Bloodhound testing

[Dynoroom]

Seems to wander a bit 

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.

[TrickyDicky]

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.

[stay`tee]

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

[Phil UK]

I believe the levers on the left are for a manual release of the chutes if the steering wheel buttons fail to operate.

[kiwi belly tank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjfi9snqlX4

[kiwi belly tank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEBRBuAO3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggk8_gAc45k

[MX304]

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.

[Stan Back]

It would seem to me that if you were testing, you'd be testing (parachute release, etc.).

[4-barrel Mike]

"to test left parachute" https://newatlas.com/automotive/bloodhound-lsr-461-mph/

Mike

[kiwi belly tank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrerP1ae6A4

[ggl205]

Things look like they are coming along well for the Bloodhound team.

John

[wobblywalrus]

Today's story.https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50304922

[kiwi belly tank]

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.

[martine]

https://twitter.com/Bloodhound_LSR/status/1192078656656547846

501mph but blimey, that looks quick...

[wobblywalrus]

Another BBC articlehttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50324992