Tuesday March 24, 2009
Unleash the Bloodhound: How to design a 1,000mph car
John Piper
The Guardian
If they get their calculations even slightly wrong, Bloodhound SSC could spin out of control or become airborne.
Right now, working on Bloodhound SSC, our supersonic car, feels like being in a never-ending episode of CSI.
We're investigating our design in forensic detail, hunting for the minute problems that supersonic speeds could magnify into major disasters. Every time we find and fix one, four more pop up. This is normal in the world of engineering.
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