{"id":13342,"date":"2021-03-01T12:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T02:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=13342"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T02:33:15","slug":"aussies-rosco-aiming-for-1000-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/manufacturer-news\/aussies-rosco-aiming-for-1000-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie’s Rosco aiming for 1000 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aussie Invader 5R<\/p><\/div>\n

It might be a bit hard to call it a conventional car but then it\u2019s not really a conventional car in the sense that the Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car looks more plane\/rocket in its appearance.\u00a0 The Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car boasts an insanely long arrow-shaped design with three wheels, large aerodynamic wind deflectors and an engine with close to 150,000 kW!\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s correct; you did read that figure correctly.\u00a0 To put that in perspective, an Aussie V8 Supercar puts out, on average, around 475 kW of power.\u00a0 Now, if you\u2019ve ever experienced the wonderful roar of these V8s when they blast by around the circuit, then you can understand the aura of such kW potency.\u00a0 But this Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car makes as much power as 316 of these Aussie V8 Supercars put together! The Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car is powered by a single bi-propellant rocket reportedly capable of producing upwards of 62,000 lbf of thrust.\u00a0 That\u2019s over four times more than a Boeing 737 jet!<\/p>\n

Founder and designer of the new Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car, Rosco McGlashan, has the world\u2019s fastest land speed record in his sights.\u00a0 He will reportedly be the pilot of the 16-metre long, nine-tonne steel-framed vehicle.\u00a0 And the target?\u00a0 The target top speed of 1609 km\/h (1000 mph) would be the fastest of any land-going vehicle, ever. And 1000 mph would see it blitz the current land speed record held by the Noble Thrust SSC on a Nevada salt flat in 1997, which averaged 1223.7 km\/h and broke the sound barrier while doing so.<\/p>\n

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Rosco McGlashan<\/p><\/div>\n

Rosco McGlashan would like to set the new record next year once all the Covid palaver is over-and-done-with, and it will likely be set somewhere in the Queensland or Western Australian desert.\u00a0 Rosco is no stranger to setting speed records; he is already the holder of the Australian land speed record, where in 1994 he clocked 802.6 km\/h behind the wheel of a jet-powered predecessor to the Aussie Invader 5R out on the dry salt flats of Lake Gairdner, near Adelaide.\u00a0 He has, after all, built all of his drag racing, exhibition, and land-speed racing vehicles himself over the years in a shed at his home.<\/p>\n

Rosco has accurate computer modelling on the Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car, which suggests that the Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car will have enough power and thrust for launching the car from 0-100 km\/h in approximately 1.1 seconds.\u00a0 It should reach its target of 1000 mph in less than 30 seconds.\u00a0 Slowing the Aussie Invader 5R rocket-car down is no mean feat and will thus will require a full 13 km of flat desert just to stop it.\u00a0 A multi-stage deployment of high-speed hydraulic air brakes, mid-speed parachutes, and low-speed disc brakes have been designed to activate progressively to safely bring the vehicle to a halt.<\/p>\n

Picking an exact location will depend largely on which organization or individual steps up as the primary sponsor for the effort. As will the practical necessity of having 5 km of flat desert for getting up to speed plus another 13 km to stop it.<\/p>\n

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