Thread: 1000 mph land speed record

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Aero is everything in this as it no longer a HP thingie--The wheels also have huge forces to overcome with the mass/diameter/rotational speed---plus any single point on the wheel goes downtrack in a direction that is up, around, down, back up and around PLUS each spot stops forward movement at the bottom ground contact point and doubles the velocity at the over the top points--next time you watch the top fuelers on NHRA look at the shape of the rear tires at speed/acceleration--there's about 3 areas that they distort outwards and then have to come back down to earth and not slip

Also a biggie with the wheels is having a disign that they can put a braking mechanism on--the American Eagle can generate 1550 braking hp off each rear wheel.

Gary--The Aussies on the 5R car are limiting the accel to 3.2 Gs so that wheel rotation can keep up and roll instead of sliding/skidding--the car is rocket powered