Thrust SSC Over the Sound Barrier!
I am starting off with my first video here, it was lying in my computer and i think that the person who made this video originally did an awesome job.Since my interest is motorsports and speedy stuff, i will later include more videos about the same.ThrustSSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier.
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Added: Jul-15-2012 Occurred On: Oct-15-1997
By: hatemosquito
In: Science and Technology
Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Motor sports, Speed, Thrust SSC, supersonic,
Marked as: approved
Views: 1390 | Comments: 16 | Votes: 6 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
By: hatemosquito
In: Science and Technology
Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Motor sports, Speed, Thrust SSC, supersonic,
Marked as: approved
Views: 1390 | Comments: 16 | Votes: 6 | Favorites: 0 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 1
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Makes me chuckle when you hear him talking inside the car-he's so calm!
Posted Jul-15-2012 ByZeb (651.10) 
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@Zeb Especially since he almost loses it in the middle of the run.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bykajidono (686.56) 
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Seen before, but thanks for showing. Andy Green is one cool operator. I love that classic dry English unruffled approach to a something that is essentially fatal if the slightest error occurs.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bypriapism (93.10) 
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in the video it says 1149km...? just saying :)
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bysteepend (45.00) 
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@steepend I took the data from wikipedia, but good catch.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Byhatemosquito (636.60) 
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@steepend
They have to do two runs within a certain timescale and then an average is taken from them both.Likely one was considerably faster than first and the speed of 1228kph is the average.
Posted Jul-15-2012 ByZeb (651.10) 
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@Zeb Nope. Not an official record run. They do this to get people interested in science and engineering. They run the whole project off donations.
They're building another car now that's going to break the 1000mph barrier, if there is such a thing.
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bykajidono (686.56) 
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@kajidono and Andy Green will be piloting that one too.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bypriapism (93.10) 
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@priapism I am so looking forward to it. The video we get from it will be incredible considering the advances in camera tech that have gone on in the meantime.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bykajidono (686.56) 
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great vid hm, would love to see more of these, any on the technical aspects, what sort of engines, wheels, transmission etc.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bythecleaner001 (11903.38) 
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sheesh!
Posted Jul-15-2012 ByAmusing (5312.48) Amusing View Channel Send Message
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Just wondering how many miles he drove to reach this speed.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Bytxspur (20.66) 
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That's beautiful & nutz. I wouldn't want to pilot one of them, margin for error is extremely slim & consequences high.
Posted Jul-15-2012 ByRuffus (4470.94) 
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Great vid. Thanks for posting.
Voted.
Posted Jul-15-2012 Byjoe prole (1708.70) 
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What would you choose?
Drive this vehicle or crawl up to a lion?
Hmmm.
Great vid, nice job and voted.
Posted Jul-15-2012 ByBuzz1964 (1075.32) 
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