"It Was Incredible": Jerseyman Helps Blast Through Hydrogen-Powered Land Speed Record
The JCB Hydromax averaged 406.320 mph on two Aug. 11 runs, surpassing the previous hydrogen record of 303 mph, officials said.
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"It was incredible": Jerseyman helps blast through hydrogen-powered land speed record
A JERSEYMAN is officially responsible for helping to orchestrate the hair-raising new land speed record for a hydrogen-powered car. Earlier this month, the JCB Hydromax reached a speed of 406mph (654km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah – the fastest a hydrogen-powered car has ever travelled. Across two runs, 64-year-old former Royal Air Force […] The post “It was incredible”: Jerseyman helps blast through hydrogen-powered land speed record…
Running a track in the Utah desert over 660 km/h, a hydrogen powered rocket car has set a new ground speed record for this type of engine, transmitting Space.com Tuesday. Andy Green, a retired fighter pilot...
Hydrogen-powered 'rocket car' tops 400 mph in record-breaking test
Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record. Wing Commander Andy Green, a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot, just set a new world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the JCB Hydromax vehicle. On two different runs on Aug. 11, the car went 400.623 mph (644.740 kph) and then 412.135 mph (663.267 kph), which averages out to 406.320 mph…
What is the commonality between Volvo, Hyundai, Caterpillar and a certain JCB? They all produce excavators, machine tools and construction machinery! And the latter, based in the United Kingdom, has just achieved an impressive speed record. Yes, speed, but with a conventional JCB tractor achieves a speed record framed by the FIA The vehicle in question is called JCB Hydromax and takes the form of an impressive "streamliner" nearly 10 meters long…
Running a track in the Utah desert of more than 660 km/h, a hydrogen powered rocket car has set a new ground speed record for this type of engine, broadcasts Space.com on Tuesday.
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