The Thrust team build a 1:4 scale model of their record challenger design. At 3m (10ft) long, the model is jet powered and packed with technology. It’s designed to run at over 200mph.
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Richard Noble and the Thrust Team attended the International Composites Summit in Milton Keynes in September 2024. Download the handout “Inside News” here.
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The Thrust team seek a safer way to maintain control of a craft designed to reach 450mph on water, with the use of active hydrofoils.
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In 1977, Richard Noble bought a jet engine and placed an advert: “Wanted: 650 mph Car Designer.” What followed was an extraordinary adventure. With contributions from Richard Noble and the Thrust team, YouTuber @ScarfAndGoggles tells the remarkable story of Thrust 2.
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In the mid-1970s, Thrust 1 represented Richard Noble’s first steps towards challenging for the Land Speed Record. In this new interview by @ScarfAndGoggles , Richard Noble talks about what originally inspired him to take aim at the World Land Speed Record, and how he went about it.
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Linking @ScarfAndGoggles channel’s Story of Crusader, the jet hydroplane designed by legendary engineer Reid Railton in which John Cobb attempted to break the World Water Speed Record on Loch Ness in 1952.
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There has been a very positive industry reaction to our recent appearance at the composites trade show with partners PRF. This what Dr Alan Banks (UK Lightweight Innovations Manager at Ford UK) had to say.
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