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Originally Posted by Nicolas
As for Breedlove's (Fossett's) craft: I don't immediately see a problem with it. What was the problem you saw, mugs?
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The gull-wing rear wheel struts have a long enough chord that transonic shock waves reflected off the desert floor will produce some serious lift, possible enough to unstick the rear wheels.
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The starfighter engine remains a popular one for land speed records. A US based team is using a starfighter flown by Yeager for their car. "Clip the wings" is more or less their car concept  .
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I saw that! They're still at the 500 mph stage with their latest set of wheels. When it comes to strength of materials, that's just 20% of what's required for the 1,000 mph barrier.