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Thrust-powered Land Speed information => Discussions on absolute land speed records => Topic started by: J79 on November 07, 2018, 07:20:05 PM

Title: Youtube Video titeled "The Land Speed Record Cars - where are they now?" 9/2018
Post by: J79 on November 07, 2018, 07:20:05 PM

Video shows Thrust Powered cars starting at 14:40 with Craig Breedlove until ThrustSSC. Click on the video link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIFQzStijY

Title: Re: Youtube Video titeled "The Land Speed Record Cars - where are they now? 9/2018
Post by: Stainless1 on November 07, 2018, 08:15:08 PM

Franklin, the link doesn't work  :|

Title: Re: Youtube Video titeled "The Land Speed Record Cars - where are they now? 9/2018
Post by: 4-barrel Mike on November 07, 2018, 09:50:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIFQzStijY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIFQzStijY)  :cheers:

Mike

Title: Re: Youtube Video titeled "The Land Speed Record Cars - where are they now? 9/2018
Post by: MAYOMAN on November 08, 2018, 05:46:57 PM

They got the absolute world record speed wrong again. The Blue Flame's absolute world record was the KILOMETER speed, 630.388 mi/h (1,014.656 km/h). The slower MILE record speed was 622.407 mi/h. I left a comment on the YouTube site. Hope they fix that.

Actually, the natural gas industry's New York PR firm published the mile record speed in error immediately following the runs. I have been trying to correct that ever since. Noble only broke The Blue Flame's absolute record by 3 mi/h with the mile record in 1983 (needed +1% to break the kilometer record). The kilometer record was never actually broken until 1997!