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[Lizzie_Zoom]

with special wheels:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11742606

 

[Banjax]

looks like they found a use for an old Concorde, just cut off the wings 

amazing stuff, as a kid I knew every land speed record by car, driver, speed now I admit I have to look it up.......its not still 633mph in a Bluebird is it? 

[Banjax]

fastest manned vehicle ever recorded was..............?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

looks like they found a use for an old Concorde, just cut off the wings 

amazing stuff, as a kid I knew every land speed record by car, driver, speed now I admit I have to look it up.......its not still 633mph in a Bluebird is it? 

 

No BJ it is 763.053 mph, by Andy Green in 1997

[Banjax]

looks like they found a use for an old Concorde, just cut off the wings 

amazing stuff, as a kid I knew every land speed record by car, driver, speed now I admit I have to look it up.......its not still 633mph in a Bluebird is it? 

 

No BJ it is 763.053 mph, by Andy Green in 1997

yep - like i say - had to resort to "wiki" used to have it all in my head from hours pouring over guinness book of records etc

[Lizzie_Zoom]

looks like they found a use for an old Concorde, just cut off the wings 

amazing stuff, as a kid I knew every land speed record by car, driver, speed now I admit I have to look it up.......its not still 633mph in a Bluebird is it? 

 

No BJ it is 763.053 mph, by Andy Green in 1997

yep - like i say - had to resort to "wiki" used to have it all in my head from hours pouring over guinness book of records etc

.............and this was the car that did it, Thrust SSC:




 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[aaronjb]

Wing Commander Andy Greene - now there's a fella with a few screws loose 

Interesting to note they don't do it at the salt flats anymore - I wonder if that's because the new location is smoother or larger? Somehow I can't help feeling that it's cheating if you change the parameters like that..

Still, incredible challenge and impressive research behind it.

[Banjax]

yep aaron - they now use the Black Rock Desert flats, although changing from wheel driven vehicles to thrust driven "trolleys" is a bigger cheat in my opinion

[aaronjb]

According to that article they're planning on using the 'Hakskeen Pan in South Africa's Northern Cape Province' for their 2012 attempt - so not Black Rock anymore either..

Good point, though - land speed record yes, but it's definitely not a car speed record.

Still.. hats off to anyone who wants to get behind the wheel of anything doing 1000mph across the ground 

[Martin_1962]

Oh look a relative of Sues

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/search.cfm?faArea1=customWidgets.contentItem_show_1&cit_id=4460

[Dishevelled Den]

Oh look a relative of Sues

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/search.cfm?faArea1=customWidgets.contentItem_show_1&cit_id=4460

Splendid. 

[Dishevelled Den]

Is there a formal LSR for a vehicle using a normal IC engine driving road wheels?

[aaronjb]

Yeah, there's a whole bunch of different clases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel-driven_land_speed_record
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle_speed_records

Although good luck figuring out what the fastest IC engine record is.. unless you can get that via the Guinness website.

[Dishevelled Den]

with special wheels:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11742606

 

Yes, fascinating news indeed Lizzie. 8-)

[Dishevelled Den]

Yeah, there's a whole bunch of different clases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel-driven_land_speed_record
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle_speed_records

Although good luck figuring out what the fastest IC engine record is.. unless you can get that via the Guinness website.

Not too shabby at all.