ThrustSSC

Thrust SSC
Overview
Manufacturer	SSC Programme Limited
Designer	Ron Ayers, Glynne Bowsher, Jeremy Bliss, Richard Noble
Body and chassis
Class	Land Speed Record vehicle
Powertrain
Engine	two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan:- initially: Rolls-Royce Spey 202 finally: Rolls-Royce Spey 205
Dimensions
Length	16.5 m (54 ft)
Width	3.7 m (12 ft)
Curb weight	10.6 tonnes
Chronology
Predecessor	Thrust2
Successor	Bloodhound SSC

ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC, or Thrust supersonic car, is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss.

Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first vehicle to officially break the sound barrier.

Both Thrust SSC and Thrust2 are displayed at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England. The car is 16.5 metres long and 3.7 metres wide and weighed nearly 10 tons. With a total thrust of 223 kN which is nearly 110000 brake horsepower (BHP) producing 50,000 pounds per square foot, Thrust SSC became the fastest car in the world and the first car to break the sound barrier.

The car was driven by Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing Commander Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada. It was powered by two afterburning Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, as used in the British version of the F-4 Phantom II jet fighter. The car was 16.5 m (54 ft) long, 3.7 m (12 ft) wide and weighed 10.5 tons (10.7 t), and the twin engines developed a net thrust of 223 kN (50,000 lbf), a power output of 110,000 bhp (82MW), burning around 18 litres/second (4.0 Imperial gallons/s or 4.8 US gallons/s). Transformed into the usual terms for car mileages based on its maximum speed, the fuel consumption was about 5,500 l/100 km (0.05 mpg_-imp; 0.04 mpg_-US).

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