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How did you miss to say that the first car to reach 100km/h (la jamais contente "never satisfied") in the 19th century was actually electric. Why not use titanium wheels? And cherry on top, the prompter takes a lot off the passion from the subject. Sorry team, I love the channel and this seems a bit overlooked to be honest. This could be done in a several episode series
First ever land speed record recorded in 1989 huh? Misspeaking within 40seconds of the video starting, very hard to take you seriously. Also ironic you're trying to advertise speaking new languages.
As a European I understand your comment but they focus on their viewers rather than being correct for the 95% rest of the world. Someday, for the sake of adopting English as a universal language, they might adopt the metric system the imperial system is based on.@@cxgamer9680
I’ll never forget how we crowded around the TV in 1989 to watch some French guy break the land speed record in a chain driven plywood box. It was our moon landing. Plus it was on right before Alf, so that didn’t hurt.
I met Ross back in the 90's as a 12 yr-old school kid here in Perth. Our teacher told us to do a project on your Hero! So I chose Ross. I already knew where he lived at the time, the house with the massive garage! So I knocked on his door. My "interview" was him showing off all his toys, like his 12 or so different jet engines in a gigantic rack, the Aussie Invader 1 & 2 (which won the aussie land speed record) and the Aussie Invader 3, which at the time was still being built. A jet dragster he made for fun. Some very fast looking bikes. He was so welcoming and enthusiastic. I'll never forget what a good bloke he was. Dead set Legend. I wish Ross all the best, hope he gets the record.
do you not know idiocy? money only gave object to it no one cares how fast a human body can go in near earth orbit...he will eventually be little more than pink smoke.
"A 62,000 pounds of thrust rocket is moving a 2,5 tons, 16 meters long vehicle made of 10mm thick steel at 1,000 miles per hour." Bro, pick a system already.
Brit here. One of the most admirable aspects of Australian culture is their insane passion and dedication to motorsports culture. Whether on two wheels, four or more and whether fringe pursuits like this or more traditional motorsports competition, for such a small nation they've always punched above their size. They've produced some of the best drivers, racing teams and engineering solutions. Nothing but respect for Aussie car culture!
He reminds me of Ken Warby and the world water speed record. Sadly Ken passed away of natural causes last year having held the WWS record since 1978 that he set in a boat he designed himself and built in his backyard using a j34 jet engine he bought for scrap metal prices that a couple of guys from the RAAF got running for him. Everyone who has attempted to break his record has died. Watch the youtube video of his run as she dances on the planes. ruclips.net/video/nloF0eF-zFs/видео.html Scary stuff!
Raise your hand if you’re old enough to remember ABC’s Wide World of Sports and the occasional land speed record attempts and evil kinevil jumping the Grand Canyon…those were the days of idols who had big brass ones…
I used to love catching those by accident,I never knew when it was coming on. As a kid from the hills of northern Vermont, I got exposed for the first time to a bunch of cool stuff because of that little gem.
To put all these massive numbers into perspective: at one point, the Bloodhound LSR was going to have a 550 hp Jaguar V8 to act as the fuel pump. The jet they use is so enormous, it needs a 550hp fuel pump. That is how insane it has become to beat this land speed record. They've moved to a massive electric motor now, as that technology has advanced with EV's.
@@SimonBauer7 The Eurofighter is built completely different. The pump it uses can't be used on the LSR, so they had to find something else. If it did work, they would've used it. No point in developing a new system. The point is that a single engine needs a 550 hp fuel pump, which is insane. Regardless of type or what it is used in.
A more interesting fact (if you can comprehend it) is the V8 engines intake air needed to be intercooled... *before* the supercharger. The air pressure beyond mach1 is enough that it would increase the intake temps enough to badly reduce performance, so it would be intercooled (likely air-to-water) then go through the supercharger as normal.
i love the progression land speed records have had. started with just a car, then progressive performance upgrades, on to a piston engine fighter without wings, to jet fighter without wings, on to fucking multi-stage, could probably make orbit with some tweaks, rockets that you just dont aim up. like at this point they've taken things so far its barely even a land speed record rather an air speed record while still technically touching the ground.
Richard Branson, after failing to start an LEO company, instead puts four dangly bits on a orbital rocket which touch the ground. New "ground speed record" is now 20k mph. Many cities destroyed, millions of lives lost.
I grew up near Rosco's home workshop in Mulalloo and always heard about him growing up. I finally got to meet him in 2018. Such an amazing character! Very humble and a genuine hard working Aussie bloke with big ambitions! He is defiantly someone I look up to! Great video Scott.
I met Rosco as well many years ago and got to see the Mullaloo workshop. Ran into him accidentally at the local pizza shop and he shouted me a pizza. Mighty bloke!
Fellow mullaloo kid here! He bought the AI2 down to the local primary school during the Christmas fete, prior to his second attempt. I would have been 10 maybe!
As an American kid born in 1954 Craig Breedlove was the first person I watched on TV driving the Spirit of America. I was so facinated by the fact it did not fly. The mechanics of keeping it on the ground was facinating to me..still is.I have taken lessons on flying and you can take off on 100mph in the right plane, even less with a Bi-plane..so keeping these boys on the ground blows me away.
From what I understood from the Thrust SSC team when I watched the record-setting, it had (in addition to its ground-effects design) small retro-type rockets built into the body that would slam the car down on the ground if 'liftoff' was detected at any time. Interestingly, it also had interior baffles built into the frame that were designed to break up and 'shove along' the supersonic shock wave as it passed through the car on its supersonic run. As well, Squadron Leader Green mentioned to us (press & bystanders) that the turbulence/shaking approaching the trans-sonic zone was strong, but once through, It very much smoothed out, and was much easier to control. His tactic to handle this was to get to around 650 or so, then back off for a bit, then PUNCH through the zone. What guts - this is an activity for the few, not me. But it's entertaining as hell, and even inspirational. Finally, FTR, I found Mr. Green to be one of those rare individuals who was nothing but 100.000% positive that it would happen successfully and safely. Kinda reminded me of Dick Rutan (pilot of Voyager, 1st aircraft to circumnavigate Earth in ONE flight.) Thank God for these folks..;)
A quick relative description of the run: A late-model vehicle will, after a couple minutes or so of pedal-to-the metal acceleration, be going approximately 110 mph/175 kph or so; at that speed, a Formula One car will pass it like it's standing still, because it'll be doing roughly double that speed.. The F1 car at top speed will be passed by a commercial jetliner like IT is standing still, because the jet will be doing double the F1's top.. If the jetliner pilot were to fly low over the SSC run, and look down as he did so, he would see the car easily outstrip him. THAT is some monster speed ;) It can cover 200 + meters in a snap of the fingers! Next time you are driving down the freeway at 77mph/121 kph, count the seconds between regularly-spaced markers (electric/comm. utility poles, mile/distance markers, etc.), then divide that by 10 for a real-time comparison of speeds (top instantaneous SSC speed was reported to be 771 mph/~1200kph). Visually, acceleration from 0-300 mph/480 kph was gradual, to prevent any unforeseen object pick-up (and potential damage), but the acceleration from 300-600 to me was the visual definition of the word 'terrific' - at around 450 or so, it's speed is like nothing you've ever seen on Earth, and it is CONTINUING acceleration! Its ACCELERATION is accelerating! It is at this point that, again to me, its speed approaches the ungodly.. If one were to fire a rifle bullet in the same direction as the car as it entered the timing zone, the car would outrun the bullet! A snap of the fingers is covered distance longer than two football pitches, US or other. ALL THIS WITH REAR-WHEEL STEER!! I couldn't do it..;[] Unforgettable ;) P.S. A blind 'spectator' with us on a low hill overlooking the site took off his shoes & socks, then buried his hands & feet in the loose sand, dirt & gravel ther, & after the run, claimed he could feel the Shockwave through the ground. I find science ALL fascinating..
You've "taken lessons on flying" and still think that you need a bi-plane to take off at less than 100 mph??? What kind of "lessons" did you *actually* take? A Piper Cub (which is a MONOPLANE) can take off at HALF that speed. A Cessna 150 can barely FLY that fast on a good day. smh Look at the specs on a Piper J3 Cub. Piper J-3 Cub performance and specifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Horsepower: 65 Gross Weight: 1220 lbs Top Speed: 76 kts Empty Weight: 680 lbs Cruise Speed: 65 kts Fuel Capacity: 9.00 gal Stall Speed (dirty): 33 kts Range: 146 nm
I have met Rosco in real life at a car show in Perth. Top bloke. I wish him success. Honestly surprised he has struggled to get sponsorship for this car.
Love it! Great share - Included the Bud-Rocket car too which is always great to see. Top speed / Land Speed racing is dangerous stuff. The loss of Jessi Combs in 2019 is testament to the level of commitment these racers have towards their dreams. These record attempts are unforgiving. A prayer and solute to Rosco McGlashan’s and his quest of 1000!
I grew up a few doors down from Rossco. Was great to see his progress and is an inspiration to never give up. He started the jet up one day and the police thought a helicopter had crashed! Good times the
I'm an engineer and am totally impressed with all the thinking going into this land speed record car. I'm assuming the body is steel because they need the weight to keep it on the ground. The front "emergency brake" would be better mounted behind the center of mass, you do not want the car swapping ends at high speed.
no, we’re increasing the weight to slow the acceleration down, so that each of the 140 kg wheels. Can spin up in sync with the cars acceleration. it’s all explained in the book on Amazon. Rosco the fastest Aussie on earth.
I think I understand what you mean. If the metal plate digs in too much/deep while placed towards the front of the vehicle, then the rear could lift up and then start doing cartwheels or just split in half as the rear part that breaks off continues forward.
A 1,000 mph is the ultimate record the person that does it will live forever in the history books and will probably be the last record for a long time!
NZer here - awesome stuff! Go you Aussies! He should name this thing the "20 Metre Tool". He'd have girls going around saying "OMG! OMG! I dated a guy with a 20 metre tool! He took it out for me and it was long and round with a really shiny end!" ;)
The Budweiser Rocket Car exceeded 700 mph in 1979. Although it did not sustain it for a mile or perform it 2 ways so it was not recognized as an official record.
Doing those speeds momentarily is a lot easier than measured mile in 2 directions within an hour. There are many challenges involved with sustaining supersonic speeds over a mile and the fast turn around to immediately do it all again.
No it did't, no speed was recorded because the external radar setup failed to lock on to the car during the run. It's all on video calculations done later say it could not have exceeded 620mph during the run same as how the SSC Tuatara was caught out a few years back after they claimed a run of 331Mph. Further to that mathematical calculations of the car & rocket engine done years later say it had a theatrical top speed of around 630Mph. Only Barrett himself claimed he went supersonic based on his own calculations of internal telemetry claiming 739.666 Mph. No possible way he could have achieved that speed & the video of the run clearly does not support it or shows the car even approaching let alone breaking the barrier. Barrett also refused to show his internal telemetry data or calculations to anyone.
Still blows my mind that i met Rosco and his Aussie Invader. I'm not sure which one it was but it was in the 90's so it must of been number 3. Not even sure how it happened but being a cabinet maker at the time i was probably installing some cabinets at his. But anyway he showed us his shed and the aussie invader. I may have forgotten some of the details but i'll never forget that mammoth machine in his shed :)
Another great video. Love Rosco's grit and determination. Looks like many of the technical challenges have been researched and understood. Supersonic speeds bring massive challenges, most of which you have covered, and very well. One that will cause many challenges is moving that much earth (or salt depending on the location of the event). Would expect 10kg per second as a starting estimate. That is one of the factors that takes massive power - and understanding that is one of the factors that have prevented success and then ultimately led to understanding of why power levels have to be so very high for these incredible machines. Hats off to you Rosco!!
0:38 *1898* with French flag colors. Announcer *rEcORd iN 1989* Can already tell this is going to be a good, well researched and professional documentary.
Maybe worth mentioning rockets fly mostly horizontally for most of their flight. The big difference is they always pull positive G while running their rocket motors so they are settling their own fuel supply - the cars need to keep running while decelerating so need to push the fuel in. It's not because they're horizontal.
@@GuillaumeH84 Oh no. The Parisians are like "La France, c'est nous". And about the US, at least they have it right when they feel they don't need another language because everybody speaks theirs. I once saw an acetone can from a francophone country. It had two labels: "Acetone" for english and "Acètone" for french. Francophone Swiss people are the same. Trying to tell me they don't speak anything but french when I know for a _FACT_ that for decades each Swiss child has learned at least English AND a second one of the four official languages at school, three of which I speak to some degree or other. I don't know what it is about the french speaking people that makes them absolute snobs and a***holes about thinking everybody HAS to speak french.
@@feynthefallen My dear friend.....Acetone in French takes an accent aigu, not an accent grave on the e. At least make a proper correction since you don't like training wheels translation for anglophones stuck in their glory.
Thrust SSC is a new class multi engine! The Invader is the fastest single engine! 😁👍👍🇺🇸 Then comes the AMERICAN DREAM that will break the 1000 mph barrier! 😱😁👍👍🇺🇸
"La Jamais Contente" was also an electric vehicle. According to historical records it had two 25kW motors, each driving one of the rear wheels with chains, powered by 200 volts worth of wet cells. The chassis was built by Rothschild. Aussie Invader 1 had 6,500lb thrust, not 65,000lb thrust.
Never about this before, but in 1965, Hauptmann Siegfried Heltzel in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter at the Nörvenich Air Base had a emergency landing at 435 km/h (270 mph). No aircraft ever had a supersonic ground speed, not even close.
the announcer throwing shade at roscoe is so good 🤣 "putting millions of dollars of other people's time and money on the line" seemed a little resentful
I think Rosco had the fastest flying angels on earth.. This simply comes from my grandmother saying now almost 2 decades ago: "Don't drive / race faster than your Angels can fly!!!" I only ever raced to win.. Period.. However, while my love of speed ended up with a Turbo Busa.. He's got bigger brass ballzz than I ever had.. All that aside, EXCELLENT coverage on this topic!!! I knew you were good with Briggs & Stratton 5 HP Go-Karts but... ;). Thanks for sharing!! I knew a number of 'bits' relating to the land (and water) speed records but your coverage is top notch!
I connected to Rosco's link profile in 2016. I don't know why or how he found me, but I immediately knew that he was one of these guys we would talk about for decades. Such an incredible story from an incredible engineer.
Best part of this video is knowing that today's technology to run up to 1000MPH test trials without a driver is so easily available. In your first build experiment you just load up the entire vehicle with sensors, record the data and tweak as you ramp up to your goal. Once your calibrated to the final speed drop in the humanoid.
On my attempt to break the world land speed record, I was tailgated by a bloke in a white van puffing on a rollup and a phone up to one ear. I had to move aside to avoid an accident.
1989, the 1st land speed record has just been reached at 39.24 mph Troll face - develops a car with no engine and breaks the record by jumping of a cliff with it
I really hope with the book and recent publicity Rosco been able to get some funds. Australia could do with an inspirational and galvanising moment. Maybe a whole number of RUclipsrs can give this project exposure to build up some hype. It would be incredible to see this live.
I was a aircraft structure specialist at Travis AFB in the late 90's, some of my friends went to help build the "Sprit of America" car after its tip over problem. i sadly had to work on a special aircraft project due to being part of the emergency repair team. They could not spare me. i was bumed i missed out.
Humans have been around for centuries and there's still plenty of people who think going fast is some kind of important achievement that is beneficial for humanity.
Instead of using pistons to propel the fuel aft, they can use inflatables. The inflatables are powered by gas expansion, from a small gas bottle, that inflates the inflatable inside the fuel tanks. This also provides an emergency shut-off, just closing the gas input from the gas bottle. The inflatables can also be set to do back to front in emptying sequence, if that can help. Also, doing remote piloting for a test run will most certainly be more safe. Also the 'emergency brake' should be aft, not front, since you want to be able to steer, which would be prevented by such a brake, since it would lift the front wheels from the ground. I'd also suggest a sword shape, that would simply grind into the ground little by little as the tip would grind off.
* BY FAR the one that impresses me the most is 300+mph in 1935 - Even before WW.II kicked off - seriously impressive Most top fighter planes (production planes mind you), hadn't much surpassed that impressive milestone !!
His book is a great read. Fascinating what's involved in using a rocket horizontally rather than vertically. The aluminium billets for the wheels cost $20k each!
Does the rollcage and other safety related stuff really matter if you are going over the speed of sound with tons of hypergolic fuel (auto ignites when fuel and oxidizer mix) right in front of you? If you loose control and crash the only question is if you die faster from the G-forces or the fireball from the fuel and oxidizer burning (or exploding).
I worked for Cytec who's name was on the side of the Thrust because we gave them some out of spec carbon fiber for free.. We were shown a video where Andy stated that there was only a 1 degree margin of error from lifting and being buried into the sand.. 1 degree, thus the rear tail wing.. Good luck for ANYONE thinking they can keep whatever their driving doing better or equal than that at 1000 mph.. They probably are going to die.. The car was also physically shaking apart on the second to last run, it survived the last run and they called it over.. It was coming apart from the intense vibration..
The only thing I would change is having tiny air blades on both sides of the rear wheels. They could possibly move 10mm in all directions, and react to air buffeting in real time. :]
I have had many conversations with Rosco he is an amazing dude, I also know and interviewed the crew that supported Malcolm Cambell landspeed attempts lots of stories with lose tails of verification.
Fan of your channel,💪. I don't have a problem with converting units real time but many of your viewers could have so it would be nice to have metric units shown also. We metric people also like speed😎
They’ve been talking about the thousand mile an hour barrier for 30 years. But Britain will break it. They always do. There is a reason why every F1 team is based in Britain apart from a couple of them. Superior engineering.
As a racecar driver using a 2200lb car going around 100mph, I'd say that roll cage is grossly under-engineered. What we use isn't that far off from what the images that are being shown. But honestly at those speeds with that much weight not much is going to "save" you. I'd still drive it. Good luck to this guy, I'd love to see it happen. Even getting close would be amazing.
I know nothing about this topic but... Why is the emergency brake at the front.. 😲 I used the front brake on my bicycle once, made me do a somersault.. I would go for the rear t.b.h Can someone explain..?
I feel like I'm speaking for everyone when I say we really don't give a shit about the pedantic 3 wheel vs 4 wheel and back to back run requirements. No Idea what governing body even makes these rules, we just want to see a land vehicle go as fast as possible
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How did you miss to say that the first car to reach 100km/h (la jamais contente "never satisfied") in the 19th century was actually electric.
Why not use titanium wheels? And cherry on top, the prompter takes a lot off the passion from the subject.
Sorry team, I love the channel and this seems a bit overlooked to be honest. This could be done in a several episode series
First ever land speed record recorded in 1989 huh? Misspeaking within 40seconds of the video starting, very hard to take you seriously. Also ironic you're trying to advertise speaking new languages.
He advertise speaking a new language? When and where please? @@zl6924
Why not start with translating your units first?
As a European I understand your comment but they focus on their viewers rather than being correct for the 95% rest of the world. Someday, for the sake of adopting English as a universal language, they might adopt the metric system the imperial system is based on.@@cxgamer9680
Oops... 1898 not 1989!
i guess we have to break a speed record now
And the first car was in 1885, with the patent being assigned in 1886, so that was incorrect too :/
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Oops....not opps! 😂
All the Taylor Swift fans appreciate the shoutout.
I love how the 60 mph record breaker is a super-streamlined cylinder, with a massive French bloke stuck out the top.
haha i was just about to say the same thing
You gotta put the garlic somewhere 😊
@@DS-xg9kf That's what was creating the thrust
Belgian!
@@philipminns3933 belgian/french. Both the same.
Can't believe you managed to get so much information about the development of the Red Bull RB20.
testing rn is telling us ferrari has the RB20
@@domi4307 carlos sainz really trying to show ferrari they messed up
@@domi4307 don't do that. Don't give them hope.
Wirh l as much else is wrong i wouldnt be surprised if most of that shit was wrong as well.
@@KarstRats
I guess wrong is a way of life for you.
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I’ll never forget how we crowded around the TV in 1989 to watch some French guy break the land speed record in a chain driven plywood box. It was our moon landing. Plus it was on right before Alf, so that didn’t hurt.
what? 1989 land speed record in a chain driven plywood box? Technology was WAY past that in 1989. Typo?
@@MikeZ8709 Don’t gaslight me, bro.
@@mojoron I caught that too. :)
@@MikeZ8709 0:36 :listen carefully
The script writer and video editor are still cringing to this day, 20 years since the video was first uploaded.
I met Ross back in the 90's as a 12 yr-old school kid here in Perth. Our teacher told us to do a project on your Hero! So I chose Ross. I already knew where he lived at the time, the house with the massive garage! So I knocked on his door. My "interview" was him showing off all his toys, like his 12 or so different jet engines in a gigantic rack, the Aussie Invader 1 & 2 (which won the aussie land speed record) and the Aussie Invader 3, which at the time was still being built. A jet dragster he made for fun. Some very fast looking bikes. He was so welcoming and enthusiastic. I'll never forget what a good bloke he was. Dead set Legend. I wish Ross all the best, hope he gets the record.
Very hard to go super sonic at ground level, the air is very thick. The higher you go the thinner the air.......
do you not know idiocy? money only gave object to it no one cares how fast a human body can go in near earth orbit...he will eventually be little more than pink smoke.
"A 62,000 pounds of thrust rocket is moving a 2,5 tons, 16 meters long vehicle made of 10mm thick steel at 1,000 miles per hour."
Bro, pick a system already.
It's 6 horses and three medium rats long
Especially with a video about speed, I would have loved to convert the units on screen.
USA, USA, USA!
@FredDufresne tbf it's very common for brits to mix units like this
He's British. We use both happily. :-D
Brit here. One of the most admirable aspects of Australian culture is their insane passion and dedication to motorsports culture. Whether on two wheels, four or more and whether fringe pursuits like this or more traditional motorsports competition, for such a small nation they've always punched above their size. They've produced some of the best drivers, racing teams and engineering solutions. Nothing but respect for Aussie car culture!
the only
only small in terms of population, it's a huge country otherwise
Agreed. I ride dirt bikes, and the Aussies have absolutely become the kings of motocross and freestyle. Nobody compares. Ride in peace, Jayo!
Motorsport is the only sport theyre good at
Eric Bana's racing passion taught me a few things about the love for the sport.
I think my favorite thing about Rosco is that HE'S NOT DEAD! Talk about dome dangerous stuff! Dude must live for the thrill.
if you got money and time, everyone would live for the thrill.
I think the fact that he’s still alive means that he lives for the engineering.
He reminds me of Ken Warby and the world water speed record. Sadly Ken passed away of natural causes last year having held the WWS record since 1978 that he set in a boat he designed himself and built in his backyard using a j34 jet engine he bought for scrap metal prices that a couple of guys from the RAAF got running for him. Everyone who has attempted to break his record has died. Watch the youtube video of his run as she dances on the planes. ruclips.net/video/nloF0eF-zFs/видео.html Scary stuff!
Raise your hand if you’re old enough to remember ABC’s Wide World of Sports and the occasional land speed record attempts and evil kinevil jumping the Grand Canyon…those were the days of idols who had big brass ones…
I used to love catching those by accident,I never knew when it was coming on. As a kid from the hills of northern Vermont, I got exposed for the first time to a bunch of cool stuff because of that little gem.
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat 🏁🏁🏁
Ah 1989. Those were the days. To think only one year earlier in 1988 we had cars so slow we'd never even set a world speed record.
"His garage" is 5 times the size of my apartament.
What's that in Olympic swimming pools?🇬🇧
Skill issue
Your apartment needs an owner mod
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Besides, where else would you build a car, if not in your garage?
"Low speed" parachute deploys at 400 mph.😎
when you talk normally
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but in a very different league😅
To put all these massive numbers into perspective: at one point, the Bloodhound LSR was going to have a 550 hp Jaguar V8 to act as the fuel pump.
The jet they use is so enormous, it needs a 550hp fuel pump. That is how insane it has become to beat this land speed record. They've moved to a massive electric motor now, as that technology has advanced with EV's.
the jet engine is used in the eurofighter, the eurofighter uses two of these.
@@SimonBauer7 The Eurofighter is built completely different. The pump it uses can't be used on the LSR, so they had to find something else. If it did work, they would've used it. No point in developing a new system.
The point is that a single engine needs a 550 hp fuel pump, which is insane. Regardless of type or what it is used in.
the v8 fuel pump was for the rocket, not the jet engine if I remember correctly
A more interesting fact (if you can comprehend it) is the V8 engines intake air needed to be intercooled... *before* the supercharger.
The air pressure beyond mach1 is enough that it would increase the intake temps enough to badly reduce performance, so it would be intercooled (likely air-to-water) then go through the supercharger as normal.
@@tomstech4390 That is pretty insane! Science becomes a lot weirder at those speeds.
i love the progression land speed records have had. started with just a car, then progressive performance upgrades, on to a piston engine fighter without wings, to jet fighter without wings, on to fucking multi-stage, could probably make orbit with some tweaks, rockets that you just dont aim up. like at this point they've taken things so far its barely even a land speed record rather an air speed record while still technically touching the ground.
Richard Branson, after failing to start an LEO company, instead puts four dangly bits on a orbital rocket which touch the ground. New "ground speed record" is now 20k mph. Many cities destroyed, millions of lives lost.
God Bless You Roscoe and Your Family!! I know You'll succeed. Have Faith!!
Jimmy in NC....
I grew up near Rosco's home workshop in Mulalloo and always heard about him growing up. I finally got to meet him in 2018. Such an amazing character! Very humble and a genuine hard working Aussie bloke with big ambitions! He is defiantly someone I look up to!
Great video Scott.
I met Rosco as well many years ago and got to see the Mullaloo workshop. Ran into him accidentally at the local pizza shop and he shouted me a pizza. Mighty bloke!
Fellow mullaloo kid here! He bought the AI2 down to the local primary school during the Christmas fete, prior to his second attempt. I would have been 10 maybe!
That 250mph go cart must have felt absolutely insane, lmao.....especially so low down! Respect, this crazy dude has some serious balls!
Knowing that there are still innovative mad men like Roscoe around makes my day a little bit brighter.
"In an effort to improve safety, Rosco moved to the protection of 4 wheels WITH A ROCKET POWERED GO KART" 💀💀💀💀💀
Good luck Rosco I’ve seen a program on you a long time ago. I hope you make this happen. You Tosco are fearless and deserve this.
As an American kid born in 1954 Craig Breedlove was the first person I watched on TV driving the Spirit of America. I was so facinated by the fact it did not fly. The mechanics of keeping it on the ground was facinating to me..still is.I have taken lessons on flying and you can take off on 100mph in the right plane, even less with a Bi-plane..so keeping these boys on the ground blows me away.
It's just a reversed wing.
From what I understood from the Thrust SSC team when I watched the record-setting, it had (in addition to its ground-effects design) small retro-type rockets built into the body that would slam the car down on the ground if 'liftoff' was detected at any time.
Interestingly, it also had interior baffles built into the frame that were designed to break up and 'shove along' the supersonic shock wave as it passed through the car on its supersonic run.
As well, Squadron Leader Green mentioned to us (press & bystanders) that the turbulence/shaking approaching the trans-sonic zone was strong, but once through, It very much smoothed out, and was much easier to control.
His tactic to handle this was to get to around 650 or so, then back off for a bit, then PUNCH through the zone.
What guts - this is an activity for the few, not me.
But it's entertaining as hell, and even inspirational.
Finally, FTR, I found Mr. Green to be one of those rare individuals who was nothing but 100.000% positive that it would happen successfully and safely. Kinda reminded me of Dick Rutan (pilot of Voyager, 1st aircraft to circumnavigate Earth in ONE flight.)
Thank God for these folks..;)
A quick relative description of the run:
A late-model vehicle will, after a couple minutes or so of pedal-to-the metal acceleration, be going approximately 110 mph/175 kph or so; at that speed, a Formula One car will pass it like it's standing still, because it'll be doing roughly double that speed..
The F1 car at top speed will be passed by a commercial jetliner like IT is standing still, because the jet will be doing double the F1's top..
If the jetliner pilot were to fly low over the SSC run, and look down as he did so, he would see the car easily outstrip him.
THAT is some monster speed ;)
It can cover 200 + meters in a snap of the fingers!
Next time you are driving down the freeway at 77mph/121 kph, count the seconds between regularly-spaced markers (electric/comm. utility poles, mile/distance markers, etc.), then divide that by 10 for a real-time comparison of speeds (top instantaneous SSC speed was reported to be 771 mph/~1200kph).
Visually, acceleration from 0-300 mph/480 kph was gradual, to prevent any unforeseen object pick-up (and potential damage), but the acceleration from 300-600 to me was the visual definition of the word 'terrific' - at around 450 or so, it's speed is like nothing you've ever seen on Earth, and it is CONTINUING acceleration! Its ACCELERATION is accelerating!
It is at this point that, again to me, its speed approaches the ungodly..
If one were to fire a rifle bullet in the same direction as the car as it entered the timing zone, the car would outrun the bullet!
A snap of the fingers is covered distance longer than two football pitches, US or other.
ALL THIS WITH REAR-WHEEL STEER!! I couldn't do it..;[]
Unforgettable ;)
P.S. A blind 'spectator' with us on a low hill overlooking the site took off his shoes & socks, then buried his hands & feet in the loose sand, dirt & gravel ther, & after the run, claimed he could feel the Shockwave through the ground.
I find science ALL fascinating..
You've "taken lessons on flying" and still think that you need a bi-plane to take off at less than 100 mph???
What kind of "lessons" did you *actually* take?
A Piper Cub (which is a MONOPLANE) can take off at HALF that speed.
A Cessna 150 can barely FLY that fast on a good day. smh
Look at the specs on a Piper J3 Cub.
Piper J-3 Cub performance and specifications:
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Horsepower: 65 Gross Weight: 1220 lbs
Top Speed: 76 kts Empty Weight: 680 lbs
Cruise Speed: 65 kts Fuel Capacity: 9.00 gal
Stall Speed (dirty): 33 kts Range: 146 nm
Geez..its a comment...yes a Cessna take off is about 85mph..get off it
As an Aussie myself, there would be something so perfect about the LSR holder being an Aussie with a name like Rosco McGlashan.
Sounds like an assumed name doesn't it ?
Bloody othe mate,
Thrust 2 increased land speed record to 633.5mph 13 years after Blue Flame. So, land speed record has been UK held since 1983.
Indeed. In all the fuss about Thrust SSC, he forgot about Thrust 2...
I have met Rosco in real life at a car show in Perth. Top bloke. I wish him success. Honestly surprised he has struggled to get sponsorship for this car.
Greetings from South Perth m8 :)
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Love it! Great share - Included the Bud-Rocket car too which is always great to see. Top speed / Land Speed racing is dangerous stuff. The loss of Jessi Combs in 2019 is testament to the level of commitment these racers have towards their dreams. These record attempts are unforgiving. A prayer and solute to Rosco McGlashan’s and his quest of 1000!
I grew up a few doors down from Rossco. Was great to see his progress and is an inspiration to never give up.
He started the jet up one day and the police thought a helicopter had crashed! Good times the
Rosco McGlashan and Ken Warby are absolute Aussie legends. Good luck Rosco
Thanks, Damien, the book is on the way. 👍
@@aussieinvader5r Thank you.
I'm an engineer and am totally impressed with all the thinking going into this land speed record car. I'm assuming the body is steel because they need the weight to keep it on the ground. The front "emergency brake" would be better mounted behind the center of mass, you do not want the car swapping ends at high speed.
no, we’re increasing the weight to slow the acceleration down, so that each of the 140 kg wheels. Can spin up in sync with the cars acceleration. it’s all explained in the book on Amazon. Rosco the fastest Aussie on earth.
Did you not listen to the video?
I think I understand what you mean. If the metal plate digs in too much/deep while placed towards the front of the vehicle, then the rear could lift up and then start doing cartwheels or just split in half as the rear part that breaks off continues forward.
If it's 0-1000 mph in 22 seconds why is this video 26 minutes long.
'cause being fast alwais needs slow thinking
Why do you care
@@quadrantalerror1121 Get a sense of humor, Karen.
Burger
@@SwedeSpeeder 😂😂😂❤️
A 1,000 mph is the ultimate record the person that does it will live forever in the history books and will probably be the last record for a long time!
NZer here - awesome stuff! Go you Aussies!
He should name this thing the "20 Metre Tool".
He'd have girls going around saying "OMG! OMG! I dated a guy with a 20 metre tool!
He took it out for me and it was long and round with a really shiny end!" ;)
Oh how I love that Aussie/NZ humor
The Budweiser Rocket Car exceeded 700 mph in 1979. Although it did not sustain it for a mile or perform it 2 ways so it was not recognized as an official record.
Doing those speeds momentarily is a lot easier than measured mile in 2 directions within an hour. There are many challenges involved with sustaining supersonic speeds over a mile and the fast turn around to immediately do it all again.
No it did't, no speed was recorded because the external radar setup failed to lock on to the car during the run. It's all on video calculations done later say it could not have exceeded 620mph during the run same as how the SSC Tuatara was caught out a few years back after they claimed a run of 331Mph. Further to that mathematical calculations of the car & rocket engine done years later say it had a theatrical top speed of around 630Mph. Only Barrett himself claimed he went supersonic based on his own calculations of internal telemetry claiming 739.666 Mph. No possible way he could have achieved that speed & the video of the run clearly does not support it or shows the car even approaching let alone breaking the barrier. Barrett also refused to show his internal telemetry data or calculations to anyone.
@@ZuulGatekeeper Indeed, and there was no sonic boom! Shocked that this wasn't mentioned.
To break it down to basics , no boom no sound Barrier broken
@@ZuulGatekeeper - On point!!!!!!! Barret is a bullsh*t artist!!!!!
At age 4 learned that tricycles always tip over
In a straight line, on flat ground? Perhaps you should refrain from giving up your training wheels my friend...
At the age of 40 I learned that an old disabled lady with two canes, is going faster than me in a tricycle.
Obviously, I never tipped over.
"and rockets are designed to go - *THAT WAY* ." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still blows my mind that i met Rosco and his Aussie Invader. I'm not sure which one it was but it was in the 90's so it must of been number 3. Not even sure how it happened but being a cabinet maker at the time i was probably installing some cabinets at his. But anyway he showed us his shed and the aussie invader. I may have forgotten some of the details but i'll never forget that mammoth machine in his shed :)
I saw the Blue Flame in some ones back yard in Lake Elsinore, California back in the middle 1970's
What you mean somebody lighting farts?🤣
Another great video. Love Rosco's grit and determination. Looks like many of the technical challenges have been researched and understood. Supersonic speeds bring massive challenges, most of which you have covered, and very well. One that will cause many challenges is moving that much earth (or salt depending on the location of the event). Would expect 10kg per second as a starting estimate. That is one of the factors that takes massive power - and understanding that is one of the factors that have prevented success and then ultimately led to understanding of why power levels have to be so very high for these incredible machines. Hats off to you Rosco!!
You forgot to mention Richard Noble in Thrust 2 who broke the record with 633mph that was before Thrust SSC
0:38
*1898* with French flag colors.
Announcer *rEcORd iN 1989*
Can already tell this is going to be a good, well researched and professional documentary.
Maybe worth mentioning rockets fly mostly horizontally for most of their flight. The big difference is they always pull positive G while running their rocket motors so they are settling their own fuel supply - the cars need to keep running while decelerating so need to push the fuel in. It's not because they're horizontal.
You forgot Richard Noble breaking the speed record in 1982 with thrust 2.
No mention of Art Arfons either.
No he didn't, he literally mentions it at 8:30.
"1989 in France"
Think you meant to say 1898 lol
oopsie
It's France. Entirely believable. "Le monde, c'est nous."
@@feynthefallen I think you mean Parisians. And I don't know if it's better or worse than "we're the good guys" the US!
@@GuillaumeH84 Oh no. The Parisians are like "La France, c'est nous".
And about the US, at least they have it right when they feel they don't need another language because everybody speaks theirs. I once saw an acetone can from a francophone country. It had two labels: "Acetone" for english and "Acètone" for french. Francophone Swiss people are the same. Trying to tell me they don't speak anything but french when I know for a _FACT_ that for decades each Swiss child has learned at least English AND a second one of the four official languages at school, three of which I speak to some degree or other. I don't know what it is about the french speaking people that makes them absolute snobs and a***holes about thinking everybody HAS to speak french.
@@feynthefallen My dear friend.....Acetone in French takes an accent aigu, not an accent grave on the e. At least make a proper correction since you don't like training wheels translation for anglophones stuck in their glory.
They should go for breaking light speed
Ha ha
Thrust SSC is a new class multi engine! The Invader is the fastest single engine! 😁👍👍🇺🇸
Then comes the AMERICAN DREAM that will break the 1000 mph barrier! 😱😁👍👍🇺🇸
thankyou for doing this piece! this guy is such a legend here in Perth, he's literally building this thing in his backyard down the road from my house
Best teaser trailer ever! Pick a new title! 😂
Sorry Rosco I already beat this record last wednesday when I told my buddy to hold my beer and floored my '90 Ford Sierra
Let's be real here: Its not a car. Its a rocket with fake wheels.
Great video!
BTW...you know you accidentally said "1989" instead of "1898" at 0.38, right?
1989 in France was the first time the landspeed record was broken...
Whoops! Musta been a 5.0 Mustang... Hah!
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A little dyslexic perhaps?
"La Jamais Contente" was also an electric vehicle. According to historical records it had two 25kW motors, each driving one of the rear wheels with chains, powered by 200 volts worth of wet cells. The chassis was built by Rothschild.
Aussie Invader 1 had 6,500lb thrust, not 65,000lb thrust.
Never about this before, but in 1965, Hauptmann Siegfried Heltzel in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter at the Nörvenich Air Base had a emergency landing at 435 km/h (270 mph). No aircraft ever had a supersonic ground speed, not even close.
the announcer throwing shade at roscoe is so good 🤣
"putting millions of dollars of other people's time and money on the line" seemed a little resentful
I think Rosco had the fastest flying angels on earth.. This simply comes from my grandmother saying now almost 2 decades ago: "Don't drive / race faster than your Angels can fly!!!" I only ever raced to win.. Period.. However, while my love of speed ended up with a Turbo Busa.. He's got bigger brass ballzz than I ever had.. All that aside, EXCELLENT coverage on this topic!!! I knew you were good with Briggs & Stratton 5 HP Go-Karts but... ;). Thanks for sharing!! I knew a number of 'bits' relating to the land (and water) speed records but your coverage is top notch!
I connected to Rosco's link profile in 2016. I don't know why or how he found me, but I immediately knew that he was one of these guys we would talk about for decades. Such an incredible story from an incredible engineer.
Thanks!
Good post, sat next to Ross on a plane to LA in 82 /83, what a energetic man.
Best part of this video is knowing that today's technology to run up to 1000MPH test trials without a driver is so easily available. In your first build experiment you just load up the entire vehicle with sensors, record the data and tweak as you ramp up to your goal. Once your calibrated to the final speed drop in the humanoid.
Yeah yeah yeah , it has to beat SSC before he thinks of hitting 1000mph
The Titanic had 50,000 horsepower. A Boeing 777 jet has 175,000. Now, a land vehicle has 200,000? The power is insane!
"first ever land speed record was recorded in 1989.."
1989 rubbish! Surely 1889
Cant wait for the Car Wow drag - Plaid vs Nevera vs Spierling vs Aussie Invader 😂
Easily one of the best channels on RUclips or anyone's tube.
On my attempt to break the world land speed record, I was tailgated by a bloke in a white van puffing on a rollup and a phone up to one ear. I had to move aside to avoid an accident.
once had the pleasure of standing in that shed in the 90`s and chatting to Rosco, really nice bloke.
Remember that the first record was in "1989" not "1898" ... After the first car was ever invented....
Haaahaaa...ROFL 🤣
0:38 - 1989, you say? 😂🤣😂🤣😂
1989, the 1st land speed record has just been reached at 39.24 mph
Troll face - develops a car with no engine and breaks the record by jumping of a cliff with it
I really hope with the book and recent publicity Rosco been able to get some funds. Australia could do with an inspirational and galvanising moment. Maybe a whole number of RUclipsrs can give this project exposure to build up some hype. It would be incredible to see this live.
I was a aircraft structure specialist at Travis AFB in the late 90's, some of my friends went to help build the "Sprit of America" car after its tip over problem. i sadly had to work on a special aircraft project due to being part of the emergency repair team. They could not spare me. i was bumed i missed out.
Sorry Driver, but 600 mph was broken on November 15, 1965 when Craig Breedlove took the Sonic 1 to a 2-way record of 600.601 mph.
Humans have been around for centuries and there's still plenty of people who think going fast is some kind of important achievement that is beneficial for humanity.
Why at 39 seconds do you say 1989 was the first recorded land speed record when "1898" pops onto the screen???? Might wanna fix that....
The wheels are made of aluminum.
See Google to convert all of those metric units to standard units for a better understanding of what's involved.
8:07 this sadly isn´t a mirage...
Instead of using pistons to propel the fuel aft, they can use inflatables.
The inflatables are powered by gas expansion, from a small gas bottle, that inflates
the inflatable inside the fuel tanks.
This also provides an emergency shut-off, just closing the gas input from the gas bottle.
The inflatables can also be set to do back to front in emptying sequence, if that can help.
Also, doing remote piloting for a test run will most certainly be more safe.
Also the 'emergency brake' should be aft, not front, since you want to be able to steer,
which would be prevented by such a brake, since it would lift the front wheels from the ground.
I'd also suggest a sword shape, that would simply grind into the ground little by little as the tip
would grind off.
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BY FAR the one that impresses me the most is 300+mph in 1935 - Even before WW.II kicked off - seriously impressive
Most top fighter planes (production planes mind you), hadn't much surpassed that impressive milestone !!
“Breedlove”! I bet his ancestry has sone interesting stories
Lol first ever in 1989 instead of the massive banner reading 1898
His book is a great read. Fascinating what's involved in using a rocket horizontally rather than vertically.
The aluminium billets for the wheels cost $20k each!
Does the rollcage and other safety related stuff really matter if you are going over the speed of sound with tons of hypergolic fuel (auto ignites when fuel and oxidizer mix) right in front of you?
If you loose control and crash the only question is if you die faster from the G-forces or the fireball from the fuel and oxidizer burning (or exploding).
You know youve done something invredible when the australians think its too crazy
I worked for Cytec who's name was on the side of the Thrust because we gave them some out of spec carbon fiber for free.. We were shown a video where Andy stated that there was only a 1 degree margin of error from lifting and being buried into the sand.. 1 degree, thus the rear tail wing.. Good luck for ANYONE thinking they can keep whatever their driving doing better or equal than that at 1000 mph.. They probably are going to die.. The car was also physically shaking apart on the second to last run, it survived the last run and they called it over.. It was coming apart from the intense vibration..
Breaking the wound barrier on wheels is absolutely insane!
1000 mph is madness 😅
I am always looking forward to your videos. I think they’re brilliant and I really enjoy them. Please keep up the good work in the future.
This video should be 30 max
When I was a kid, everyone knew the fasted car in the world was the blue flame.
>Low speed Parachute
>Deploys at 400MPH
holy shit this is so unbelievable as a normal person
The only thing I would change is having tiny air blades on both sides of the rear wheels.
They could possibly move 10mm in all directions, and react to air buffeting in real time. :]
He said it was first recorded in 1989 in France. The captions however had it right.
Man will be on Mars before someone breaks a mean 1000mph over 2 runs. Ain't gonna happen.
I have had many conversations with Rosco he is an amazing dude, I also know and interviewed the crew that supported Malcolm Cambell landspeed attempts lots of stories with lose tails of verification.
Fan of your channel,💪. I don't have a problem with converting units real time but many of your viewers could have so it would be nice to have metric units shown also. We metric people also like speed😎
I really hope he does it! That would be awesome! And at his age!
The first landspeed record was NOT in 1989.!!!
They’ve been talking about the thousand mile an hour barrier for 30 years. But Britain will break it. They always do. There is a reason why every F1 team is based in Britain apart from a couple of them. Superior engineering.
As a racecar driver using a 2200lb car going around 100mph, I'd say that roll cage is grossly under-engineered. What we use isn't that far off from what the images that are being shown. But honestly at those speeds with that much weight not much is going to "save" you. I'd still drive it. Good luck to this guy, I'd love to see it happen. Even getting close would be amazing.
I know nothing about this topic but... Why is the emergency brake at the front.. 😲 I used the front brake on my bicycle once, made me do a somersault.. I would go for the rear t.b.h
Can someone explain..?
I feel like I'm speaking for everyone when I say we really don't give a shit about the pedantic 3 wheel vs 4 wheel and back to back run requirements. No Idea what governing body even makes these rules, we just want to see a land vehicle go as fast as possible