Jet Reaction (motorcycle)
Jet Reaction is a motorcycle built by British motorcycle land-speed record challenger Richard Brown. The motorcycle is powered by a turboshaft helicopter engine converted to afterburning turbojet.[2]
| Class | Land speed record streamliner |
|---|---|
| Engine | afterburning turbojet |
| Top speed | Over 400 mph (640 km/h) |
| Power | 1,250 hp[1] |
| Dimensions | L: 6.5 m[1] W: 0.5 m[1] |
Brown previously ran the Gillette Mach 3 Challenger hydrogen peroxide rocket motorcycle at Bonneville Salt Flats, setting a one-way speed record of 332.887 mph (535.730 km/h)[3] and top speed of 365 mph (587 km/h).[4] He expects to exceed 400 mph (640 km/h) with Jet Reaction in 2012–2013.[5] If successful, it will be the first jet-propelled motorcycle record breaker.[6]
Notes
- Hopperton 2012.
- Drury 2012.
- Robinson 2012.
- Rocket biker aims for space record, BBC News, 22 May 2000, retrieved 1 June 2012
- Robinson 2012; Walker 2012.
- Hague 2011.
References
- Drury, Jim (6 February 2012), Jet engine bike passes test-fire trial ahead of speed record bid (Video), Reuters, archived from the original on 12 January 2018, retrieved 30 May 2012
- Hague, Robin (20 December 2011), "Record-busting motorbike will be jet engine on two wheels", New Scientist (2844), retrieved 1 June 2012
- Hopperton, Laura (1 April 2012), 450mph jet powered bike aims to break speed record, Eureka magazine, retrieved 30 May 2012
- Robinson, Rocky (26 January 2012), Salt Addiction: Richard Brown's Jet Reaction, Motorcycle USA, retrieved 30 May 2012
- Walker, Steve (11 January 2012), 450mph British jet bike to chase world record (Video), MSN Cars, archived from the original on 29 April 2012, retrieved 30 May 2012
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