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Title: Aussie Invader Land Speed Record Attempt, not politics or world affairs
Post by: joeqsmith on October 30, 2019, 12:26:07 am

A video from this channel came up as a YT recommendation over the weekend.   I wonder how far away they are located from Dave and what it would take to have him conduct an interview.  I imagine to it takes a fair amount of electronics and some good control systems to operate a 200,000 HP engine.    Looking forward to seeing how it plays out. 
 
http://aussieinvader.com/ (http://aussieinvader.com/)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFEIcie1XhzDSTfWndlFssg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFEIcie1XhzDSTfWndlFssg)

Title: Re: Aussie Invader Land Speed Record Attempt, not politics or world affairs
Post by: Brumby on October 30, 2019, 01:32:49 pm

Dave's in Sydney and Rosco is in Perth - which is the opposite side of the country.  The drive would be about the same as San Francisco to Cleveland.

Title: Re: Aussie Invader Land Speed Record Attempt, not politics or world affairs
Post by: DTJ on October 30, 2019, 01:54:34 pm

Rosco is getting long in the tooth. It's been a very long term project. He was right into it in the 80's.

Title: Re: Aussie Invader Land Speed Record Attempt, not politics or world affairs
Post by: maginnovision on October 30, 2019, 06:06:02 pm

Land speed stuff is cool but I'm not really that interested in rockets. I'd definitely spend time watching any attempts they managed though.