ThrustSSC
ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC, or Thrust supersonic car, is a car powered by a jet engine. It was made by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss of the United Kingdom.[1]
Thrust SSC is the fastest land vehicle.[2] When tested on 15 October 1997, the car traveled at 1227 kilometres per hour.[2]
The Thrust SSC Supersonic car is really fast! It's powered by two big engines made by Rolls-Royce called MK 202 Spey Turbofan engines. These engines can produce a lot of power, more than 44,000 pounds (about 196,000 Newtons) of force! Because of this power, the Thrust SSC became the fastest car in the world.[3]
In 1997, it broke a big record by going super fast, over 760 miles per hour! It did this at a place called Black Rock Dry Lake in Nevada. This was the first time any car went so fast that it officially broke the sound barrier, which is a really big deal!
References[change | change source]
- ↑ ThrustSSC team
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Land speed (fastest car)". Guiness World Records. 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ "Thrust SSC Supersonic Car". www.asme.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
