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This is a link post Bloodhound is running in the desert at last
This is just a shakedown run, the high-speed stuff is still to come.
(I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 16:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Impressive
looks to have nearly got to 30mph although I am sure it went faster.

Looking at the description, it got to about 100mph, which for a vehicle like that is like a Porsche doing 30 mph ;)

Seemed to not have all the aero parts fitted yet.

Can't wait for a real run.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post I know funding has been tight
But I look at the pace of progress and I can't help but wonder. They've been in the desert 9 days and got one 99mph run out of it so far. That's not even as fast as they managed two years ago in Cornwall.

The project itself has been running for 11 years now and they're not even talking about doing record runs this year.

I also haven't heard anything about the hybrid rocket they were planning to use for years now. I don't think it's fitted to the car yet.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 20:45, Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair, they’re on a model validation exercise, not a speed run.
They also need to be sure that the lakebed handling works at low speeds before expanding the speed envelope.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 28 Oct 2019, 8:10, Reply)
This is a normal post
So my point about the timescale stands. ThrustSSC was five years from design to breaking the record. Bloodhound is still doing low-speed runs 11 years after the project was initially announced.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 28 Oct 2019, 10:28, Reply)
This is a normal post They’ve had a fair bit of funding trouble though
While Thrust 2 and SSC both had their own difficulties, I don’t recall them being shut down repeatedly.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 28 Oct 2019, 13:44, Reply)
This is a normal post What's the zero carbon option?

(97800, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 23:14, Reply)
This is a normal post about two gretas to one caroline these daze
or one and a half thunbergs to a lucas depending on the markets - you know how these things go
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Sun 27 Oct 2019, 23:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Run.
Fast.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 28 Oct 2019, 8:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Hydrogen powered probably.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 28 Oct 2019, 16:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Not a good idea.
See red plumes of acid and heavy metals that certain Russian rockets leave.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Tue 29 Oct 2019, 21:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I wish Bloodhound success but..
as a project, it's a bit dull, 'worthy' and corporate for my taste. Land Speed Records should be broken by cars made by men in sheds, driven by charismatic dare-devils.
 (I helped save b3ta! notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Mon 28 Oct 2019, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Those sometimes leave a mark - I hope it is paint.


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 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Tue 29 Oct 2019, 21:55, Reply)