RE: Bloodhound SSC - "we're winning!"
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Here's a few snaps from Santa Pod a few weeks ago -
705 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr
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705 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr
706 by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr
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central said:
Are those blade casings machined from solid?? (the ribbed bits ;-) (or are they high pressure die castings, which would be a LOT cheaper) inman999 said:
I wonder if the fire at the end caused any behind the scenes dramas, it seemed to take the cameras out. I imagine at a 1000 mph that would have been put out by the airflow as andy mentioned.
Nope, it was just a small fire, caused by some unburnt fuel grain in the rocket tube, not great surprise to us.R500POP said:
Not any more they're not. These days, due to environmental concerns about the chemicals used to etch they are milled.
Do you know if they changed the grid pattern when they went to milling? I seem to remember the original grid pattern was chosen around the chemi process?Mave said:
Do you know if they changed the grid pattern when they went to milling? I seem to remember the original grid pattern was chosen around the chemi process?
Can't stake my like on it as I've not seen a chemi & a non chemi-etched casing side by sie, but when I was "playing" with the EJ200 & the Eurofighter at a maintenence hangar to make sure we were doing things in broadly the same way they looked pretty similar.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff