Right then.
Click on this Link and there is a brief description about how the cockpit all came about, and a video very slightly down the page where Andy Green, RAF Wing Commander, explains how it all come together and the details of all the bits and bobs Andy deals with when driving the car.
Not dying to know at all and have to ask, "Why?" Why this fascination to go 1000 mph in a car?
ReplyDeleteAdrienne, I don't have an answer other than some people seem to want to break records. I'm not one of those people, but I do enjoy those who do endevor to do so.
DeleteBreak the sound barrier on land. Hell Yea. That's been done, now make a mark for the fastest land vehicle on land. Why? Dunno, but I like it.
You can like whatever your want to, Kid.
DeleteThe older I get, the slower I like my vehicles. Pretty soon, I will be living in Florida and will have a lineup of 50 cars behind me blasting their horns at me when I'm doing 35 in a 55mph zone.
ReplyDeleteGot my kicks with speed in my 20's, with a death machine that should have been illegal to sell to the general public (a 1972 Kawasaki H2 750cc triple 2-cycle unstable beast, the 'Widow Maker'). Been dere, done dat.
Now, I work on cars that do 40 mph tops (Ford Model T's), or even older and slower than that: last year I had a guy commission me to get his 1904 Cadillac started, after sitting for maybe 50 years. They don't make 'em like that anymore. The engine was still free, I just put some oil in it, shined up the contacts on the ignition and it fired right up. 1 cylinder, two forward gears, 8.25 HP, top speed - maybe 23 mph on level ground.
You can have your 1,000 mph vehicles, lots of folks like that sort of thing. Including the late Jessie Combs...
I like some speed Fredd but keep in double digits.
DeleteHow about the bikes today ? Go 150 mph and pull the front wheel up with the throttle. I'd have sure killed myself with one of those back when I was riding my 82 HP beast.
FYI: The DOW is rapidly closing in on 28,000.
ReplyDeleteTake THAT, Adam Schitt and shove where the sun don't shine.
The Trump Economy roars on and keeps reaching new heights, despite that purse-lipped, pop-eyed, pencil-necked, iittle twerp and the vicious moronic bastards who support his attempt to stage a latter day inquisition.
Franco, the dems have gotten more disgusting than is humanely possible so I've been totally ignoring them. Don't watch, don't listen, don't read anything about their antics.
DeleteSo, the car doesn't have a driver..but meet Andy Green, who IS the driver. ?!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE speed and this is amazing! I never thought of why brakes need to slow due to possible fires...fascinating! I was thinking there should be something in there which prevents him from letting his attention wander but at that speed, that probably never happens!! COOL!
Z, well that means Andy is more of a pilot than a car driver. Yea, I don't think he'll be texting and driving :-)
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