I suspect the reason it crashed was it lost rear down force and rear lateral
side area when Craig decided to remove the wheel pants and wings to save
weight.

Paul Lamar


I agree.  Ron Ayres of the last two SSC teams makes a spirited argument that
LSR should have minimal yaw stability so that the driver is not blown into
the direction of a gust.  He set up Thrust SSC and the JCB Dieselmax at <3%
yaw stability margin.

Besides myself, every aerodynamicist I have spoken to believes we should
have very high stability margins.  My hope is that Andy will correct
Bloodhound before it kills him.

Eric Ahlstrom
President, Star Aerospace LLC