The Raptor

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8yw_pREh8 [/media]&feature=related

The Raptor

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3mAPc9NcC4 [/media]

The Raptor

http://www.motorward.com/2010/07/bloodhoun...otype-revealed/

Steponme

I'm assuming there are no tires on that, because the current tire technology cannot handle such speeds.

MikeyCB

I've always thought that the key to going fast underwater was to project some sort of gas in front of the craft so there is less friction and resistance from the water. I haven't seen anyone actually do anything with my theory though, since it's been a casual and informal one - but it's mine, nonetheless

Instead of thinking that the body work needs to withstand 12 tonnes / square meter, maybe we should be looking at how to make the pressure on the body work be less.

ahrmike

? theyve been doing that in a few subs, I believe..

ahrmike

to be a "car" they have to have tires- I think the current speed record is held by a car that had metal tires...and at those speeds they're spinning so fast that I think they have to make the tires as small as possible so the forces acting on the outside wont make the tires fly apart

The Raptor

http://www.stp.eu/uk/bloodhound/index.php

Penforhire

At what point is it an airplane that happens to hug the ground? I don't have an easy answer but these uber-fast unlimited streamliners don't feel like ground vehicles to me.

Steponme

Says who? To be a "car", it has to have wheels, not necessarily tires. Tires would disintegrate at such high speeds.