The American Way Project

[freebeard]

Was watching a video on Tom Daniel and his career making kits with Monogram, wherein there's mention of a land speed record car he was involved with.

Here's the page at his website: www.tomdaniel.com/td_career/td_articles/rocketman_design/rocketman_home



He did detailed cutaway drawings:



The project ended when the driver (the Blue Flame driver, fastest in the World for 13 Years) expired.

[aerohead]

From Wolf-Heinrich Hucho:
Blue Flame:
1) Cd 0.20 subsonic
2) Cd 0.60 supersonic
NOTE: From reporting of the original THRUST supersonic LSR car, the supersonic Cd varies by about 30%, depending on whether or not the exhaust thrust cone is present or not. Which jives well with what NASA found on lifting body reentry vehicles, Space Shuttle, and the X-15, which were around Cd 0.65.