1,000 MPH Car - You Brits Have a Hand In
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A bit of a break from the war and earthquake talk:
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_land...
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_land...
A very serious piece of kit. Some more info if you fancy a read: http://www.racetechmag.com/articles/article.php?ba...
Chris71 said:
A very serious piece of kit. Some more info if you fancy a read: http://www.racetechmag.com/articles/article.php?ba...
Thanks for that. This is all a bit insane.....as it should be. 
Why? So he could be recognized after the crash?TheLurker said:
No ejector seat; it was deemed to be safer for the driver/pilot to stay inside in the event of an accident.
Thanks. It would be interesting to read through their decision process on that. I suppose, the likely speed at which the thing would pitch or yaw when it went wrong precludes a successful ejection. rhinochopig said:
TheLurker said:
No ejector seat; it was deemed to be safer for the driver/pilot to stay inside in the event of an accident.
Thanks. It would be interesting to read through their decision process on that. I suppose, the likely speed at which the thing would pitch or yaw when it went wrong precludes a successful ejection. Received in an email from them this morning, may be of intrest to you all.
Just a very brief update to let you know that BLOODHOUND SSC will be featured in "Bang Goes The Theory" to be broadcast on BBC1 (England) at 7:30 this evening. More info on regional times and BBC iPlayer on their website www.bbc.co.uk/bang.
Just a very brief update to let you know that BLOODHOUND SSC will be featured in "Bang Goes The Theory" to be broadcast on BBC1 (England) at 7:30 this evening. More info on regional times and BBC iPlayer on their website www.bbc.co.uk/bang.
Jimbeaux said:
rhinochopig said:
TheLurker said:
No ejector seat; it was deemed to be safer for the driver/pilot to stay inside in the event of an accident.
Thanks. It would be interesting to read through their decision process on that. I suppose, the likely speed at which the thing would pitch or yaw when it went wrong precludes a successful ejection. The emphasis on the design is to ensure that that situation doesn't arise, as supposed to reacting if it does. I agree though, it may be of some comfort to the driver if it had one.
There is also the issue of getting Andy Green out fast enough to miss the air intake, which is directly behind and above the cockpit.
One other factor to consider is that he will be pretty much lying down in the cockpit to keep his body low, and therefore ejecting him whilst in that shape would be extremely difficult.
One other factor to consider is that he will be pretty much lying down in the cockpit to keep his body low, and therefore ejecting him whilst in that shape would be extremely difficult.
tomsimes said:
There is also the issue of getting Andy Green out fast enough to miss the air intake, which is directly behind and above the cockpit.
One other factor to consider is that he will be pretty much lying down in the cockpit to keep his body low, and therefore ejecting him whilst in that shape would be extremely difficult.
That makes sense. I suppose an ejection seat would screw up the dynamics of such a car as well. If one is going to go 1,000 MPH in a car, one should have abandoned ideas of safety long before. One other factor to consider is that he will be pretty much lying down in the cockpit to keep his body low, and therefore ejecting him whilst in that shape would be extremely difficult.
Jimbeaux said:
That makes sense. I suppose an ejection seat would screw up the dynamics of such a car as well. If one is going to go 1,000 MPH in a car, one should have abandoned ideas of safety long before.
I dunno. Andy Green has that immensely cool and calculated approach that pilots seem to have. He can probably tell you to the last inch how far bits of him will be spread across Hakskeen Pan if things go wrong and I suspect he'll be keeping a very careful eye on everything safety related.
He's a very cool customer. Watch this, at about 1:50 Thrust SSC steps sideways (IIRC due to some aerodynamic issue with the wheel alignment) and he just throttles back, recovers control and pushes them to the stops again. While keeping a calm commentary.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKQ-xj5C2m8
I feel slightly sorry for these guys;
http://www.landspeed.com/intro.html
Build an 800mph car to retake the record, well at least they might achieve that on American soil.
http://www.landspeed.com/intro.html
Build an 800mph car to retake the record, well at least they might achieve that on American soil.
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