Students Designing Cockpit For World's Fastest Car: 1,000 Mph Record Attempt Planned
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 20:35
in Physics & Chemistry
World land speed challenger Andy Green OBE visited the University of the West of England recently to try out for the first time a mock-up of the cockpit he will use in his 1000 mph record attempt. The cockpit test rig, designed and built by second-year product design students, will ensure that cockpit components such as chair and controls are in the optimum ergonomic position for the challenge.
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