1000mph car

[kilo delta]

RAF fighter pilot Andy Green intends to get behind the wheel of a car that is capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound car will mount an assault on the land speed record.

Full article here... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10539294.stm

 

[Ickie]

stopping is the biggest problem, lol

 

[Roadburner440]

I would hate to see an aerodynaic failure that causes air to get under the car at those speeds.. without any airfoils it would become uncontrollable if it goes airborn.. more power to then though if it is sucessful.

 

[Bone]

Didn't another RAF fighter pilot reach 1000mph in a jet car at the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, about 4 or 5 years ago? I'm getting deja' vu.

 

[Tako_Kichi]

Didn't another RAF fighter pilot reach 1000mph in a jet car at the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, about 4 or 5 years ago? I'm getting deja' vu.

IIRC that attempt was to break the speed of sound in a car...which they did.

 

[Wing_Z]

Wonder what airborne time the Rule Book allows?
They'd have thought of it, I'm sure, because it's always going to be an aerospace design that goes for the Big One...

 

[Ferry_vO]

IIRC that attempt was to break the speed of sound in a car...which they did.

Same team, same pilot.

 

[David_L6]

He may want to ask Wile E. Coyote for some tips before he attempts that run.