Brit car smashes century-old speed record by clocking 225 kms per hour.Byline: ANI London, August 26 (ANI): A British-built car has broken the land speed record for steam-powered cars for the first time in more than 100 years, after it achieved an average speed of 225 kilometres per hour. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in New Scientist, Charles Burnett III has reached speeds of 219 km/hr (136 mph) and 243 km/hr (151 mph) during two drives at California's Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . That smashes the previous official record of 204 km/hr (127 mph) set in 1906 by Fred Marriott Fred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph (205.5 km/h) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley Steamer. [1] [2] This garnered him the Dewar Trophy in the process. of the US in a modified version of the then-popular steam car known as the Stanley Steamer Stanley Steamer: see automobile. . Officials from motor sport's governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he , the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA FIA feline infectious anemia. ), are expected to ratify the new record shortly. Burnett drove a 7.6-metre-long, 3-tonne car called "Inspiration" that grew out of a 1997 student project at Southampton University. The car's engine burns liquid petroleum gas to heat water in 12 suitcase-sized boilers, creating steam heated to 400 degrees Celsius. The steam then drives a two-stage turbine that spins at 13,000 revolutions per minute to power its wheels. The FIA requires two 1.6-km-long runs to be performed in opposite directions - to cancel out any effect from wind - within 60 minutes. Inspiration made the first run on August 25 and turned around for the return run with just eight minutes to spare. Before and after each timed run, it took 4 km to accelerate and another 4 km to slow down. The record-setting drives came after several earlier attempts had been thwarted by electrical faults, valve problems, a storm and a tyre puncture the previous week. But, the team is planning another run today, to try to get even closer to the car's theoretical top speed of 274 km/hr (170 mph). (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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