FireForce 5 Jet Dragster

01/05/2014

The team are pleased to announce that the first runs in the new jet dragster, Number 5, were successful. There have been a lot of late nights, early mornings and head scratching with Number 5. A persistent fuel leak occurred on many test fire ups and hindered the progress of the project on more than one occasion.

Regrettably, we didn’t make our run scheduled for Friday 18th April at Festival of Power due to this leak and as much as we hate letting the public down, safety will always come first. Thankfully, a late night on Friday meant that the problem was temporarily fixed for Saturday.

On Saturday, the dragster steadily reached approximately 70mph and although it didn’t break any records, it was a successful test run down the track with an early shut off and chutes deployed. For the second outing, it was a side by side run against Split Second. This run, again, wasn’t about settings any records but managing to increase the speed and give the team an idea of what the dragster is capable of. A steady 120mph was enough to please us this time round.

The next step is to get the body painted and then really see what this machine can do!