I was talking to one of the ThrustSSC people and he was convinced, as the
result of research at the British Museum where they have all of the LSR cars,
that rolling resistance has always been underestimated. It was rolling
resistance that stopped their jet car. The supersonic shock wave off the
engine air intakes pulverized the dirt making the rolling resistance go
straight up and producing controllability problems for the driver.
The last two rides were not fun.
Bryan
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