secretagentmole 1,701 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) http://www.thisisbri...tail/story.html Bloodhound SSC rocket test, live! Edited October 3, 2012 by secretagentmole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 The rocket has a Cosworth F1 engine to pump the fuel..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 How did they get on any idea ?....is there any way of watching it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,974 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 How did they get on any idea ?....is there any way of watching it ? Here ya go Gnash; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19818009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Good man thankyou sir Fascinating stuff..........still be surprised if they can top 1000mph though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reddawn 2,173 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 a f1 cosworth engine, but just to feed the proper engine, that is amazin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Imagine being strapped into the car when that baby kicks in on top of the Eurofighter engine! Andy Green must have cast iron bollocks, fair play! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I was in the passenger seat at 201 mph on a German autobahn a few years ago i was near crying...............i cant quite get my head round going 5 times faster than that .................amazes me how they keep it on the ground....technology eh ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I was in the passenger seat at 201 mph on a German autobahn a few years ago i was near crying...............i cant quite get my head round going 5 times faster than that .................amazes me how they keep it on the ground....technology eh ! 130+ on the back of a Honda Fireblade and then a ZX6 Ninja a few years later was bad enough for me! Never again, I'm getting too old for that shite now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) ] 130+ on the back of a Honda Fireblade and then a ZX6 Ninja a few years later was bad enough for me! Never again, I'm getting too old for that shite now! This was in the safety of a metal box though Malt it was a modded up twin turbo Toyota Supra ..................you wouldnt get me on a bike above about 30 ! Edited October 4, 2012 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Been in a bike once as a pillion. Suzuki katana 550( never forget it) was red. Lol Went down this hill doing 100+ I've never held onto a man as tight before or since. I was seriously shitting it, I would have punched the c**t in the mouth, but I was shaking and my legs were Like jelly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Was getting a lift home from work on the back of the blade when I was in my late teens early 20's. We were quietly going up this duel carriageway hill out of the town, and one of the other boys came flying past beeping the horn in a Rover 214 and laughing like hell! I heard the bike shift down two or three gears and we took off like someone had lit a fecking rocket! Fecking shit myself as we come over the crest of the hill at whatever speed we were doing and was still shaking when I got off the bike 20 miles later! I asked my mate what speed we were doing when we hit the crest of the hill and he said something like, 'f**k knows, 130 at one point but I stopped looking at the speedo when I was fighting to keep the front wheel on the ground! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,974 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Was getting a lift home from work on the back of the blade when I was in my late teens early 20's. We were quietly going up this duel carriageway hill out of the town, and one of the other boys came flying past beeping the horn in a Rover 214 and laughing like hell! I heard the bike shift down two or three gears and we took off like someone had lit a fecking rocket! Fecking shit myself as we come over the crest of the hill at whatever speed we were doing and was still shaking when I got off the bike 20 miles later! I asked my mate what speed we were doing when we hit the crest of the hill and he said something like, 'f**k knows, 130 at one point but I stopped looking at the speedo when I was fighting to keep the front wheel on the ground! Probably best that you didn't know that durring the experience eh Malt! f**k that! LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Probably best that you didn't know that durring the experience eh Malt! f**k that! LOL Did feel a bit weightless as we went over the top of the hill but I put that down to the same sort of thing you get on a roller coaster when you go up over a hump after the initial drop! Used to have an unhealthy fascination with speed at that age, thank god I've grown out of it! Reckon you start realising just how mortal you are as you get older and the old self preservation instinct kicks in a bit.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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