RE: Bloodhound SSC project enters administration
Discussion
oilrag1 said:
Harsh but true time,
The money burnt on bloated salaries and frivolous junket spending is possibly the main factor behind this latest funding predicament, i saw at first hand at several F.O.S events the wastefullness,money squandered without a care, ie in the camping area 2017 approx 10 tents/cars/ vans were occupying an exclusive SSC area large enough for maybe 50 mere mortals, i cannot believe goodwood gave that space for free,.....one has to wonder how much Noble &co has "earnt " from just this project ,there's many a good reason for starting from scratch each time ,enhanced salary ,and associated benefits being one of them.
I for one will no longer donate to this project ,admirable in many ways tho it was,much of our cash was wasted.
Just revisted this thread & this got my goat....again.The money burnt on bloated salaries and frivolous junket spending is possibly the main factor behind this latest funding predicament, i saw at first hand at several F.O.S events the wastefullness,money squandered without a care, ie in the camping area 2017 approx 10 tents/cars/ vans were occupying an exclusive SSC area large enough for maybe 50 mere mortals, i cannot believe goodwood gave that space for free,.....one has to wonder how much Noble &co has "earnt " from just this project ,there's many a good reason for starting from scratch each time ,enhanced salary ,and associated benefits being one of them.
I for one will no longer donate to this project ,admirable in many ways tho it was,much of our cash was wasted.
For an 18month oeriod I had to find an alterniativecontract, that I managed to negotiate a 3-4days week for, the 1-2 days a week I wasn't there I was at Bloodhound working for free, not delayed invoice, free. Bloated salries, you cockwomble.
Equus said:
You don't need wild, foundationless speculation about the effects of sonic shockwaves to explain why a lightweight, suspensionless car, running on metal wheels, might momentarily lose contact with the ground at high speed.
Except that he may be right. I attended a lecture by Andy Green several years ago in the early days of this project and one thing he commented on was the unknown effect of shockwaves rebounding from a layer of rock that was known to be below the surface at Hakspeen. Unknown because, like so much of running a car at 1,000mph, nothing like it has ever been done before so, unlike the Thrust SSC calculations, there was no empirical or model-based data to cross-check against.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff