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ThrustSSC
Front view of ThrustSSC at Coventry Transport Museum
Manufacturer SSC Programme Ltd
Predecessor Thrust2
Class Land Speed Record vehicle
Engine two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan:-
initially: Rolls-Royce Spey 202
finally: Rolls-Royce Spey 205
Length 16.5 m (54 ft)
Width 3.7 m (12 ft)
Kerb weight 10.5 tonnes
Designer Ron Ayers, Glynne Bowsher, Jeremy Bliss
The team with ThrustSSC.
ThrustSSC.
ThrustSSC on display in Coventry.
Rear view of ThrustSSC, with a panel removed to show one of its aluminium alloy wheels, at Coventry Transport Museum.

ThrustSSC, also spelt Thrust SSC (SuperSonic Car) by secondary sources, is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss.[1]

ThrustSSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier.

The car was driven by Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, United States. It was powered by two afterburning Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, as used in the British version of the F-4 Phantom II jet fighter. The car was 16.5 m (54 ft) long, 3.7 m (12 ft) wide and weighed 10.5 tons (10.7 t), and the twin engines developed a net thrust of 223 kN (50,000 lbf), a power output of 110,000 bhp (82MW),[2] burning around 18 litres per second (4.0 Imperial gallons/s or 4.8 US gallons/s). Transformed into the usual terms for car mileages based on its maximum speed, the fuel consumption was about 5,500 l/100 km or 0.04 mpg U.S.

The record run in October 1997 was preceded by extensive test runs of the vehicle in Autumn 1996 and Spring 1997 in the Al-Jafr desert (located in Ma'an Governorate) in Jordan, a location unknown before for its capabilities as a test range for high speed land vehicles, with numerous advantages compared to the salt deserts of the Western United States.

After the record was set, the World Motor Sport Council released the following message:

The World Motor Sport Council homologated the new world land speed records set by the team ThrustSSC of Richard Noble, driver Andy Green, on 15 October 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada (USA). This is the first time in history that a land vehicle has exceeded the speed of sound. The new records are as follows:
  • Flying mile           1227.986 km/h (763.035 mph)
  • Flying kilometre   1223.657 km/h (760.343 mph)
In setting the record, the sound barrier was broken in both the north and south runs.
Paris, 11 November 1997.

In 1983 Richard Noble had broken the world land speed record with his earlier car Thrust2, which reached a speed of 1,018 km/h (633 mph). Both ThrustSSC and Thrust2 are displayed at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England.

The date of Andy Green's record came exactly a half century and one day after Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in Earth's atmosphere, with the Bell X-1 research rocket plane on 14 October 1947.

Several teams are competing to break the record, including Richard Noble's Bloodhound SSC project and the North American Eagle project.

One of the engines at Flixton Air museum, Norfolk.

Contents

[edit] Run History

The complete run history is given below: [3]

Run # Location Date/Time (Local) Date/Time (GMT) Peak Speed (mph) Peak Speed (km/h) Mile Average (mph) Mile Average (km/h) Kilometer avg (mph) Kilometer avg (km/h)
1 DRA, Farnborough 23/09/1996 15:00 23/09/1996 14:00 40 64.372 0 0 0 0
2 DRA, Farnborough 25/09/1996 16:55 25/09/1996 15:55 40 64.372 20 32.186 20 32.186
3 DRA, Farnborough 25/09/1996 17:46 25/09/1996 16:46 70 112.651 30 48.279 30 48.279
4 DRA, Farnborough 26/09/1996 16:00 26/09/1996 15:00 70 112.651 30 48.279 30 48.279
5 DRA, Farnborough 27/09/1996 10:55 27/09/1996 09:55 100 160.93 40 64.372 40 64.372
6 DRA, Farnborough 27/09/1996 11:20 27/09/1996 10:20 120 193.116 50 80.465 50 80.465
7 DRA, Farnborough 27/09/1996 15:05 27/09/1996 14:05 140 225.302 60 96.558 60 96.558
8 DRA, Farnborough 27/09/1996 16:00 27/09/1996 15:20 155 249.442 70 112.651 70 112.651
9 DRA, Farnborough 27/09/1996 18:10 27/09/1996 17:10 160 257.488 75 120.697 75 120.697
10 DRA, Farnborough 28/09/1996 15:19 28/09/1996 14:19 165 265.535 65 104.605 65 104.605
11 DRA, Farnborough 28/09/1996 16:15 28/09/1996 15:15 180 289.674 70 112.651 70 112.651
12 DRA, Farnborough 28/09/1996 17:10 28/09/1996 16:10 200 321.86 80 128.744 80 128.744
13 DRA, Farnborough 14/10/1996 08:05 14/10/1996 07:05 190 305.767 75 120.697 75 120.697
14 DRA, Farnborough 14/10/1996 16:11 14/10/1996 15:11 160 257.488 70 112.651 70 112.651
15 Jafr Desert 12/11/1996 16:08 12/11/1996 14:08 230 370.139 180 289.674 180 289.674
16 Jafr Desert 16/11/1996 15:10 16/11/1996 13:10 330 531.069 280 450.604 280 450.604
17 Jafr Desert 16/11/1996 15:50 16/11/1996 13:50 110 177.023 55 88.512 55 88.512
18 Jafr Desert 21/11/1996 16:25 21/11/1996 14:25 304 489.227 150 241.395 150 241.395
19 DRA, Farnborough 19/04/1997 14:00 19/04/1997 13:00 65 104.605 0 0 0 0
20 DRA, Farnborough 20/04/1997 10:10 20/04/1997 09:10 55 88.512 0 0 0 0
21 DRA, Farnborough 20/04/1997 12:00 20/04/1997 11:00 140 225.302 0 0 0 0
22 DRA, Farnborough 20/04/1997 14:45 20/04/1997 13:45 175 281.628 0 0 0 0
23 DRA, Farnborough 24/04/1997 14:45 24/04/1997 13:45 160 257.488 0 0 0 0
24 DRA, Farnborough 02/05/1997 10:51 02/05/1997 09:51 180 289.674 0 0 0 0
25 Jafr Desert 26/05/1997 11:50 26/05/1997 08:50 136 218.865 0 0 0 0
26 Jafr Desert 28/05/1997 09:19 28/05/1997 06:19 114 183.46 0 0 0 0
27 Jafr Desert 30/05/1997 07:07 30/05/1997 04:07 208 334.734 110 177.023 110 177.023
28 Jafr Desert 30/05/1997 08:35 30/05/1997 05:35 301 484.399 150 241.395 150 241.395
29 Jafr Desert 31/05/1997 07:21 31/05/1997 04:15 379 609.925 340 547.162 340 547.162
30 Jafr Desert 31/05/1997 09:15 31/05/1997 06:15 410 659.813 360 579.348 360 579.348
31 Jafr Desert 03/06/1997 07:16 03/06/1997 04:16 462 743.497 420 675.906 420 675.906
32 Jafr Desert 04/06/1997 07:33 04/06/1997 04:33 479 770.855 430 691.999 430 691.999
33 Jafr Desert 04/06/1997 09:25 04/06/1997 06:25 540 869.022 500 804.65 500 804.65
34 DRA, Farnborough 11/08/1997 14:28 11/08/1997 13:28 55 88.512 0 0 0 0
35 DRA, Farnborough 12/08/1997 12:00 12/08/1997 11:00 75 120.697 0 0 0 0
36 DRA, Farnborough 12/08/1997 14:00 12/08/1997 13:00 149 239.786 0 0 0 0
37 DRA, Farnborough 12/08/1997 15:00 12/08/1997 14:00 199 320.251 0 0 0 0
38 DRA, Farnborough 13/08/1997 14:00 13/08/1997 13:00 205 329.907 0 0 0 0
39 Black Rock Desert 08/09/1997 08:58 08/09/1997 15:58 148 238.176 0 0 0 0
40 Black Rock Desert 08/09/1997 09:37 08/09/1997 16:37 50 80.465 0 0 0 0
41 Black Rock Desert 10/09/1997 08:19 10/09/1997 15:19 306 492.446 0 0 0 0
42 Black Rock Desert 10/09/1997 09:35 10/09/1997 16:35 428 688.78 0 0 0 0
43 Black Rock Desert 10/09/1997 12:15 10/09/1997 19:15 517 832.008 0 0 0 0
44 Black Rock Desert 11/09/1997 08:14 11/09/1997 15:14 550 885.115 0 0 0 0
45 Black Rock Desert 11/09/1997 10:07 11/09/1997 17:07 624 1004.203 600 965.58 600 965.58
46 Black Rock Desert 13/09/1997 09:30 13/09/1997 16:30 550 885.115 0 0 0 0
47 Black Rock Desert 20/09/1997 08:38 20/09/1997 15:38 410 659.813 0 0 0 0
48 Black Rock Desert 20/09/1997 16:59 20/09/1997 23:59 554 891.552 553.97 891.504 553.931 891.441
49 Black Rock Desert 22/09/1997 11:43 22/09/1997 18:43 635 1021.906 618.556 995.442 634.77 1021.535
50 Black Rock Desert 22/09/1997 13:25 22/09/1997 20:25 689 1108.808 687.941 1107.103 689.347 1109.366
51 Black Rock Desert 23/09/1997 12:05 23/09/1997 19:25 697 1121.682 693.507 1116.061 696.863 1121.462
52 Black Rock Desert 23/09/1997 14:24 23/09/1997 21:24 721 1160.305 719.137 1157.307 721.358 1160.881
53 Black Rock Desert 25/09/1997 13:31 25/09/1997 20:31 706 1136.166 700.661 1127.574 697.95 1123.211
54 Black Rock Desert 25/09/1997 14:21 25/09/1997 21:21 731 1176.398 728.008 1171.583 730.784 1176.051
55 Black Rock Desert 03/10/1997 09:50 03/10/1997 16:50 560 901.208 389.483 626.795 374.194 602.19
56 Black Rock Desert 03/10/1997 13:56 03/10/1997 20:56 628 1010.64 0 0 0 0
57 Black Rock Desert 06/10/1997 13:18 06/10/1997 20:18 721 1160.305 714.427 1149.727 720.428 1159.385
58 Black Rock Desert 06/10/1997 15:36 06/10/1997 22:36 732 1178.008 727.86 1171.345 730.546 1175.668
59 Black Rock Desert 07/10/1997 16:58 07/10/1997 23:58 750 1206.975 0 0 0 0
60 Black Rock Desert 07/10/1997 18:00 08/10/1997 01:00 170 273.581 0 0 0 0
61 Black Rock Desert 13/10/1997 11:23 13/10/1997 08:23 750 1206.975 749.687 1206.471 749.139 1205.589
62 Black Rock Desert 13/10/1997 14:03 13/10/1997 21:03 766 1232.724 764.168 1229.776 762.937 1227.795
63 Black Rock Desert 13/10/1997 15:03 13/10/1997 22:03 761 1224.677 760.135 1223.285 758.102 1220.014
64 Black Rock Desert 13/10/1997 16:41 13/10/1997 23:41 200 321.86 0 0 0 0
65 Black Rock Desert 15/10/1997 09:09 15/10/1997 16:09 763 1227.896 759.333 1221.995 756.742 1217.825
66 Black Rock Desert 15/10/1997 10:05 15/10/1997 17:05 771 1240.77 766.609 1233.704 763.718 1229.051

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ ThrustSSC team, http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/Team/team.html 
  2. ^ The ThrustSSC Story, http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/contents-story.html 
  3. ^ ThrustSSC Run database, http://www.thrustssc.com/Runs_Database/Runs_Database.html 

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