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Work in Progress - February 2009

Contents:
Steam Car Latest News
Jetblack
Goldenhawk Diesel Streamliner Update
Windjet Latest
Cody Flyer Project
Motorcycle LSR bids

Steam Car Latest News ~ January ‘09

The car has now completed 6 dynamic runs. The team has been able to practice starting the car against the clock, turning the car around and refueling. However, due to the cold conditions, it was decided that this was as far as winter testing would go.

More in FastFacts 72 and on the official website at www.steamcar.co.uk.

Jetblack

Jetblack flies the flag for New Zealand engineering.

The spirit of adventure and enterprise is alive and kicking in New Zealand. Young Wellington businessman Richard Nowland has set his sights on the New Zealand and Australian landspeed records and will be endeavouring to race into the history books next year.

Full update in FastFacts 72.

See their official website at www.jetblack.co.nz.

Goldenhawk Diesel Streamliner Update

1/32 model in production

Kevin Knox is putting the final touches on the model. It is one that will be used for wind tunnel tests coming soon. The crew or build team and sponsors may place an order with Kevin at 604-930-2120 to get the first serial numbers but you will have to wait for the paint and decals to be completed before delivery.

See their website at www.goldenhawk.ca.

Windjet Latest

British team set to become the fastest naturally powered humans on the planet.

Ecotricity, the UK’s leading green electricity company, has teamed up with British record breaking project Windjet, to bring the land-speed record home.

In their futuristic wind powered carbon fibre vehicle, the Greenbird, Ecotricity founder Dale Vince and engineer Richard Jenkins will challenge the current American held record of 116mph on a Salt lake in Western Australia this August

You can follow the project at www.greenbird.co.uk

Cody Flyer Project

The replica of British Army Aeroplane No 1A was finally completed in time for the centenary celebrations that took place on the 16th October 2008 to commemorate Cody’s achievement of the first recognised powered flight in the UK, exactly 100 years on. The replica, in its brand new dedicated pavilion, is located at the FAST museum site at Farnborough only a few hundred metres from where the actual flight took place!

For a full report, see FastFacts 72

Motorcycle LSR bids

With Rocky and Mike setting the new records standard of 360 mph, the world of outright streamlined motorcycles is now almost awash with projects in many countries across the world. With a target of 500 mph the J -85 jet powered bike of Mike Charlton (FF69) has now got its metal wheels ready. Mike aims to be on the salt this coming September under FIM rules, whilst those teams that are ‘limited’ by having to drive a rear wheel are now waiting for a suitable rubber tyre. On the internet forums it appears that Denis Manning (BUB 7) may have secured suitable tyres in 2009 to go up to 400 + mph average speed. All of the other teams may have to make do with one tyre per pass for even a small improvement on the existing record in safety.