Microplex Web Cameras

The very latest status of the car can be seen through the live pictures from our Microplex Web Cameras.

Individual Status Reports

Car

1. The rear suspension is being reinstalled ready for runway tests
2. New wheel fairings are being manufactured and fitted
3. Numerous details are being improved

Team

1. The ThrustSSC Team are hard at work preparing for Black Rock
2. Runs Controller Jayne Millington has arrived back from service in the Falkland Islands
3. Andrew Noble is in Gerlach making preparations for the team's arrival

Equipment

1. All the equipment has now been cleaned, checked and prepared for further use
2. A new entrance awning for the Pit Station is being manufactured to reduce dust ingress on the desert

Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

1. Permits to use the desert have been delayed until 6th September. The team will depart for America on 30th August.
2. Andrew Noble is on site preparing for the team's arrival at the end of August
3. The desert is dry for some 15 miles and the 13-mile course is good
4. An inspection of the desert found 1 stone in 25 miles of driving. It was picked up.

Web Site

1. Accesses are currently running around 200,000 a week
2. The backlog of background information for the Web Site is slowly being cleared

Jeremy Duck...

... has found hiding in all the nooks and crannies of ThrustSSC to be tremendous fun.

Plans

• Car
  1. Finish fitting rear-suspension
  2. Perform runway tests
• Black Rock Desert
  1. Track preparations
• Web Site
  1. Continue to work through the backlog...
  2. Prepare for the Black Rock Campaign reporting

Please check our Runs Database for the very latest information on the progress of ThrustSSC - the database is always updated as soon as possible after the car runs - and always before any report is written and published.

Mazola Excursion

There are always problems to be resolved - that's the nature of record-breaking. But one day Richard Noble walked into Aerodynamicist Ron Ayers' office.

"Hi, Ron. How's things? What problems are you working on?"

"Everything's fine, Richard. No problems."

"But, but, you must have problems, Ron. There's always problems!"

Ron kept his usual placid expression: "No problems today, Richard."

Richard left, looking confused...

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