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Re: Bloodhound testing
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2019, 06:32:13 PM »
Watching todays video and the prior videos the car seems to need a fair amount of steering input to keep it going straight.
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« Reply #35 on: November 12, 2019, 10:00:56 AM »
The experience of driving a winngless airplane https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50374942

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #36 on: November 13, 2019, 01:45:27 AM »
It surprises me they didn't remember that exposed panel edge thing from the Thrust SST days, that was a problem back then too.
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They should have known better (and learned from the Thrust SST experience).  Their "repair", in my opinion, will
never withstand a run anywhere near 1000 mph.  That entire part of the body should be redesigned and rebuilt
before high speed runs next year.  I'm starting to worry for Andy's safety.

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« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2019, 02:51:26 PM »
If it's a problem, I'm sure they will.  This is the type of problem they can pickup from this year's runs and then re-engineer it, if needed for high-speed runs in 12 or 18 months time.
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« Reply #38 on: November 13, 2019, 08:42:46 PM »
The strength and ductility of titanium alloy sheet might be an asset in those problem areas.

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« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2019, 02:55:32 AM »
The strength and ductility of titanium alloy sheet might be an asset in those problem areas.
 

It's my understanding that the sheetmetal that bent and "peeled back" is titanium.  I think the flaw is more
in the design (having a leading edge face into the wind) than in the choice of material.  The current design
may have been intended as temporary, and not for record-breaking speeds.

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2019, 10:55:52 AM »
562 mph/904 km/hr this morning.  The video is on the Bloodhound FB page and no doubt elsewhere.  Step by step, mile by mile, and geez is it fun to watch.
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« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2019, 10:58:18 AM »
No criticism Slim, but I'll add some additional value by saving interested parties the 10 seconds it takes to find it:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B446IWMFTeJ/

Ya gotta love the ground-level drive-by imagery!!!

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« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2019, 11:32:42 AM »
It's on Instagram, too?  No surprise, I guess.  Any way to make it easier for hoi polloi to see it works for me.  Thanks.
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #43 on: November 15, 2019, 12:42:59 PM »
There is a tendency to hire drivers for the fastest cars and bike streamliners that have not worked their way up through the ranks of land speed racing or in developing the vehicles.  This is sorta odd and I cannot explain why.  There have been many close to disaster events that skilled and experience drivers somehow made the right decisions and survive, like Arfons and Breedlove.  It seems many of the less seasoned drivers do not.  Having an experienced "old hand" like Andy Green at the wheel is a big, big, asset to this effort. 

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« Reply #44 on: November 15, 2019, 01:20:52 PM »
There is a tendency to hire drivers for the fastest cars and bike streamliners that have not worked their way up through the ranks of land speed racing or in developing the vehicles.  This is sorta odd and I cannot explain why.  There have been many close to disaster events that skilled and experience drivers somehow made the right decisions and survive, like Arfons and Breedlove.  It seems many of the less seasoned drivers do not.  Having an experienced "old hand" like Andy Green at the wheel is a big, big, asset to this effort.
Two people who are instrumental in the success of Bloodhound- Andy Green and Ron Ayres.
BTW, they were at the Salt Talks in 2006.
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