"Yakan aiming for the fastest speed in the world" Challenge records not broken for 100 years

In the country of human beings who love cars · Britain has been active for various races since long ago, and Wikipedia also has "Ground speed record in the UKAlthough it is the first time in enthusiasm that there is "old-fashionedCar using steam engineThere is a person who is challenging the highest speed record of.

Even steam engine is not a peaceful thing like the one used in the old railroad but it steals compressed steam at 50 ° C / min and 400 ° Celsius into the jet turbine and twists the speed of 200 miles per hour (about 322 km / h) A very messy and utmost powerful water heater. It seems to challenge the record which was not broken for 103 years, 127 miles per hour (204.3 kilometers per hour), which was established in 1906. Will this challenge succeed?

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British Steam Car Challenge

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Development aiming at the fastest speed in the world "British Steam Car ChallengeInspiration number of. Development has been in progress since 1999, and test running is now taking place.

Inspiration issue and test driver Don Wales. Approximately 25 feet (approximately 7.6 meters) and a fairly long appearance


The carbon composite car body is on a stainless steel chassis and weighs about 3 tons. 12 boilers are built in and the total length of piping will extend to about 3 km


It is a replica of the Stanley rocket number that set the official world record of 127 miles per hour (about 204.3 kilometers per hour) in 1906. Although the current car is a gasoline car, steam cars are also in practice in the early days, and among themStanley CompanyThe thing of had a protruding performance.


You can see that the basic concept of building boilers and tanks in long car bodies has not changed significantly


Unfortunately, Stanley rocket number which caused an accident while measuring on Florida Ormond Beach


internal. The stainless steel roll cage will protect the driver from the impact of the accident. A long tube next to the driver's seat is a water tank


Inside illustration. The back half of the long body is all boilers. This steam boiled high pressure steam at 400 degrees Celsius is sent to the jet turbine for power.


I am vomiting smoke, but I am preparing by cooking a boiler instead of being broken separately. Because smoke is water vapor, it is safe in terms of its ingredients, but it suffers a big burn if it smokes


It seems to be bad, but it is just steam without smoking by engine blow. He said that he succeeded in trial at a speed of about 60 miles per hour (96.5 kilometers per hour) on the paved road of British Department of Defense facility in Thorney Island


Slow down with a parachute.


Mr. Don delighted with the test success


By the way, the fastest vehicles on the ground that do not limit power are currentlyRecord that thrust SSC established at 1997 as 1,227.985 kilometers per hour (763 mph)It is the fastest. It is like a planet that fly above the ground rather than a car, driven by two jet engines to give a speed equivalent to Mach 1.016.