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A jet car is a car propelled by a
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A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet (fluid), jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition can include Rocket engine, rocket, Pump-jet, water jet, and ...
. A jet dragster is a jet powered car used for drag racing
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most ...
. They are most commonly seen at race shows.
Land speed record
Jet powered cars are commonly used forland speed record
The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C ("Special Vehicles") flying start regul ...
attempts, after an FIA rule change that permitted them in 1964.
Drag racers
Some cars such as Green Monster andVampire
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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
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme '' Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and J ...
was critically injured in a crash with the jet dragster, Vampire, that he was piloting.
More modern jet dragsters such as Robert Albertson's "Blazing Angel" are capable of reaching over in a quarter of a mile.
Most of these modern cars are powered by the Pratt & Whitney J60 or the General Electric J85 jet engine.
See also
* Aero-engined car *Drag racing
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most ...
* Electric dragster
* Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet (fluid), jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition can include Rocket engine, rocket, Pump-jet, water jet, and ...
* Jet Train
* Rocket dragster
References
External links
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