Looking at that photo
I’d put good money on the nose having lifted. Probably somewhere north of 550 mph once the dynamic pressure built up sufficiently around the front wheel area.
Don’t think much of the lateral stability either - so a side bet of it having veered off-course and rolled.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:18,
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wrong
it hit a skip that had been left out carelessly by a builder
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 10:16,
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probably
arstechnica.com/cars/2016/10/the-pride-of-a-nation-the-north-american-eagle-land-speed-record-project/
"at over 630mph you'd actually get 800lbs of lift on the nose," Shadle explained. "But even then the weight on the front end is only about 4400lbs—that's quite acceptable"
read on another article that they've had steering issues in the past.
Also has a raspberry pi.
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