1000 mph car's rocket test.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-03-12, 06:54 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19810160

Today will be the first full throttle run of the engine due to drive Andy Green further into the record books. When you use a Cosworth F1 engine as a fuel pump you know it's a serious business!

The first run of the engine was last year in the Mojave Desert - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12653148

Go Britain - we'll soon have a thriving aeronaughtical industry again.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-03-12, 10:29 AM

Update, now it's been run - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19818009

Stealhead · 10-03-12, 11:14 AM

I am sure that this is an urban legend but I heard that some guy in Indiana managed to purchase some surplus JATO tanks designed for C-130s supposedly they where still live and he mounted them to his 1977 Firebird in an attempt to make a rocket car.So he got out on the road and let them rip but lost control killing himself in the process.

No doubt they made a Mythbusters episode about it but I heard this long before that show was around.

Oberon · 10-03-12, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

No doubt they made a Mythbusters episode about it but I heard this long before that show was around.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JATO_Rocket_Car

Herr-Berbunch · 10-03-12, 12:06 PM

Alas that's not true. http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

But we all wish it was.

Karle94 · 10-04-12, 09:44 AM

Dump that F1 engine and mount this F1 engine:

Herr-Berbunch · 10-04-12, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Karle94

Dump that F1 engine and mount this F1 engine:

Er, that's quite a chassis for a car!

Jimbuna · 10-04-12, 12:05 PM

I doubt we'd be able to afford to run it here in the UK

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	1000 mph car's rocket test. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19810160 Today will be the first full throttle run of the engine due to drive Andy Green further into the record books. When you use a Cosworth F1 engine as a fuel pump you know it's a serious business! The first run of the engine was last year in the Mojave Desert - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12653148 Go Britain - we'll soon have a thriving aeronaughtical industry again. __________________

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Update, now it's been run - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19818009 __________________

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Alas that's not true. http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp But we all wish it was. __________________

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Karle94 The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norseland Posts: 1,355 Downloads: 253 Uploads: 0	Dump that F1 engine and mount this F1 engine: __________________ Find my mods here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lzgciodldp58p/SH4_Mods My SH4 blog here: http://karle94.blogspot.com/

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I doubt we'd be able to afford to run it here in the UK __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-03-12, 11:14 AM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I am sure that this is an urban legend but I heard that some guy in Indiana managed to purchase some surplus JATO tanks designed for C-130s supposedly they where still live and he mounted them to his 1977 Firebird in an attempt to make a rocket car.So he got out on the road and let them rip but lost control killing himself in the process. No doubt they made a Mythbusters episode about it but I heard this long before that show was around.