V8 supercar driver Rick Kelly will attempt to make small-scale automotive history next Wednesday, pushing to break the land-speed record for a jet-powered remote control car.
The 2006 V8 Supercar Championship winner will take to Holden’s Lang Lang proving grounds next week with his Red Bull Mojet T40, a hand-built carbonfibre 1:10 scale replica of the outright land speed king, the Thrust SSC.
Powered by two turbojet engines, the T40 kicks out a modest 40 pounds of thrust and is expected to reach speeds in excess of 150km/h during the record attempt - a scale speed of 1500km/h, or mach 1.2.
Kelly will follow the T40 in a chase car around the high-speed bowl at Lang Lang, where he will steadily accelerate it up to its maximum speed. While it’s not likely to come close to the outright R/C land speed record (which is currently held by a battery-powered wheel-driven car and stands at 216km/h), it should still be the fastest earthbound jet-powered radio controlled car - if all goes to plan, that is.
We’ll let you know how it all goes down next Wednesday. In the meantime though, check out the below vid of the full-size Thrust SSC smashing the sound barrier on its record-breaking run.
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That is a cool project! Good Luck!
Mind you I was thinking it would need to go something like 300kmh.
It’ll be the fastest thing he’s driven all year.
Considering the Reynolds number difference between the big SSC and the little one, I wonder if using the same shape was the best idea. For the optimum stability, I’d increase the tail area by about 20%. Nonetheless, I hope it goes like stink on a skunk. Good luck.
quote “It’ll be the fastest thing he’s driven all year.”
hahaha……………..
The king of bad sportsmanship and the sook of v8 racing has finally found a toy he can win with!