WELCOME TO AUSSIE INVADER 5R

This vehicle is the latest in a long range of designs to tackle the arduous World Land Speed Record. From the humble beginnings of the Jeantaud automobile driven by Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in Paris 1898, to Richard Noble’s SSC in Black Rock in 1997; man has pitted his mind against the elements, technology and innovation to come up with that definitive design.  The minds  of these men who have gone before us far outstrip the imagination of those of us that look on.

Rosco McGlashan is no different, this vehicle you see before you is the product of a fertile mind and the vehicle is the product of determination, perseverance and the killer instinct to win.

The power source behind this project is our MEGABOOM bi propellant Rocket motor capable of delivering in excess of  300,000hp.

This is a hypergolic rocket developed by NASA and the USAF to test spaceship structures and supersonic aircraft. The motor was designed to operate in the horizontal position and ran on a cocktail of red fuming nitric acid and hydrazine. Unladen, it has gone from a standing start to 1500mph (2400kph) in 6.7 seconds

Specifications for performance:

Thrust:            60,000lbs to 80,000lbs

Fuel:               Liquid oxygen and JP5, water cooled

Acceleration: 
a)   for 60,000 lbs thrust 25,000lbs weight = 2.4 G
b) ..for 80,000 lbs thrust 25,000lbs weight = 3.2 G

OUR TARGET SPEED FOR AUSSIE INVADER 5R is:  1000MPH (1600 KPH)

For the technically minded, the following specifications are included:

Dimensions:      Length overall 58 ft 8 inches, Wheelbase 47 ft 5inches, Width at rear 8 ft, height overall 9 ft 10 inches. Track rear 7 ft 4 inches. Height of top of body at rear, 6 ft.

Weight:       12,000lbs to 15,000 lbs dry weight,  fuel load  10,375 lbs.

Chassis:           Central spaceframe box with six longitudinal columns. Square 50mm x 50mm tubing up to 5mm wall thickness. (mild steel square tube is easier to work and more fatigue resistant.)

Driver’s cage:  50 mm round chrome molly 5mm wall thickness with 3 hoops and 2 longitudinal

Tail Fin:       Aluminium ribs carbon fibre or Kevlar skin pop riveted to ribs, spar- tube steel.

Wheels:       Forged aluminium (UTS  85,000 psi) or titanium. ( heavier could have moment of
                        inertia /traction problem.) John Ackroyd to design.

Suspension:      Front; double wishbone single pivot, paired front wheels.
                        Rear; trailing arm.                               
Suspension medium  60 mm thick rubber donuts.

Brakes:        Carbon disk and carbon pads on 4 wheels. Irvine ballistic brake chutes; Hi and Low speed.

Fuel Tanks:     Manufactured to international standard. Stainless steel to 450 psi. Pressure relief via burst disks.

Pressurisation: 2x 41inch titanium spheres, 1x 30 inch titanium sphere Nitrogen at 3,000 psi.  (could                                      
use helium at same psi)

Floor:               4 - 5 mm aluminium sheet.

Body:               3 - 4 mm aluminium sheet framed in steel Body close riveted to car frame to increase rigidity.

Steering:            Power re-circulating ball, and power brakes, power provided by pressure system.

Respiration:     Open system compressed air in cylinders under cockpit.

Electronics;     Computer sequencing engine control and failsafe emergency  parachute release, Data logging, high speed GPS, radio communications, onboard TV.

Terminal velocity:
60,000lbs thrust =- 870 mph, 80,000lbs thrust = 1000 mph (calculated using THRUST SSC drag data.).

AUSSIE INVADER 5R

INNOVATION – STYLE – PERFORMANCE

AHEAD OF THE REST