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Supersonic Bloodhound car project axed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46480342
Bit of a shame; I was looking forward to some ultra high speed crazy car action. Surely an eccentric billionaire could cough up a measly £25 million? |
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I suppose the more important metric is not its speed in a straight line but what time it can lap the Nurburgring in. So it was a fail anyway.
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Doesn't seem very convenient for taking the kids to school.
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Serious question that in looking into this I didn't find an answer.
Where can tires rated for the intended top speed be sourced? I don't know anybody involved in top LSR pursuits, but do know a couple of guys that have run at Bonneville and according to them the limiting factor for current LSR efforts is the lack of availability of tires rated for speeds above 250 mph. |
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I think the tires were to be solid alumin(i)um.
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This reminds me of some guys a few years ago, I think in my area, who were trying to build a car out of a scrapped F16. (At least I think it was an F16.) Wonder what happened to that project?
ETA: I'm wrong, it was an F-104.
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Yeah, solid aluminium.
Sorry to hear it's folded but they've been running on a shoestring for years. The project started just as the financial crisis broke and even Richard Noble's remarkable blagging powers couldn't get the funding needed to get it to the starting line. If I remember correctly, the original plan was to run the car in 2011. It'll be a great pity if all that work comes to nothing. |
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Correct. And not just stock aluminum either, they've got to be custom forged. It's a pretty big deal:
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To withstand 50,000 g at the rim!
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Hooray.
Bloodhound supersonic car project saved. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46591860 The Ministry of Defence and Rolls Royce had both backed the buyout. |
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