How Thrust 2 became the world's fastest car, achieving 633mph in 1983

[@edwardharris9810]

I've touched Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC, there both at the Motor museum in Coventry (UK)

[@VoidSixx]

+edward harris Same haha ^_^ at least we have something here at Coventry :P

[@osiris9200]

Yeah

[@derekwall200]

+edward harris 6 mph more the vehicle would've gone airborne

[@spazypaddy]

Ditto, many times

[@jamesrindley6215]

I've touched much more fruity items than Thrust 2 I can tell you, oh yes.

[@DumpValvesAndDnB]

Richard is so cool. That comment at the end of the video about getting it out of the museum sums him up.

[@philipmacduffie7612]

"We ought to get it out of the musieum and run it." Amen to that.

[@ericgeorge5483]

Thrust 2 still looks amazing to this day!

[@vowehr]

+Eric George looks better than the bloodhound ssc in my opinion

[@ericgeorge5483]

I agree too. I hope the Bloodhound Car can take things forward...looks promising!!

[@pacific200ngo]

2 seats 1 rocket powerd car

[@edwardharris9810]

I can't wait to see the Bloodhound, 1000 mph!! These Land Speed record drivers have balls of steel, it's nice that we British hold the LSR..

[@KaciCooperations]

Right now the record is still Around 633 MPH. Believe me or incorrect

[@Tylad]

@@KaciCooperations That would be 763mph set by Thrust SSC in 1997 on the Black Rock Desert, the same desert where Thrust 2's record was set.

[@PjotrStroganov]

Funny how the run of the Thrust 2 seems to be more epic than that of the SSC. I know that the camera POV has everything to do with it. But this car just looks majestic.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Why these two guys only got OBE is puzzling - their achievements in engineering design are seriously underated

[@alanjm1234]

I think what amazed me most about this car was when I discovered it's actually a two seater.

[@Sh4un1r1k]

Faster than a jet airliner in thick air. Astonishing feat!

[@helene010610]

it is the Gold BATMOBiLE :D

[@hawkithreesixtydegree9017]

B ooo

[@willmauricio7846]

Oh I'm gonna build something just like this! I just need to 'borrow' a missile from my local Air Force Base, and duct tape a chair to it!

[@pyromaniac1207]

i had a book as a child, with thrust 2 in it. great to see moving pictures of it!

[@TheDapperDog402]

Ditto

[@PlayFloyd_IN]

I don't understand.... how thick does one have to be in their head to dislike this video...? completely bonkers!

[@MrMrWife]

sometimes I dislike gaming vids because the have a 3:00 intro explaining giveaways and how they like something blablabla only to have a 1:30 video about what it was titled for

[@Asae2]

where is the association to this Video? its a Story about something ... the title is 100% correct ...for me..maybe other cant even read or understand the title :-)

[@Tigermoto]

Amazing, best video you've made in a month, because none of your damn journalists were in it.

[@constantinecy]

wow what a gem of a video/documentary...nice one guys!

[@tonyhibbert2342]

I remember chatting with Richard at a show with this golden beauty at the side of us and seeing some young coloured lad opposite winning the remote control car race ,,, I believe he was called Lewis something !

[@woooster17]

I remember this well.. Balls of steel! Proud to be British.

[@terrythomas1690]

You Pome´s are pretty clever !

[@jasonantigua6825]

My late father took me to Plessey in Ilford when it was on display there! Can’t remember the year!

[@zestnest]

no this was pure and utter speed freeks to reach the landspeed record and it never to be brocken #hatsoffwow

[@CrazyshadowTalksFootball]

So Thrust 2 is STILL in Coventry!!! DAMN!! I remember seeing this car at that museum on a school trip when I was about 9-10 yrs old!! I'm in my 30s now!!!!!!! (And the year this car broke that record is the same year that I was born. 1983!!! Feelin old lol!!!!

[@vincentmarsh6748]

I remember seeing and touching the two flags onthe lower front intake on press day ..im sure if memory serves another 6mph and it may well have been extremely unstable...salad days!!incredible achievements by the whole team.

[@MartinWillett]

633.468 mph was the average of two runs through a measured mile in opposite directions within an hour - which is what you need to do for an official land speed record. But 650.88 mph was the fastest peak speed achieved.

[@Viking445]

I may be American but I can truly admire these guys for what they have achieved and what they are striving toward!!

[@Viking445]

***** B/c there always has been and will be a lot of animosity and competition between America and the UK. I'm saying I'm able to put all that aside and admire the technical master work that it is.

[@dragonforce28000]

I just learned how to stop a Thrust 2 (sort of).... You learn something new everyday.

[@ade-1772]

Love the video and have seen thrust 2 but nod ssc and it goes back to the cambal family and total respect amazing work

[@PKimpact]

Best of luck to the entire Bloodhound team! Inspire a generation!

[@richardoffdahenny]

that flood looks amazing

[@jeffvader811]

I've met Richard Noble, he's just as nice in real life. A proper clever chap.

[@v_alexiadis]

Great video!

[@octo9760]

thanks for the inspiration>>>>

[@FabienWhite]

I came from the Isle of Wight, never knew it was built there!

[@dennis300cr]

Consider a 10 minute run of this Car would need 100 miles to do it!

[@jessedelgado1505]

Incredible... Simply incredible programs Awesome to watch and imagine about.

[@BofanBubbles]

I remember thrust 2, Had the toy car lol,Makes me fell old seeing it in the museum

[@rollingstopp]

On deceleration 400 mph is so slow that you want to Open the Door and Get Out!.. HOW COOL IS THAT!

[@jellejanwillie]

those pictures are amazing 1:52

[@Kinook777]

why do people call it a car? it's exactly a rocket on wheels.

[@minecraft5557]

Alloy plates,not wheels.

[@SnowUltra]

Rockets dont use turbine engines.

[@Kinook777]

wow rick, i bet you're fun at parties:)) my point was: this has nothing in common with a car

[@minecraft5557]

Yea rick,don't question Kinook

[@wibblelord2633]

Kinook Da Druid It has everything in common with a car, Chassis, wheels, engine, windscreen, and a steering wheel along with pedals. Exactly like a car, the engine is just a bit different. It's like saying that a electric car isn't a car, because it doesn't use an internal combustion engine, if anything, a jet engine is more like a standard car engine, because it is a 4 stroke system, unlike an electric car. Everything about your statement is incorrect!

[@spowagematthew]

Awesome stuff. Great video.

[@marleysmith100]

I don't even know why the driver bothered wearing a helmet. What's a half inch of plastic going to do when a vehicle going 600+ mph explodes and barrel rolls across a desert.

[@thanosdanellis4746]

true

[@Wasatchwatts]

Its probably loud going that fast maybe just helps keep some of the noise out

[@PuerRidcully]

Maybe he wasn't going 600 mph all the time. And do you remember Richard Hammond's accident? I bet if he had it without helmet worn he would have died.

[@oppvaskbjorn]

he can still crash going 100mph when he is breaking down. would be a shame to die then because you didnt wear a helmet

[@LaytonSky]

***** This is a joke right? If not, look up what an inertial reference frame is.

[@Cepera540]

Glad i watched this video. Very good, Thank You.

[@veson3d480]

He did almost back to the future into this machine .

[@ther6989]

BLOODY GOOD SHOW

[@nerdglider]

I actually watched the whole "About last night" trailer and I might go watch the movie :)

[@NathanMian]

It looks like the freaking Batmobile :0

[@KazeKumo]

we need black version.

[@NZ2STROKE]

Kaze Kumo Omg racist.

[@scoops0406]

That was built in England too.

[@thethrustssc]

the Batmobile from Batman Returns was based on the designs of Thrust 2

[@NathanMian]

ahhh thanks man, goes to show your learn new shit every day.

[@MrNightpwner]

This is a great video!

[@rafael123loek]

But could it do it on a rainy monday night at stoke ?

[@yoong___]

exactly what i was thinking, lol

[@handerrethomas]

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[@doctorgroovy9514]

Awesome! Thanks for the knowledge & sharing this experience. =>

[@Volvith]

It takes one word to describe this car. just one word: Bullet o-o

[@gizsno]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@takenbystorm]

James Martin was the engineer who suggested in removing the governors.

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

very nice !!!!!!!!! thanks for post !

[@xphoesyfry7474]

I live in the Isle of Wight on regent street my dad also told me abut about the car when I was young.

[@MartinWillett]

It has four wheels which remain in contact with the ground at all times, it has a driver who controls its speed and direction and who sits inside it. What else would you call it? It's a car. At the time it was the fastest car there had ever been, the last sub-sonic land speed record.

[@ВиталийВасильев-м5ж]

Thrust 2 was speed legend for us in USSR, wasn't much information about this "car" just mysterious legend.

[@beerpong691]

"Can it fit in my Honda?"

[@slapoutz]

i wanna try this seems so freakin cool

[@BigFanofCars]

Thrust 2: 1983 Thrust SSC: 1997 And now Bloodhound SSC!

[@micinboi9687]

it has 4 wheels and steering wheel..how is that not a car?

[@Furykidxxx]

Yigi Liu ..and put on a wheels

[@micinboi9687]

Yigi Liu well by your logic an airplane is just a car with wings attached to it?

[@Furykidxxx]

TEH KOTAK no, they also have different type of engines, plane has turbine... do I really need to explain myself now?

[@micinboi9687]

jeFF Fury Oh my,i am wrong,A car does have wings except they are upside down creating downforce to help them stay at the ground,,,some airplane also piston powered ,like chessna and p51 mustang

[@maxwellbutler4184]

TEH KOTAK Chessna

[@zyoungson]

what an extraordinary man

[@wibblelord2633]

Nope, Andy green is a massive tool.

[@fenotipobombay]

if that thing met a penny during its run, it would have bacflipped a million of times to finally explode.

[@Walk-around-everywhere]

Recently visited the museaum and loved it 4:03

[@yoong___]

bro you can't even daily drive it.

[@NeroOrie]

Slugonastik you'd be getting shitty fuel economy though

[@bigpooter9771]

SPEED IS KEY!!!

[@aigarsapins1810]

Resembles old 80-90's movie Batmobile, because of the turbine, and cockpit place behind it, maybe it was inspired from this Thrust 2 ? Lazy to search now. ^^

[@thethrustssc]

it was!

[@TVinmyEye]

wow insane, and that was 31 years ago,this is practically a car with the characteristics of a plane.

[@PoKeNav93]

respect is all i have

[@jeanlucncoelho]

Where is that flooded place and how can I get there?

[@FPSCat]

Jean-Luc Coelho It's a salt lake, you can find them in the US, Europe, asia, russian pretty much everywhere.

[@vyrnmn]

+Jean-Luc Coelho fucking hell mate did you have the video on mute or something? It's the Bonneville Salt Flats.

[@hyzercreek]

It's a salt plain. Bonneville, Utah.

[@viperacr4683]

Great Video

[@zhan199]

History has an amasing moment

[@racefaceec90]

would like to see them fit 2 blackbird sr -71 engines to the next car.should comfortably exceed 1000 mph i reckon :-)

[@SanctuaryShred]

Wrong measurement, since it is using a jet engine you measure the thrust in ft lb's. But it's fuel pump is a race bread 800 BHP motor, which kind of puts into scale the forces at work in the Bloodhound car.

[@benbryan7949]

James Lewis no. Thrust is measured in lb..... torque is measured in ft/lb.

[@MartinWillett]

To be the fastest car ever. What word are you having a difficulty with? Fastest. Car. Ever. But then he made a faster one, and now he's building a faster one again.

[@coldfeel]

nicely done!!

[@ICEGTN]

I wonder what kind of wheels can withstand such a speed...

[@jjj5647]

Wibble Lord I think they were manufactured from Magnesium

[@jjj5647]

I read the book that Richard Noble wrote about Thrust 2 and it stated Magnesium - Who Knows !

[@wibblelord2633]

paul Bailey Regardless of what they were made out of, they were pretty badass to withstand those levels of punishment.

[@jjj5647]

Wibble Lord You are right again LOL ... so what the hell are Bloohounds wheels gonna be made from to withstand the cetrafigal force generated at 1050mph - they gonna be propa real badass boys !

[@wibblelord2633]

paul Bailey Adamantium... Nothing else will do the job! lol

[@SoCalFreelance]

Is the new vehicle going to incorporate active aero elements?

[@iant720]

And we got the car up to 615mph it was good, really good. Hahah I was so freaked when I went over 160mph, but 615 holy crap! It was really good ;)

[@Skyisnotalimit]

Madman engineering gets me on as hell...

[@timothybaxter7392]

I'd settle for one of those 4.2litre Jaguars they used as chase cars.

[@gokulmu8660]

Its a Caaaaarrrrrrr

[@enescunardy2962]

it`s what u call it and see it so cut this crapshit

[@TimothyEastman]

This is just a land-speed record by a rocket automobile. A 'car' is defined as "a road vehicle typically with four wheels." The key phrase is road vehicle, meaning you can legally drive it on the road. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport currently holds the Guinness World Record title at 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). I know ... picking nits.

[@TheRoggan123]

Great!! True pioneers of speed! :)

[@subhanmiah]

AMAZING

[@ajusteddy8642]

Amazing

[@SanctuaryShred]

I just read somewhere that teh Bloodhound will have roughly the power output of 180 F1 cars, which is a simpler equation to solve ;)

[@dash0173]

this made me laugh for some reason, odd. I laughed when he said "bam, 6g's of deceleration" i dont know why

[@digitalvelvet]

adza botchway it was probably the way he said it so matter of factlly Balls of steel or what!

[@isaybuckedy]

Well done.

[@billdsafdsad]

Can we have like a helmet mounted camera or something on there I want to see it

[@BritishMemeBook]

is that coventry motor museum

[@FELiPES101]

im not just talking about this video im talking ...if they dislike maybe they unsub the channel, unsub the magazine, and tell the friends its not worth the money too....it adds up don't be foolish

[@FELiPES101]

doesn't matter if he is qualified or not to comment harshly...if someone thinks they aren't good for whatever reason the company loses money

[@jamdc2000]

Mr Noble and Mr Green should be on the tv show SuperHumans

[@MrDowntownLA]

Looks a lot like Art Arfons' Green Monster built in his backyard. Could have gone 600 MPH except for the tires. TK

[@demonlordodin4543]

I would love to drive this

[@V2win1000]

so this is what they did with the Keaton Batmobile after the fenders were jettisoned to fit through that tiny gap between the buildings in that police chase.. They painted it gold and ran it on the flats!! .. Now I want a go at it after his well worded explaination! Makes 196 feel a bit weak sauce now : /

[@DonnyTrent5533]

The cads, even while doing something as scientific and groundbreaking as tjis they still rolled up in a Jaaaaaag.

[@ConejoZing]

How does it take the corners?

[@PharaohFluidity]

He said it gets boring between 300-550, thats plenty enough time for me to shit myself thoroughly

[@rollingstopp]

What i find hard to understand is : Jet aircrafts there bodies are made of alluminum and rivited and there traveling at 600 mph since the 50's (the same jet in service) how can that be, i took my 70 camaro to 150 miles per hour and the fender shakes and vibrates. i just dont get it

[@nothunted5930]

I’ve actually met Richard noble (the driver)

[@danne6a]

This is not a car, this is a rocket that won't lift up from the ground.