Bloodhound SSC enters build phase

CaptainRAVE · 17 Dec 2018 at 11:26

Oh cool. Fun project if you are a billionaire.

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:14

I can't help but think this is doomed to failure. We have the record already, the 1000mph thing isn't as important as being fastest ever or breaking the sound barrier to investors I suspect, not the ones who can put enough in at least. I think this (and a few other reasons) is why it has struggled to fund itself and will ultimately fail, but I would love to be proven wrong.

d_brennen · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:18

We just need 7 more of them and we can get some Wipeout 2097 action going

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:21

d_brennen said:
We just need 7 more of them and we can get some Wipeout 2097 action going

Why didn't I think of this, it has genius all over it!

What could go wrong!

Alibaba99 · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:38

Housey said:
I can't help but think this is doomed to failure. We have the record already, the 1000mph thing isn't as important as being fastest ever or breaking the sound barrier to investors I suspect, not the ones who can put enough in at least. I think this (and a few other reasons) is why it has struggled to fund itself and will ultimately fail, but I would love to be proven wrong.

In many ways the project has already been a success. There are people working in my office building who are only there because they were inspired by the early days of the Bloodhound project and went into engineering.

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:55

Alibaba99 said:
In many ways the project has already been a success. There are people working in my office building who are only there because they were inspired by the early days of the Bloodhound project and went into engineering.

Well that is of course good but not really the point of the project.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:32

Housey said:
I can't help but think this is doomed to failure. We have the record already, the 1000mph thing isn't as important as being fastest ever or breaking the sound barrier to investors I suspect, not the ones who can put enough in at least. I think this (and a few other reasons) is why it has struggled to fund itself and will ultimately fail, but I would love to be proven wrong.

Plus it doesn’t particularly fit the whole eco movement that is going on. Stick electric power in it and watch the money roll in.

Simon · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:37

Housey said:
Well that is of course good but not really the point of the project.

It was one of Richard Noble’s key reasons for doing it again.

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:52

Simon said:
It was one of Richard Noble’s key reasons for doing it again.

He is the king of spin.

Jonnycoupe · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:54

At 1000mph i fear it will be more than just spin, probably a barrel roll or 20 and ball of flames!

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:55

I wish an engineer could tell me why all my forum fonts have gone Time New Roman.

Such a 1990 font

Mal X · 17 Dec 2018 at 20:32

Jonnycoupe said:
At 1000mph i fear it will be more than just spin, probably a barrel roll or 20 and ball of flames!

yea 1000mph is just too fast, they dont stand a hope in hell if something breaks.............. at 1000mph there wont be anything left of you to scrape off the ground, i wonder what speed an airliner hits the ground nose first in a steep dive.............700mph maybe ?

Flibster · 17 Dec 2018 at 21:37

Jonnycoupe said:
At 1000mph i fear it will be more than just spin, probably a barrel roll or 20 and ball of flames!

Mal X said:
yea 1000mph is just too fast, they dont stand a hope in hell if something breaks.............. at 1000mph there wont be anything left of you to scrape off the ground, i wonder what speed an airliner hits the ground nose first in a steep dive.............700mph maybe ?

And if trains ever go faster than 30mph you'll suffocate due to the pressure of the air going past.

Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.

Jonnycoupe · 17 Dec 2018 at 22:19

Not quite an appropriate comparison is it. They don’t have to pass through that transonic region, it was borderline with SSC, just can’t see it quite being fail safe enough for any minor event....

Happy to be proved wrong of course

Jonnycoupe · 17 Dec 2018 at 22:19

Housey said:
I wish an engineer could tell me why all my forum fonts have gone Time New Roman.

Such a 1990 font

Isn’t that more modern that the Roman fonts you used in childhood?

Housey · 17 Dec 2018 at 22:20

Jonnycoupe said:
Isn’t that more modern that the Roman fonts you used in childhood?

Yes but we had quills then

JRS · 21 Mar 2019 at 13:35

The project seems to be back on track. New paint job (not final, as sponsors can pay to have their colours on it), new headquarters, reasonably strong financial backup if sponsorship money gets tight.

CaptainRAVE · 21 Mar 2019 at 13:46

Somebody wants their legacy.

JRS · 21 Mar 2019 at 13:51

Don't mind who wants what personally, as long as the record is put out of reach of the Americans for good

Jokester · 21 Mar 2019 at 17:26

Only thing I can say is, must be a lot of money in turbochargers!