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The Bloodhound SuperSonic Car team yesterday pushed the big red button on the "biggest rocket fired in the UK for over 20 years"*. The Falcon Hybrid Rocket - a 45cm (18in) diameter by 3.6m (12ft) long unit burning hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene solid fuel and high-test peroxide (HTP) oxidiser - roared to life for 10 seconds …

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    1. James Hughes 1
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      Re: Peenemünde: 3rd October 1942

      Was wondering why you posted that- then double checked the date - coincidence? Good find!

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  2. Big-nosed Pengie

    Back in the old days...

    ...to qualify for a record, a car had to be just that. The engine, whatever it was, had to drive the wheels and the wheels drove the car. Just strapping a rocket onto a set of wheels didn't qualify. Not a bad rule IMO.

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    1. James Hughes 1
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      Re: Back in the old days...

      If all the people complaining about the fact this is a jet/rocket rather than wheel driven, perhaps you might like to look some shit up. The absolute land speed record for a wheeled car is what this is going for. There is also sort of a class for wheel driven vehicles, which is currently about 470 I think, but again this is split in to subcategories.

      All this stuff is on Wikipedia- it's not difficult to look up. Try it sometime.

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