest flying. The X-15 was launched from under the wing of a B-52. Thrust was obtained from one (rocket) engine that produced 70,400 lbs. at maximum altitude. Click here to read more about the X-15, see the pictures and hear its roar. SR-71 Blackbird 2,293 mph world speed record. The fastest jet aircraft in the world. F-15 Eagle 1,875 mph. Fastest United States jet fighter. Convair F-106 1,525.95 mph world speed record. Fastest single engine aircraft. Boeing 747 605 mph. Fastest operating commercial jet. XB-47D 598 mph. Fastest combined prop and jet driven aircraft. Tu-95 Bear 575 mph. The unofficial speed record holder as the fastest multi-engine propeller aircraft. Tupolev Tu-114 545.07 mph world speed record. Fastest turboprop transport. MXY-7 Ohka 535 mph Fastest ever WW II Japanese aircraft. F-8F Bearcat 528.33 mph world speed record. Fastest single prop driven aircraft. Hawker Sea Fury 460 mph. The world's fastest production single piston engine aircraft. MC-72 440.68 mph world speed record. Fastest piston engine driven seaplane. Lancair IV 345 mph. World's fastest civil aviation, piston powered, single engine aircraft. Lynx ZB-500 249.09 mph world speed record. Fastest helicopter. Mi-24 Hind 210 mph. World's fastest attack helicopter. Nimbus 4 190 mph. World's fastest glider.
http://www.aviationtrivia.info/THE-100-FASTEST-AIRCRAFT.php
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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