ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC ali Thrust supersonic car je britanski avtomobil z reaktivnim pogonom. Razvili so ga Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers in Jeremy Bliss.
Thrust SSC trenutno drži kopenski hitrostni rekord. 15. oktobra 1997 je dosegel in postal prvi avtomobil, ki je presegel hitrost zvoka. Za krmilom je bil Royal Air Force lovski pilot Andy Green. Rekord so postavili v Black Rock Desert v Nevadi, ZDA.
Avtomobil so poganjala dva turboventilatorska motorja Rolls-Royce Spey, ki sta imela možnost dodatnega zgorevanja za povečanje potiska.
Glej tudi Kopenski hitrostni rekord Bloodhound SSC North American Eagle Project
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Zunanje povezave
Official Thrust SSC website (no longer being updated) Coventry Transport Museum where Thrust SSC is on display Photo-Diary by John Coppinger – including the aerial photo by Richard Meredith-Hardy showing the shock wave as Thrust SSC narrowly exceeds the speed of sound Thrust SSC the car and the run Thrust SSC Photos Pictures from Blackrock, Nevada – 15 October 1997 Speed Record Club – The Speed Record Club seeks to promote an informed and educated enthusiast identity, reporting accurately and impartially to the best of its ability on record-breaking engineering, events, attempts and history.
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