![]() The crisis had been averted, and Thrust SSC was on its way to a world record. On – the team's last day of testing – Andy took Thrust SSC up to 490 mph (788 km/h), or about as fast as the car could go in the limited space of the Al-Jafr mudflats. The trick worked, and over the next few runs the car was brought under control. It was a process he likened to balancing a pencil vertically on the tip of his finger. He decided the only thing to do was the "bully the car into being stable" – making constant, tiny adjustments to maintain stability, saving larger, less frequent adjustments for when he actually needed to steer the car. ![]() ![]() I think we’re stuffed." That night, he stayed up thinking it over. That morning, as the engines spooled down and the car slowly drifted to a stop, Andy thought to himself "I think this project has just finished. ![]()
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