Thrust 2 (Part 1) - Richard Noble's 633mph Land Speed Record
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- 40 years on from setting the World Land Speed Record on October 4th 1983, this is the story of Thrust 2 from its humble beginnings to land speed glory.
In Part One, Richard Noble talks engines, engineering and exhibitions.
FURTHER READING (Disclaimer: I get a commission every time you purchase a product through my affiliate links below).
This book in particular has been a fantastic resource in my research for this video. If you want to know more detail about Thrust 2 than I could cover in a 15 minute video, Richard Noble tells the whole story here. Highly recommended!
Thrust 2: A Memory by Richard Noble
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ALSO ON MY BOOKSHELF::
Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed by Richard Noble
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Crusader: John Cobb's ill-fated quest for speed on water by Steve Holter
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Speed Duel by Samuel Hawley
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Goldenrod: The Resurrection of America's Speed King by John Baechtel
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The History Of Speed by Martin Roach
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Railton: Man Of Speed by Karl Ludvigsen
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Donald Campbell: The Man Behind The Mask by David Tremayne
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Bluebird and the Dead Lake: The Classic Account of how Donald Campbell broke the World Land Speed Record by John Pearson
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Leap into Legend: Donald Campbell and the Complete Story of the World Speed Records by Steve Holter
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Bluebird CN7: The Inside Story of Donald Campbell's Last Land Speed Record Car by Donald Stevens
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Parry Thomas: The First Driver to be Killed in Pursuit of the Land Speed Record by Hugh Tours
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Quest For Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-Breaking On Land by Barry John
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The Fast Set: Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record by Charles Jennings
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Man Against the Salt by Harvey Shapiro
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Ultimate Speed: The Fast Life and Extreme Cars of Racing Legend Craig Breedlove by Samuel Hawley
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Infinity Over Zero: Meditations on Maximum Velocity by Cole Coonce
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Speedquest: Inside the Blue Flame by Richard Keller
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Archive: Project Thrust, Richard Noble, The Ackroyd Collection, AP, Shutterstock, Getty, Wikipedia & Unknown Sources.
All unlicensed archive used under Fair Use / Fair Deal. Copyright acknowledged in all material.
0:00 Intro
1:04 "We Need A Lightning"
3:34 Wanted: 650mph Car Designer
7:45 The Great Exhibition
11:04 Putting Pen To Paper
14:01 Coming Soon - Thrust 2 (Part 2) - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Why hasn't Richard become SIR Richard yet ? He masterminded TWO land speed records !
Because all he did was put an idea together and sell it
@@gowdsake7103 - 'Story of the British empire!' . . . Harrumph : )
Because before working on landspeed records, he was a slave owner in Mississipi.
@@gowdsake7103a very educated comment
@@jouhannaudjeanfrancois891 Where did you drag that up from ?
We have thrust 2 a nd thrust ssc in the Coventry car museum. They sit there very proud surrounded by loads of information. Beautiful machines fine examples of british workmanship. Noble and Green are true examples of British grit. They deserve some sort of recognition..thanks for videos.
You're welcome!
I've been there and it's great they have the test rig they used to design the steering, which is still bolted to the mini they used 😅brilliant!
That was a real eye opener, I had always assumed that Thrust 2 was a well funded project rather than the shoe string, beg,steal and borrow with a bit of happy coincidence effort it initially was; which makes the success of the project even more inspiring.
Thank you for telling the real story of this great endeavour,really enjoyed your video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was a kid in the 60s when all of these guys were duking it out on the salt flats for the LSR. What a great time in automotive history. I love every episode you produce. Thank you for keeping these remarkable achievements alive.
Thank so much for your comment. Glad you’re enjoying my channel!
Could watch this content all day, excellently presented, great quality throughout aswell 👍.
Much appreciated!
This is a great series! Getting the interview with Mr. Thrust himself is a step above.
Such a nice bloke!
I was so humbled to meet Richard, and Andy at British American Racing F1. Why haven't they been knighted? They are so deserving it for making GB so fast. Lovely people too
I can't believe RN hasn't been offered a gong of some description. It may be his obvious modesty leads him to turn them down. He certainly doesn't need validation.
@@Peasmouldia Maybe yes. They are both such really nice people. I was honored to have bbq lunch with them & we just chatted. it was great. I think they too wonderfully humble to accept the awards they deserve
This series is absolutely gold, amazing work putting it together and massive thanks to Richard for taking the time for the interview.
Glad you're enjoying it!
John Ackroyd’s book “Jet Blast and the hand of fate” is a very good book full of information on John’s life and work.
Have it and love it.
It's a great book, he led an extraordinary life. An amazing talent.
Thrust 2 has always been my favourite landspeed car
Mine too!
Seeing these cars as a kid on TV and in the Guinness book of world records I would not have understood the significance of this interview. I am glad to be an adult and to be able to hear the story . It's amazing that the cars that broke the speed even happened at all any of them if it wasn't for the preserveance of these few men throughout history we wouldn't have cars that travel at the speed they do now. Thank you , two all of the " slide rule and pocket protector people "that still survive.👏👏👏
This is great. Looking forward to the next part!
Coming soon!
Fantastic. Can't wait for (Part 2)
What a great back-story to a great story; hurrying on now to part two....
Thank you for doing this! What a story!
Another really amazing video, really gives an insight into how it all came together with Thrust 2.
This story keeps getting more fascinating with each part 👏
Just finishing production of Thrust 2 - Part 2. Coming soon!
Hurry up with next episode, really enjoying this.
Coming soon!
Best looking land speed record vehicle imo
Amazing. One my greatest regrets in life is seeing Richard Noble walk in front me and me not shaking his hand. First time was at a Point to Point meet near Basingstoke around 2007 and the second at Newquay airport as they demoed Bloodhound. Ah well. What a story! Thanks!
Richard Noble is a national treasure. Thank you for making this series!
You're most welcome
I was fortunate enough to sit in Thrust 2 before it had any sponsors and when it was angular and covered in rivets. My father was involved with the organising of a RAF Air Display and Thrust 2 was sat right outside my Dad's hanger. Before the day of the Air display I was allowed to sit in Thrust 2. I was about 11 at the time. Something I will never forget.
Thanks for your memories - you’re going to love part 2 which (amongst much else) covers Thrust 2 running without its bodywork at air shows and breaking the British Land Speed Record. Going live later this week!
Great content! Thank you for making and sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
25 or so years ago Channel 4 had a very good series called Equinox, this video could easily have been one of the episodes in both subject matter,quality and production.
I used to Enjoy Equinox too.
Nothing like it on TV these days but CZcamsrs fill the gap.
Thank you - really appreciate that comment. Used to love Equinox!
Excellent, thank you. Am enjoying this series immensely.
Thanks for your comment - glad you're enjoying it!
Wonderful!
Very interesting and well put together.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well, I'm happy I found this channel.
Welcome aboard!
Great to see this video.We have an annual John Ackroyd award which celebrates new and upcoming engineering talent here on the Isle of Wight!
I had no idea! Such a fitting tribute to a man of extraordinary talent. Thanks so much for your comment.
This was great. Back in 17 thinking about Thrust SSC and all if it's engineering got me through a very difficult spot in time.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I remember see Thrust 2 on a low loader just before it went to do the record attempt
Really enjoyed this video and I'm looking forward to the next part. At the end when he realizes it's the original magazine is absolutely brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic presentation 👏 cant wait for part 2. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
At 2:09, you can see the rear tyres on Blue Flame lifting from the rim. He was a lucky boy!
Actually that's the other rear wheel just showing because of the angle. And looking at the photo Blue Flame is going no faster than the normal car it is next to.
Love this. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Having watched your brilliant videos for some time, I would like to say thank you for creating such well produced and informative works.
Wow, thank you so much! I'll do my best to keep them coming...
Thank you, looking forward to the next episoide
On it's way!
That was SO well made. Thank you. I enjoyed following Thrust2 at the time. It's great to have this in depth look at the project after so long.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, Fantastic "can do " approach to the project.
This is delightful! Thank you for the effort!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I would love to meet mr noble. What an inspiration x
I can't wait for part 2!
Coming soon!
Art Arfons still my favourite land speed story this one is a very close second . Great story
More, please!
I don't believe that it is possible for S&G to make a poor video. This series is easily up to the high quality of their predecessors, this time with added Richard Noble! Brilliant!
Wow - high praise indeed! Thank you very much!
Great stuff as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I could watch hours of this. Excellent, well researched content and a fascinating interview with Richard Noble. Many thanks Scarf and Goggles
You're most welcome!
Another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hard to find decent content on CZcams most of the time... this is excellent content....fascinating!
Thank you - I appreciate that!
as a kid i had three hero's ali and evil kenevil and Richard noble, that man should be knighted, proper legend..
Excellent part 1.
Thank you kindly! Part 2 coming soon...
Thank you for making my Friday night i have something worth watching thank you mate for all your hard work you put in to these videos you should be in the 100000 subs with the high views you get
Thanks! I'll keep making them - maybe I'll get to 100k one day!
Great episode, thanks! I remember joining the supporters club. I got a poster and other bits.😄
Thanks for your comment - I remember Thrust 2 very well, but wasn't in the supporters' club until ThrustSSC.
@@ScarfAndGoggles Lordy..now Im feeling even older 🤣
Excellent stuff!
Thanks!
Simply superb
Great content 👌
Glad you liked it
early in this video you mention the Blue Flame, which was my childhood favorite (and first one i ever heard of) back in the 90’s.
Would you consider doing a video on it? I believe i saw all your videos and haven’t seen one on that machine.
Firstly, Richard Noble is a really good chap.
Secondly, as you like doing videos on land speed records and the story behind them, have you ever thought about the radio controlled land speed records? It around 220mph at the moment for a wheel driven car.
There's cars with 100hp, jet turbine engines and lots of crazy things. It's like the full sized records but the human isn't in the car. 🙂👍
Hadn't considered that! Will look into it, but my CZcams "To Do" list is already pretty long!
I find it sad that the thing holding Bloodhound up is lack of sufficient sponsorship. It seems so much harder to get any sponsorship for this sort of thing these days than during Thrust 2.
Now you have to appeal to the corporate board members. All they care about is making money for themselves and shareholders. Racing costs money so they really don’t like supporting it unless they’re convinced it’s good advertising.
An Amphetamine Drug Manufacturer (Speed, Meth, Crank, Cocaine) would work as a Sponsor.
Wonderful
Thank you!
Shared! 😃
Thank you, as ever!
That bit about eating the last of their capital was great 😂
Richard Noble's memories of the project are littered with stories like that! Paid dividends many times over though...
I am shocked that Richard Noble looks older than he did 40 years ago.
Sir Richard Noble & Sir Wing Commander Andy Green. Perfect, lets make it happen CZcamsrs!
Amazing stuff, when's part 2 being uploaded?
Glad you enjoyed it! Working on it at the minute - hopefully in a couple of weeks, but depends on demands of the day job!
@@ScarfAndGoggles It's remarkable that record has stood for so long, Nobel and Green are real British hero's thanks for uploading
The rules *USED* to require a 1% increase over the previous record. While that rule applied at the time of Thrust 2, it doesn't now. Andy Green explicitly stated that in one of the Bloodhound videos in recent years.
Very interesting. Love the details! Do you know if the Bloodhound project is still alive?
Bloodhound went into administration when a change of Government policy led to the withdrawal of a key sponsor. Project was sold, ran over 600 mph in late 2019 but now looking for a new owner (Covid didn't help). The car is currently alongside Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC in Coventry Transport Museum, awaiting its chance!
@@ScarfAndGoggles that’s a shame. I hope it gets a chance to run again. Thank you for the information.
This is excellent!. Where did you get the drawings shown around 12:00-12:30? Are they in a book?
Thank you very much! I have a copy of the lecture notes from Ackroyd's presentation to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and the drawings are in there. A less esoteric source of the same diagrams is the little book "Just For The Record - Thrust 2" which Ackroyd published shortly after Thrust 2 got the record to tell the story of the car's development - it's actually based on the IME document, and has a lot of the same content and drawings. I picked up my copy on eBay.
@@ScarfAndGoggles Thanks, I'll see if I can get a copy.
What it truly means to be British
Hey, Batman called! He wants his Batmobile back!
This video was nine days old, What is the most recent Try for the land speed record?
ThrustSSC took the record supersonic in 1997. Since then, North American Eagle ended tragically with the death of Jessie Combs. In the UK Bloodhound eventually ran at over 600 mph, but is now up for sale for a second time. In Australia, Rosco McGlashan has built a rocket car (Aussie Invader 5R) capable of 1000mph, and is currently seeking sponsors to enable him to make a record attempt.
Looks just like Art Arfons' Green Monster LSR car.
I wish you could produce 1 video per week.
Me too! Takes a lot longer than you'd think - don't know how other channels manage!
Glad to see the original bat mobile has been repurposed
Where are the next parts??
Part 2 will be live in a week or so.
Whats happening with the new record attempt?
If you mean Bloodhound, it's in Coventry Transport Museum awaiting a buyer - it went into administration, the new owner ran it to 600 mph but now it's up for sale. Noble has a new project underway to break the World Water Speed Record - ThrustWSH
@ScarfAndGoggles well that sucks, was it a lack of $$$
Bloodhound went into administration when a change of Government policy led to the withdrawal of a key sponsor. Project was sold, ran over 600 mph in late 2019 but now looking for a new owner (Covid didn't help). Sadly the usual story - no bucks, no Buck Rogers…
Would think they would need aluminum tires for that speed.
This is why we are ..... GREAT BRITAIN. ....... DONE.
"Promosm"
FYI Richard has run out of tea at his Surry country house and needs people to donate to his new water speed record attempt so he can re-stock. No not Bloodhound - (We don't talk about blood hound anymore chaps - We already took your money there)