Driver is Andy Green RAF Wing Commander.
Same guy who piloted the Thrust SSC, the car which broke the sound barrier on land for the first and only time.
Here is an article on the effort and below I've inserted video's of the Thrust SSC success and the first low speed test of the Bloodhound LSR which utilizes a jet engine, rocket engine, and a 12 cylinder Jaguar engine that feeds fuel to the jet engine.
The speed tests will consist of runs increasing by 50 mph each run to gain confidence and shake out any unsuspected problems. (The Thrust SSC had a tendency to pull hard left around 600 mph..)
So, I'll update as interesting stuff breaks.
Thrust SSC
Bloodhound LSR
Update: The Jaguar engine feeds fuel to the rocket engine. Serious PITA to update a blogger post with more than one vid....
ReplyDeleteFast!
ReplyDeleteThey'll have much better video this time too LSP.
DeleteYou can bet someone had a puckeredup butt!
ReplyDeleteI would think so TS/WS
DeleteSo............it would take me about 2 seconds to get to Wallyworld.
ReplyDeleteMight take a little longer to stop though Adrienne.
DeleteIsn't this the kind of stuff that did in Jessie Combs?
ReplyDeleteYes it is Fredd.
DeleteNOT TO RAIN ON yoUR PARADE, BUT . . .
ReplyDeleteWe seek ever faster speed
But where's it going to lead?
We are going where?
What awaits us there?
Whatever it may be
You will still be you,
And I will still be me!
When all the workers have been phased out by automation, the consumers, clients, customers are sure to be next.
Ever since the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution mankind has been furiously busy trying to make human existence completely unnecessary.
How will the machines feel once they are able to reproduce on their own, and repair themselves when they become dysfunctinal? What will they do to their fellow machines who become obsolete because of relentless self-perpetuating technological advances?
Do you think the machines will miss us once we’ve extinguished ourselves completely? Mightn’t they be lonely or bored without us?
Franco, I'm not concerned that this is our future. Machines need repairmen, coders, new opportunities for business are opening up all the time. Why I just read the other day that 33% of Millennial Males and 25% of All Males are very open to using cosmetics. Eye shadow, eyebrow, lip gloss, etc. Many are already doing it. There's a brand new industry happening right now.
ReplyDeleteThen it's Victors secret and a whole new line of sexy nihgtwear for men. The possibilities are many.
Anyway, these predictions never seem to pan out. The internet was supposed to isolate us. It has done just the opposite. My circle of friends came from the internet. Automation starting in the 50's was supposed to have us all on the street in a couple decades, and just the opposite has happened. DJT has the unemployment rate for all groups and for everyone at the lowest rate Ever. No toils, no worries for me.
Only problem is, when the Machines (Robots) feel threatened by us.
ReplyDeleteWill there be an all out war to wipe out humanoids?
TS/WS, Humans tend to work fevenently to make science fiction come true imo.
DeleteSo yes, I believe humans WILL create skynet.
So how many MPG?? Whoo hooo.... what a carbon foot print... :)
ReplyDeleteYes Bunk, Neither Greta or AOC are happy about this.
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