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Originally Posted by motion
Coolest speedo in the world! Very cool that you were able to check out that amazing piece of engineering.
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Speedo is very cool, especially the Mach 1 position, like the Singer guys the Bloodhound guys were influenced by Spinal Tap so it had to go up to 11
I found checking out the engineering very cool but after looking around I left with a slight twinge of regret. A week before I'd been approached about joining the team as a design engineer but I said thanks but no thanks. It would have meant being away from my family during the week for the next year.
I did suggest a modification they could do to the steering column which I they liked the sound of, if they do it I was told the drawing will be named after me, I'll need to have a copy of that to go up on the wall in my man cave
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Originally Posted by javadog
Very cool project. Could spend all day poking around something like that.
I was a bit disappointed by the 3 or 4 basic structures of differing materials and designs that were bolted together to make the whole structure. Not the most elegant solution...
JR
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Agree with you on that but as a lot of services were provided for free compromises had to be made.
From my humble perspective I think the approach to the safety cell using carbon fibre and ballistic materials is spot on.
The mid upper section that holds the Euro Fighter jet engine is a fabricated titanium structure similar to a latest generation fighter aircraft but the lower section is fabricated steel which is needed to cope with the pounding the desert surface will give it.
However the rear billet aluminium bolted framework holding the rear rocket motors looks a bit bitty to me but this should hopefully be replaced as some point with a lighter and stiffer steel space frame.
I think the total spend so far is around $34 million and they require about the same again to be able to go for the record. As far as I know the money is in place so its ano a matter of if but a matter of when.
As automotive engineering challenges go it is a massive challenge but done for all the right reasons and that is to inspire the next generation of engineers.
This thread needs more pictures
It's a big car, you can use my big dog to get an idea of the size of this machine, if the car was made of steak or cheese he would have shown a lot more interest
Rocket motor juice tank, its 1000 ltrs/264 US Gal, drains in 20 secs., there are 3 big rocket engine that sit under the jet engine, not sure of the spec. but they plan to introduce them in two stages during the developement runs. Fuel pump is a tuned Jaguar V8 motor, the tank is also back filled with nitrogen to stop it imploding while all the rocket fuel is sucked out
The aluminium tanks on the side of the cockpit I think are to cool the V8 fuel pump and behind them up against the carbon cockpit are at least 1" thick ballist protection made from composites, should protect against a 1kg piece of aluminium
Fuel tanks for the Euro Fighter jet engine, they are not that big as I guess its not going very far
