Thrust SSC by drawbridgep

Bryce • Science/Medical • posted on Oct 25, 2004

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They say that a man's car is an extension of his penis. So if you stick two jet engines onto a tube shaped car that can go over 800mph and you call it "Thrust", what does that say about the man? ;-) [Extract taken from the official website before the attempt] ThrustSSC is the most powerful, most extraordinary car ever to be designed to attack the Land Speed Record, and as the SSC (SuperSonic Car) in the name indicates, it is also one of the first with genuine potential to breach the Sound Barrier. Where Thrust2 used a 17,000 pound thrust Rolls-Royce Avon 302 engine from a Lightning fighter, ThrustSSC is the first car to use not one, but two turbojets. These will initially be Rolls-Royce Spey 202s from the Phantom fighter, each producing 20,000 pounds of thrust. Richard Noble has acquired two of them, but also has two even more powerful 205 units (25,000lb of thrust) for use when ThrustSSC has proved itself in transonic testing. ThrustSSC thus has the power of 1000 Ford Escorts, or 145 Formula One cars... It will weighs 10 tonnes, and initial performance estimates suggest it will accelerate from standstill to 100mph (161kph) in four seconds or 0-600mph (1000kph) in 16 seconds. Within five miles (8 km) it will then reach its maximum speed of 850 mph within half a minute. This is my entry into the Bryce forum "Speed" challenge. Modelled from primitives and rendered three times (ground, car and schematic) and then layered in photoshop and tweaked (radial blur mainly). The schematic effect was a Bryce render and I used find edges in PS7. Thanks for looking, and thanks for reading this far. :-)

Comments (23)

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draculaz

8:33AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

That's awesome! :)

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Arvanor

8:38AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

This looks very good.

susanmoses

8:41AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Awesome modeling and entry! I personally know a young guy (in his 30's and an heir to a Billion dollar fortune) that died going 140mph off a Santa Monica Fwy. offramp in his Ferrari this last Friday night. His girlfriend lived... He is survived by his father and younger brother... I wish you the best with this entry Phil... the graphics are perfect as well!

colas

9:26AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

awesome work,and prentation,good idea.vote

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razzell2

10:05AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

(((They say that a man's car is an extension of his penis. So if you stick two jet engines onto a tube shaped car that can go over 800mph and you call it "Thrust", what does that say about the man?))) IT SAYS THAT THIS MAN IGNORES THOSE TV VIAGRA AD'S. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PINUP TYPE RENDERING. YOU'VE GOT MY VOTE. VERY COOL! (personally, i do not have the "thrust" that this man does, so, by "extension", i watch the viagra ad's.

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RobertJ

11:11AM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Oh sure, you got my vote as well, this is Speed. Best i have done on land so far was 270 km/h with a Shinkansen (off course not driving it myself).

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zulaan

1:25PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Wow !!!! Fantastic !!!! ;)

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Hythshade

2:32PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Incredible piece. Captures the feel of speed perfectly. Well done!!!

garyandcatherine

3:20PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Gets my vote. Gorgeous render and fabulous illustration work.

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kimpe

4:30PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Your work is fantastic, full of intensity.

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Doublecrash

5:00PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Cool concept and rendition.

mrscience

5:21PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

Great effect of speed! Good luck!

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MoonGoat

6:51PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

This is probably the only place I will be able to get away with saying the following: "I love your penis extension!" Truly bewildering image, keep it coming!

airlynx

8:29PM | Mon, 25 October 2004

My heartbeat raised a little when I first clicked on this, great image Phil

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striving

12:43AM | Tue, 26 October 2004

DAMN!! I saw your WIP in the forum, I liked it then, but this is better that I thought it would turn out. Very well done. GREAT post work and construction here. And sweet presentation.

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Bungalo

4:21AM | Tue, 26 October 2004

Think this is the most excellent and the "fastest" render of a kind to this day.

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melevos

11:07PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

Fantastic!!!Most excellent!!Super job!!

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Wolfsgirl

11:26PM | Fri, 29 October 2004

This is very nice hon. I love what you did with this =0

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Incarnadine

9:45AM | Sat, 30 October 2004

Yah done got me beat RobertJ. 262.4 kph (164 mph) Customed Mustang w/ nitrous, that was a ride. Sorry for the diversion Phil. Wonderful piece of work.

alan23dg

4:46AM | Sun, 31 October 2004

Sense of speed is fantastic- excellent illustration!

bagemage

8:35AM | Tue, 02 November 2004

Cool rocket car.

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