Archive for the ‘Auto Misc.’ Category

May

McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip With Rowan Atkinson

Upside down in a ditch against a tree is no place for any Car, s exactly what happened to one unlucky owner in Italy today.

Driving as part of a four-car McLaren F1 caravan, which included actor and famed F1 owner Rowan Atkinson, the driver of the white-and-red F1 lost control for “reasons still unknown … More

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May

Video – How do you stop a 1,000-mph car?

Getting to 1,000 mph is relatively easy, slowing down safely before you run out of desert is much more of a challenge.

At 1,000 mph there will be 15 tonnes of drag pushing against the car.
When the jet and rocket engines are switched off BLOODHOUND will rapidly decelerate to 800 mph at which point the air brakes will start to be deployed. They will open out into the airflow and maintain 3G deceleration (the equivalent of you going from 60 mph – 0 in one second – for 20 seconds).

Once the car slows to below 200 mph, driver, Andy Green will use the more conventional wheel brakes to bring the car to a halt.