RE: Bloodhound SSC resurrected as LSR

[anonymous-user]

Brilliant news, I really hope they hit the 1000!

[donteatpeople]

RumbleOfThunder said:

What great news. Great to see all the hard work put in so far won't be wasted (I hope). One thing this does worry me is the basic design, it has to be 10-15 years old now. Is it even the optimal shape given the huge advances made in CFD during that time?

Maybe it could be improved but it’s still going to be a significant step forward from the current record holder. It’s competing against Thrust SSC that was designed in the early '90s.

[Jerseyhpc]

No mention at all, in any press, of Richard Noble.....
Shame. I like him. Top bloke and an inspiration.

Edited by Jerseyhpc on Thursday 21st March 20:00

[loudlashadjuster]

Jerseyhpc said:

No mention at all, in any press, of Richard Noble.....
Shame. I like him. Top bloke and an inspiration.

Agreed. But, perhaps, and I'm only reading between the lines here, one of the main reasons events turned out as they have?

[CoupeKid]

I don’t want to be a Cassandra here but a couple of years ago I chipped in £60 or something to a Crowdfunder campaign. I was supposed to get a bit of swarf in plastic I think.

I’ve had no swarf, no thanks and no communication from Bloodhound.

If that’s how they treated their investors I’m not surprised the money dried up.

[Skater12]

How much money do they need?
if there a go fund me page or similar?

[Sine Metu]

Not sure the world really cares that much about the LSR anymore - much more interesting things going on around future transport modes, space tourism, hyper loops etc. What the world really needs is much faster trains, ships and airplanes.

[TheOrangePeril]

Great news but will all those who paid cold hard money to get their names on the tail fin have their contribution honoured? Or will they shaft us and just shove Starbucks logos all over it?

[TheOrangePeril]

Great news but will all those who paid cold hard money to get their names on the tail fin have their contribution honoured? Or will they shaft us and just slap Starbucks logos all over it?

[Robert-nszl1]

Sine Metu said:

Not sure the world really cares that much about the LSR anymore - much more interesting things going on around future transport modes, space tourism, hyper loops etc. What the world really needs is much faster trains, ships and airplanes.

What a strange way of looking at it. Firstly there is a long history behind the LSR, and I'm glad it's still being pursued. Secondly one would assume that what the engineers learn from making this go fast can be used to make other forms of transport go fast?

[loudlashadjuster]

Sine Metu said:

Not sure the world really cares that much about the LSR anymore - much more interesting things going on around future transport modes, space tourism, hyper loops etc. What the world really needs is much faster trains, ships and airplanes.

Hyperloop? LSR is far more relevant to transport needs than Hyperloop ever will be, which is to say 'not at all'.

Faster trains? Trains can already go as fast as we could reasonably need them to go. The train is not really the problem anyway, it's the track, politics, economics etc.

Faster planes? We're up against physics for that one, the economics don't stack up here either.

[crofty1984]

Any news on who the driver will be? Are they still keeping Andy Green?

[A1VDY]

All this pussy footing around over the years with sponsorship and some weird obsession some have with having their name on the tailfin and the engines havent even been tested. Maybe if they ran the engines up with some kind of demo more cash would come their way. At the moment it sits there like a white elephant. Donald Campbell had balls, this lot are fk1n eunuchs..

[ima poster]

Crying out for Red Bull sponsorship? Anyway, well done for the resurrection and good luck with the record.