Not quite as successful as we had hoped - start up of the jet engine with turnover, gas ignition, fuel ramp and finally settling down to idle at 47,000rpm ran OK although a sizable heat spot was noticed on one side of the tail cone.
A few laps of a local car park was outstanding although when the throttle was brought back to idle the jet coughed and spluttered throwing flames through the rear diffuser and out of the tail cone increasing the rpm way above the idle speed of 47,000 rpm - so we have a little work to do understanding this and how to overcome this problem - if anyone has any ideas - please let us know.
All in all a very exciting half hour seeing the last few months work come to fruition.
The bodywork is also well on its way with the overall shape having been moulded from blue foam - this just needs to be turned into a carbon fibre shell which should be complete in the next two weeks and ready to fit onto the car.
The video of this evenings run is on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz2QJDPvtbc
Our other videos of the build and testing are also on You Tube under the title of 'Mach 2 Hamster'
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