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They said Noble was crazy when he built a twin-engine LSR car, but it worked. But I tend to think he is crazy to run again when the record that he holds has not yet been broken. Setting speed records with jet and rocket cars is totally irrelevant. How do they help improve wheel-driven cars? I think they're just high-speed taxiing aircraft.
 
the f1 engine for the fuel pumps is a dumb stunt.....ask nasa how they provide fuel to they're rocket engines
 
They want this to motivate children to be engineers.

Its too bad that even if they become engineers that the corporations will just take advantage of their inventions just like they have been doing.
 
Originally Posted By: Cause4Alarm
the f1 engine for the fuel pumps is a dumb stunt.....ask nasa how they provide fuel to they're rocket engines


Liquid fuel rocket engines use a gas turbine engine to drive the pumps that supply fuel and oxidizer to the rocket combustion chamber. There's no reason the engine powering the pumps can't be a piston engine. Using a race engine probably reduces the amount of fuel they have to carry. Probably doesn't save much weight, if any.
 
Originally Posted By: SuperDave456

Its too bad that even if they become engineers that the corporations will just take advantage of their inventions just like they have been doing.


Who's taking the risk when (not if) a few of the projects fail and get scraped? and who's paying for the stable income during the R&D? and who's paying for all the equipments, parts, and services from the vendors during the R&D?

If it is so easy to make money then there'll be lots of startup in the field, and everyone would be rich. Dot com bubble only happened once.
 
Using Cosworth is probably really just a PR/Buy english stunt.

Every country does it to a greater/lesser degree.
 
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