砂漠の上を弾丸より早いスピードで走ることは、そこに石でも落ちていたら、それは車輪を弾丸で撃たれたようなものだということ。
BBCより。
Bloodhound: Building the world’s fastest wheels
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141023-the-worlds-fastest-wheels
To travel at 1,000mph, you need to ride on some special wheels. David Robson discovers how the Bloodhound SSC project is cracking a dastardly design problem.
The Hakskeen Pan desert in South Africa is perhaps the emptiest stretch of land on Earth. As far as the eye can see, you will simply find the sun-baked clay, mottled like cracked enamel. But when you are travelling at 1,000mph (1,609km/h), even the clearest terrain presents hidden dangers. “You are travelling faster than a bullet, says Mark Chapman. “So if you go over a stone, it’s like someone shooting at the wheel.”
Building bullet-proof wheels is just one of the many challenges that Chapman has to face as the chief engineer on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car. “These are gonna be the fastest wheels in history,” he says.
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