Bloodhound LSR Thread As Requested...

[Storer]

IN51GHT said:

I present to you the rapid response vehicle.

If you are not going yourselves I would be quite happy to take that to Le Mans 24 Hours next month for a bit of publicity for the project.

My son will be riding shotgun in his F Type too and maybe I could get the car into the drivers parade.....


Paul

[mcdjl]

IN51GHT said:

I present to you the rapid response vehicle.

Having seen a few pictures of this over the last few days, why is it left hand drive?

[IN51GHT]

mcdjl said:

IN51GHT said:

I present to you the rapid response vehicle.

Having seen a few pictures of this over the last few days, why is it left hand drive?

I have no idea.

But I do have this to share, this is the real car, not the mockup......

[Megaflow]

I saw the email yesterday.

[KarlMac]

Is it just me thats shocked you have used something as low tech as paint for it?

Honestly, I expected it to be galvanised with that new alloy they've invented or something equally science fiction.

[callyman]

KarlMac said:

Is it just me thats shocked you have used something as low tech as paint for it?

Honestly, I expected it to be galvanised with that new alloy they've invented or something equally science fiction.

The paint has an unobtainium flake in it.

[morgs_]

Just had a trouser moment.

[wst]

If you find a 2mm paint blob are you going to take the car back to the dealership and get a different one?

Seriously though, what's the tolerance for paint imperfections? I imagine 1000mph air notices tiny bumps and thickness changes more than the 70mph air of a daily driver.

[CraigyMc]

wst said:

If you find a 2mm paint blob are you going to take the car back to the dealership and get a different one?

Seriously though, what's the tolerance for paint imperfections? I imagine 1000mph air notices tiny bumps and thickness changes more than the 70mph air of a daily driver.

The Ti skins are 1.2mm thick, the gap between them is <0.1mm in terms of fit. I'd be interesed to know how thick the paint is...

[IN51GHT]

CraigyMc said:

wst said:

If you find a 2mm paint blob are you going to take the car back to the dealership and get a different one?

Seriously though, what's the tolerance for paint imperfections? I imagine 1000mph air notices tiny bumps and thickness changes more than the 70mph air of a daily driver.

The Ti skins are 1.2mm thick, the gap between them is <0.1mm in terms of fit. I'd be interesed to know how thick the paint is...

To be honest I don't know the exact thickness of paint, but there's no high build primer on there, just the thinnest layer the painters could get on to get the colour looking OK.

As for imperfections, due the the boundary layer moving significantly slower than the cars actual speed, the effect on imperfections are so small as to be not measurable

[IN51GHT]

We had a nice delivery of a pair of rear uprights just arrive.





To give an idea of scale.....

[Zad]

Oh my! You can almost smell the FEA design time that has gone into that part. The sort of component that anyone with a microgramme of engineering empathy would happily put on display in a gallery. I wouldn't offend it by calling it art, but isn't it amazing how aesthetically pleasing some pieces of engineering are?

I see the support vehicle has been painted in corporate colours too!

[Baron Greenback]

Awesome uprights!! How heavy are they?

[IN51GHT]

Baron Greenback said:

Awesome uprights!! How heavy are they?

25kg each

[gifdy]

I heard from a friend who is into his HiFi that the wheels are produced by the same company that supply Linn decks ( or it's Linn themselves, it was after a few bottles of wine). Is this the case ? If so, what speakers have you got in the workshop ?

[paulrussell]

gifdy said:

I heard from a friend who is into his HiFi that the wheels are produced by the same company that supply Linn decks ( or it's Linn themselves, it was after a few bottles of wine). Is this the case ? If so, what speakers have you got in the workshop ?

The wheels were made by Castle Precision Engineering and were forged by Otto Fuchs. I don't know anything about Linn decks, but I doubt the manufacture would know anything about how to make wheels - let alone wheels that will be subject to the G Bloodhound's wheels will be subjected to.

[dudleybloke]

http://www.castleprecision.com/solutions-by-sector...

[loudlashadjuster]

Yes, Castle are doing the wheel machining and make the machined aluminium chassis for Linn's LP12 and Klimax products (as well as producing some of the more mundane metalwork for other products). Linn and Castle are owned by different members of the same family from South Glasgow.

Those photos of the uprights immediately reminded me of my days at Linn, such beauty in well designed, machined and anodised parts.

[paulrussell]

I take back what I said as I thought they made stuff only for aircraft.

[IN51GHT]

Nice BBC article on the tail fin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-3308...