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Offline Dynoroom

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2019, 06:32:33 PM »
Quote from: Stainless1 on October 31, 2019, 05:34:08 PM
Seems to wander a bit  :?
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You should read "Thrust" by Richard Noble.
In the book Andy said that every pass at about 350 MPH the car would jump over a lane, about 9 feet! He also said they were never able to understand why it would do this so he would just turn the wheel in anticipation for it on each run...
Big brass ones that man.
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2019, 06:54:03 PM »
Quote from: manta22 on October 31, 2019, 07:56:29 PM
Quote from: kiwi belly tank on October 31, 2019, 03:16:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JS0mXbjq64


"How do you slow the world?s fastest car using a parachute?" 

The world?s fastest car?????? Uhhhh, no.

Bloodhound is the "world's fastest car" if you are in marketing.

Most of us here are more interested in engineering.
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Offline stay`tee

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2019, 08:20:50 PM »
So the lever he reaches down for on the left is for the deployment of the chute ?, I would have thought that a button on the steering butterfly would be much safer to activate at 1000mph
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Offline Phil UK

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2019, 03:02:47 PM »
I believe the levers on the left are for a manual release of the chutes if the steering wheel buttons fail to operate.
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2019, 09:40:44 AM »
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Re: Bloodhound testing
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Offline MX304

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2019, 07:19:19 PM »
Quote from: stay`tee on November 01, 2019, 08:20:50 PM
So the lever he reaches down for on the left is for the deployment of the chute ?, I would have thought that a button on the steering butterfly would be much safer to activate at 1000mph

He was using the back up levers during the last couple of runs. Will deployed by a steering wheel button eventually.
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Offline Stan Back

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #22 on: November 04, 2019, 07:43:47 PM »
It would seem to me that if you were testing, you'd be testing (parachute release, etc.).
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Offline 4-barrel Mike

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2019, 01:45:47 AM »
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Re: Bloodhound testing
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Offline ggl205

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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2019, 03:24:53 PM »
Things look like they are coming along well for the Bloodhound team.

John
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Re: Bloodhound testing
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2019, 08:17:25 PM »
It surprises me they didn't remember that exposed panel edge thing from the Thrust SST days, that was a problem back then too.
  Sid.
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Re: Bloodhound testing
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2019, 06:26:30 PM »
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