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Can the JCB Hydromax Smash the Land Speed Record ?

Almost thirty years ago I consulted with the team behind the Thrust Supersonic Vehicle, including the driver Andy Green. That cars and truck was the first and is still the only cars and truck to drive faster than the speed of sound.

In 1996 Andy green drove the JCB Dieselmax the over 350 miles per hour breaking the diesel powered landspeed record. Well Andy and JCB are back with another land speed record attempt with the JCB Hydromax and I went to RAF Wittering to take a look.

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31 responses to “Can the JCB Hydromax Smash the Land Speed Record ?”

  1. @cobra1999-w6v Avatar
    @cobra1999-w6v

    Andy Green … Great man

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Oh yes 🙌

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  2. @stevie007 Avatar
    @stevie007

    Hi Peds 👍👍

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Hi there, hope you enjoyed the video! 👍

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    2. @stevie007 Avatar
      @stevie007

      @PetrolPed As always 👌

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  3. @paulm114 Avatar
    @paulm114

    Andy Green is such a cool cucumber. I remember him breaking those records back in the day without breaking a sweat. He seemed so chilled about it all and completely fearless. Great guy!

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      A cool guy 👌

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  4. @TwincamSeven Avatar
    @TwincamSeven

    I was at black rock the day they set the record.

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Oh wow. That must have been amazing 😮

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    2. @TwincamSeven Avatar
      @TwincamSeven

      ​@PetrolPedIt was! We camped near the north edge of the playa (the dry lake bed), so we could be out there at sunrise as they got set up for each days trials. Totally worth it. Really nice crew, had a chance to chance to chat with them. Compared to Bonneville, it was a very low key event.

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  5. @tillnet Avatar
    @tillnet

    IS this a EV …. are you sure you should be making this video

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      It’s a 1600hp twin engined combustion engined car. Maybe watch the video before making a comment 🤷‍♂️

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    2. @tillnet Avatar
      @tillnet

      @PetrolPed I thought You only made KIA Ev video’s ,, ok ill watch it lol lol=== Ok im at 14.43 its a good video !!!!! going to watch the rest now.. OK just finished watching ,, WELL Done good video

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    3. @markstone923 Avatar
      @markstone923

      Andy green legend video info was rrpeated a s as entertaining as guy martins trip with jcb

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  6. @fishtigua Avatar
    @fishtigua

    Google ‘Breakthrough’ the hydrogen 390ft superyacht built for Bill Gates. He never got to use it following his divorce. Now owned by a Canadian.

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  7. @ianfranks3571 Avatar
    @ianfranks3571

    Such a great video Pete, fascinating and and maybe one of the ways forward?

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      Thanks, it’s certainly an interesting concept for the future! 👍

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  8. @dangreasley7934 Avatar
    @dangreasley7934

    Pedro, What a fantastic video, I love the engineering, and how fantastic this is being developed in Britain by a British company who is known for making diggers! Please more videos like this. Variety is the spice of life. Love it!

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  9. @Argiers Avatar
    @Argiers

    Great to see Andy still going for speed records after all these years. I noticed he had left the Bloodhound LSR project, which appears to have stagnated into oblivion. Such a shame.

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  10. @MX304 Avatar
    @MX304

    Is that the DieselMax car re-engined, or is it a whole new chassis?

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      The architecture is heavily based on Dieselmax but it is a totally new car. The big change are the control systems and obviously the hydrogen fuelling system.

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  11. @richardhoulton4016 Avatar
    @richardhoulton4016

    Hydrogen ICE may kinda work in a commercial sense, but it’s a spectacularly dumb idea for cars.

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    1. @PetrolPed Avatar
      @PetrolPed

      At the moment maybe but we should be looking at it for future transportation requirements 👍

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    2. @barneyrubble9309 Avatar
      @barneyrubble9309

      ​@PetrolPed you cant cheat the laws of thermodynamics…look it up. It cost more energy to produce than you get out. Might be fine at small scale specialist usage but at industrial scale it’s a dead end.

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    3. @richardhoulton4016 Avatar
      @richardhoulton4016

      @PetrolPedThe Laws of Thermodynamics are not going to change, and the problems with burning hydrogen, with its low volumetric energy density in a ICE, are going to change either. The requirement for double the engine capacity to produce the same power because of hydrogen’s poor volumetric energy density. And then there is packaging the massive fuels tanks in a car too. Using hydrogen with scavenged carbon to make biofuel that existing ICEs can use probably makes more sense. At least it can also be distributed via existing fossil fuel infrastructure and doesn’t require multi trillion dollar manufacturing and distribution to be built from scratch (something that has also thrown the brakes on slightly less silly HFCVs).

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  12. @barneyrubble9309 Avatar
    @barneyrubble9309

    Hydrogen is expensive to make and dodgy to ship. Its why the big ocean tankers cool it to liquid form (plus you can carry more when in liquid form). Hydrogen is NOT net zero in its production. In fact it takes more energy to make than you get out of it (at least with current tech). You cant buck the laws of thermodynamics. This can’t work at large scale and the building/farming industry can’t carry the cost long term.
    Nice idea and cool car though.

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  13. @yeahboiiiii-os2rn Avatar
    @yeahboiiiii-os2rn

    Cool video. I was involved in arranging all of the insurance for the record attempt! Great to see it coming to life.

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  14. @michaelstaunton1632 Avatar
    @michaelstaunton1632

    Best of luck with your channel as always 👍👍👍

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  15. @BazDeeWren Avatar
    @BazDeeWren

    Liked and hyped Brother Ped, cracking bit of content 😊.

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  16. @jamiep61 Avatar
    @jamiep61

    I enjoyed watching the video. Different to your usual Videos 😊

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  17. @Clive-c3n Avatar
    @Clive-c3n

    Wittering, I used to listen to Vulcans taking off from that RAF station when I was growing up in Stamford. They used to make the windows rattle.

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