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Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team.[1][2]

Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle on 25 August 2009, driven by Charles Burnett III with an average speed of Шаблон:Convert[3] over two consecutive runs over a measured mile. This broke the and longest-standing land speed record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott in the Stanley Steamer.[4] On 26 August 2009 the car, driven by Don Wales, broke a second record by achieving an average speed of Шаблон:Convert over two consecutive runs over a measured kilometre.

The runs were made at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The car is 7.6 m long, 1.7 m wide and weighs 3 tons. It is powered by a two-stage turbine driven by superheated steam from 12 boilers containing distilled water. The boilers are heated by burners which burn Liquid Petroleum Gas to produce 3 Megawatts (10.2 million BTU/hr) of heat. The steam produced is at a temperature of 400 °C (750 °F) and a pressure of 4000 kN/m2 Шаблон:Convert. The engine is capable of developing Шаблон:Convert and consumes around 40 litres (8.8 Impgal) of water per minute).[5]

The car has been retired to the National Motor Museum Trust at Beaulieu, England.[6]

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External links

  1. BSCC teamsteamcar.co.uk Шаблон:Webarchive
  2. Land Speed Record Breakers August 2009 '...The Royal Automobile Club Recognises World Land Speed Record Breaking Team...' Шаблон:Webarchive steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
  3. Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Glaskin, Max, Steam-powered car breaks century-old speed record, 25 August 2009, retrieved 1 December 2018
  5. Vehicle design details steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
  6. British Steam Car ‘Inspiration’ nationalmotormuseum.org.uk, accessed 1 December 2018