Jet car

For the German car brand, see Jetcar. For the download manager, see FlashGet.

Blazing Angel jet dragster

A jet dragster in action

Two jet dragsters

Larsen Motorsport's Florida Tech Jet Dragster

A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine. A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing. They are most commonly seen at race shows.

Land speed record

Main article: Land speed record § 1963–present (jet and rocket propulsion)

Jet powered cars are commonly used for land speed record attempts, after an FIA rule change that permitted them in 1964.[1]

Drag racers

Some cars such as Green Monster and Vampire raced as dragsters (as well as also achieving or attempting land speed records).

In 2006, while filming an episode for the series Top Gear, presenter and driver Richard Hammond was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire, that he was piloting.[2]

More modern jet dragsters such as Robert Albertson's "Blazing Angel" are capable of reaching over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) in a quarter of a mile.[3]

Most of these modern cars are powered by the Pratt & Whitney J60 or the General Electric J85 jet engine.^[citation needed]

See also

• Aero-engined car
• Drag racing
• Electric dragster
• Jet engine
• Jet Train
• Jet Truck
• Turbojet train
• Rocket dragster

References

1. our motoring correspondent (December 12, 1964). "Land Speed Record Agreement". The Times. No. 56193. p. 7, col E. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
2. "Top Gear presenter 'nearly died'". BBC. 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
3. "Blazing Angel specifications". Retrieved 2018-04-18.

External links

• Jet car archive