How fast did the Bluebird travel?

How fast did the Bluebird travel?

World speed records established by Donald Campbell

What speed was Bluebird going when it crashed?

360 mph
He set out for the Bonneville Salt Flats in August 1960 and was lucky to survive a 360 mph (580 km/h) crash in his Norris Brothers designed Bluebird CN7 turbine powered car later that September….Donald Campbell’s speed records.

What was the fastest land speed record?

1227.985 km/h
The current holder of the Outright World Land Speed Record is ThrustSSC driven by Andy Green, a twin turbofan jet-powered car which achieved 763.035 mph – 1227.985 km/h – over one mile in October 1997. This is the first supersonic record as it exceeded the sound barrier at Mach 1.016.

What caused Bluebird crash?

Ken Norris, who was the co-designer of Bluebird, has examined the wreck and concluded that the disaster, which happened as Campbell attempted to set a 300mph water speed record, was caused by a combination of an inherent design flaw in the boat and by Campbell throttling back in an attempt to slow down.

What happened Bluebird K7?

Bill Smith, who restored Bluebird K7, said the museum could “take their bits away” and he would build another one. He recovered the wreckage in 2001 in Coniston Water, Cumbria, and the restored craft made its return to water on Loch Fad, Scotland, in 2018.

Who holds the world water speed record?

Ken Warby
The world unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. The current record is 511 km/h (318 mph), achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia in 1978. The record is one of the sporting world’s most hazardous competitions.

Why is the water speed record so dangerous?

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A boat cuts through water, even if it just skims along the top. This means the drag coefficient can suddenly change causing loss of control. This is most dangerous when one part of the hull experiences a different drag than another part, pivoting the boat either to one side or end over end.

What is the fastest vehicle on Earth?

Thrust SSC
Thrust SSC: 763 mph (1,228 km/h) It currently holds the world land speed record with a top speed of 763 mph (1,228 km/h), registered on October 15, 1997. It is also the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier. The Thrust SSC is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines and weighs nearly 10 tons.

When did the Bluebird CN7 land speed car start?

Campbell demonstrated his Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record car at Goodwood Circuit in July 1960, at its initial public launch and again in July 1962. The laps of Goodwood were effectively at ‘tick-over’ speed, because the car had only 4 degrees of steering lock, with a maximum of 100 mph on the straight on one lap.

What was the average speed of the Bluebird?

Bluebird had completed an initial north-south run at an average of 297.6 mph (478.9 km/h), and Campbell used the new water brake to slow K7 from a peak speed of 311 mph (501 km/h) when he left the measured kilometre.

What’s the world record for a Bluebird K7?

Bluebird K7 records Campbell set seven world water speed records in K7 between July 1955 and December 1964. The first of these marks was set at Ullswater on 23 July 1955, where he achieved a speed of 202.15 mph (324 km/h) but only after many months of trials and a major redesign of Bluebird’ s forward sponson attachments points.

What was the speed of the Bluebird at Lake Eyre?

Donald Campbell and The Bluebird en route to Lake Eyre for world land speed record attempt in July 1964. On July 17, 1964, with back-to-back passes in opposite directions near Muloorina Station, Campbell registered an average speed of 403.1mph (648.7km/h).

Campbell demonstrated his Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record car at Goodwood Circuit in July 1960, at its initial public launch and again in July 1962. The laps of Goodwood were effectively at ‘tick-over’ speed, because the car had only 4 degrees of steering lock, with a maximum of 100 mph on the straight on one lap.

Where was the first Bluebird land speed record set?

The first trials of the rebuilt Bluebird CN7 took place at Lake Eyre in Australia in May 1963, with the world land speed record being set at 403.10 mph at Lake Eyre on 17th July, 1964 after months of torrential rain and flooding.

What was the average speed of the Bluebird K7?

On 4 January 1967, Campbell mounted his record attempt. Bluebird had completed an initial north-south run at an average of 297.6 mph (478.9 km/h), and Campbell used the new water brake to slow K7 from a peak speed of 311 mph (501 km/h) when he left the measured kilometre.

What was the speed of Donald Campbell’s Bluebird?

On Donald Campbell’s record attempt at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, in 1960, the Bluebird accelerated from a standstill to nearly 400 mph over one-and-a-half miles in 24 seconds. Most surprising was that less than 80 per cent of full power was then being used. This Bluebird was then severely damaged after a huge crash later in the same month.