How fast does thrust ssc go

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Coventry Transport Museum is home to the world's two fastest cars. Marvel at these spectacular feats of British engineering. Bring the curriculum to life! The car is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey jet engines which generate kN 50, lb of thrust. Published 15 October Car land-speed record On 15 October , Thrust SSC became the first car to break the sound barrier when it reached 1, You can read about more record-breaking cars Guinness World Records , find out where you can buy your copy.

It seems like a design flaw and an accident waiting to happen any accident at these speeds would only be catastrophic. But still, no accident happened, and Andrew Green was able to control it.

Speaking of the supersonic boom, Anthony Green stated that it was the "loudest, highest pitch scream I've ever heard". Once the Thrust SSC reached mph and the car started to go fully supersonic, the car also started to go perfectly straight without any pulling to the side. As the car started to decelerate, it set the dashboard alight with warning signals due to the g-force effect of such rapid deceleration.

The oil lights all came on as the oil was thrown to the front of the engine and the fuel light started blinking.

Deceleration was at 1 g or over 20 miles per second and not so far from the rate at which the Thrust SSC accelerated. Once the Thrust SSC had decelerated to around miles per hour, the parachute was deployed. The inertia of a ton car speeding forward at mph is immense.

To counteract that inertia, the parachute at those speeds generated around or tons of drag. At around miles per hour, the engines were shut off. When the Thrust SSC was traveling at blazing speeds it was well ahead of the massive dust clouds it was kicking up. But as it slows down to this point, the engines have done their bit and there is the risk of dust and particles getting sucked into the jet engines.