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Bloodhound lead engineer said:
“The first thing for the car,” said Chapman, “is to inspire a generation of children....
...while addressing a school assembly, someone asked, ‘if it was vertically, how high would it could go?’
“I didn’t know the answer,” said Chapman, “so when it came to their physics class we sat down and worked it out using Newton’s Laws. It was the first time they’d realised that equations were good for finding stuff out.”
Excellent work guys - this is important and something I feel strongly about (As a relatively young engineer, with not that many people from the next generation following me) ...while addressing a school assembly, someone asked, ‘if it was vertically, how high would it could go?’
“I didn’t know the answer,” said Chapman, “so when it came to their physics class we sat down and worked it out using Newton’s Laws. It was the first time they’d realised that equations were good for finding stuff out.”
Rest of interview here -
http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/design-engineering...
snotrag said:
Bloodhound lead engineer said:
“The first thing for the car,” said Chapman, “is to inspire a generation of children....
...while addressing a school assembly, someone asked, ‘if it was vertically, how high would it could go?’
“I didn’t know the answer,” said Chapman, “so when it came to their physics class we sat down and worked it out using Newton’s Laws. It was the first time they’d realised that equations were good for finding stuff out.”
Excellent work guys - this is important and something I feel strongly about (As a relatively young engineer, with not that many people from the next generation following me) ...while addressing a school assembly, someone asked, ‘if it was vertically, how high would it could go?’
“I didn’t know the answer,” said Chapman, “so when it came to their physics class we sat down and worked it out using Newton’s Laws. It was the first time they’d realised that equations were good for finding stuff out.”
Rest of interview here -
http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/design-engineering...
Greg_D said:
for the simple amongst us, is that ample for the vehicle to theoretically push itself straight up in the air?
1N-9.81kgWeight=7800/9.81=795N
Vs 90,000+45,000N=135,000n
Thrust/weight= 135,000/795=169 and at that point despite being a mechanical engineer my physics fails me and i can't tell how fast it would go up. Except that the up force on each Kg (169) is more than the downforce (gravity 9.81) so I'm fairly certain it'll go up.
mcdjl said:
Greg_D said:
for the simple amongst us, is that ample for the vehicle to theoretically push itself straight up in the air?
1N-9.81kgWeight=7800/9.81=795N
Vs 90,000+45,000N=135,000n
Thrust/weight= 135,000/795=169 and at that point despite being a mechanical engineer my physics fails me and i can't tell how fast it would go up. Except that the up force on each Kg (169) is more than the downforce (gravity 9.81) so I'm fairly certain it'll go up.
spikeyhead said:
mcdjl said:
Greg_D said:
for the simple amongst us, is that ample for the vehicle to theoretically push itself straight up in the air?
1N-9.81kgWeight=7800/9.81=795N
Vs 90,000+45,000N=135,000n
Thrust/weight= 135,000/795=169 and at that point despite being a mechanical engineer my physics fails me and i can't tell how fast it would go up. Except that the up force on each Kg (169) is more than the downforce (gravity 9.81) so I'm fairly certain it'll go up.
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