Now they only have to deal with:
- 4 times the drag
- 4 times the forces on the wheels
- trans sonic and supersonic effects
- increased control issues
- increased run length
- twice the speed
- twice the dippers
Oh... and they have yet to stick a rocket engine on it.
Heat sensor frustrates Bloodhound land speed car
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent, Hakskeen Pan, South Africa
A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four tires, and mainly transport people rather than goods.
As cool as it is, i don't quite see why is it called a car.
A car is a ground vehicle, using ground for propulsion.
This, on the other hand, is a low-flying rocket using wheels to avoid hitting the ground.
This, on the other hand, is a low-flying rocket using wheels to avoid hitting the ground.
Serious stuff. Is it a two stage rocket? Is the solid rocket ignited then the oxidiser is pumped into it?.
It implies the Cosworth engine is running at two speeds?
Why does it need a catalyst disk on the input to the rocket engine. I thought HTP decomposed spontaneously?