Thrust2

E401536
jet-powered car land speed record car

Thrust2 is a British jet-powered car that set the world land speed record in 1983, driven by Richard Noble.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thrust2 canonical 2
Thrust2 Project 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet-powered car ⓘ
land speed record car ⓘ
bodyMaterial aluminium ⓘ
brakingSystem parachute ⓘ
wheel brakes ⓘ
category experimental vehicle ⓘ
record-breaking car ⓘ
constructionMaterial steel spaceframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewRole aerodynamicist Ken Norris ⓘ
designer John Ackroyd ⓘ
Richard Noble ⓘ
surface form: driver Richard Noble
designer John Ackroyd ⓘ
developmentStartYear 1970s ⓘ
displayLocation Coventry Transport Museum ⓘ
driver Richard Noble ⓘ
engine Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
engineOrigin Rolls-Royce plc ⓘ
engineThrust approximately 17,000 lbf ⓘ
engineType turbojet engine ⓘ
firstRunYear 1978 ⓘ
fuelType jet fuel ⓘ
height approximately 2.0 m ⓘ
length approximately 10.5 m ⓘ
mass approximately 4 tonnes ⓘ
museumCity Coventry ⓘ
museumCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
notableAchievement first British car to hold absolute land speed record since 1964 ⓘ
notableWork world land speed record 1983 ⓘ
numberOfWheels 4 ⓘ
projectLeader Richard Noble ⓘ
recordAuthority Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile ⓘ
surface form: FIA
recordCategory absolute land speed record ⓘ
recordCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recordDate 4 October 1983 ⓘ
recordLocation Black Rock Desert ⓘ
recordSpeed 1019.468 km/h ⓘ
633.468 mph ⓘ
recordStatus superseded ⓘ
recordSupersededBy ThrustSSC ⓘ
recordSupersededYear 1997 ⓘ
sponsor Castrol ⓘ
GKN Aerospace ⓘ
surface form: GKN
teamName Thrust2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thrust2 Project
testLocation Bonneville Salt Flats ⓘ
Greenham Common ⓘ
surface form: RAF Greenham Common
wheelConfiguration two front wheels and two rear wheels ⓘ
width approximately 2.5 m ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coventry Transport Museum → hasExhibit → Thrust2 ⓘ
Thrust2 → teamName → Thrust2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thrust2 Project
ThrustSSC → predecessor → Thrust2 ⓘ