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Shooting BLOODHOUND SSC - Ballistic tests on cockpit protect

 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:08 am    Post subject: Shooting BLOODHOUND SSC - Ballistic tests on cockpit protect Reply with quote
At 1,000mph, BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car's solid aluminium wheels will be spinning at 10,200 rpm, that's rotating at 170 times per second, generating a staggering 50,000 radial g at the rim. A 1kg bag of sugar at the centre of the wheel would weigh 50 tonnes, the same as a fully loaded artic lorry at the rim.



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