newatlas.com: Jessi Combs breaks 48-year old land speed record
By Angus MacKenzie October 15, 2013
Jessi Combs burnt her candle at both ends, but in 2013 she piloted a grounded F-104 on four wheels made of solid aluminum. On the Alvord Desert in Oregon.
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The FIA rules require the vehicle to be considered a “car” sporting four wheels. So in order for the Eagle to blast across at the lake bed at subsonic speeds, solid billet aluminum wheels were chosen. Solid aluminum wheels not only reduce rolling weight but remove traditional concerns regarding centrifugal forces associated with rubber tires.
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The 1000mph Bloodhound and others do the same.
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