Inspired by the backyard engineering of land-speed ... Ford Zephyr 6 draft car (complete with column-mounted manual shifter), but he'll need a draft car with a higher top speed if he wants to ...

In the spirit of speed, [James Whomsley] strapped a jet turbine engine to an RC car, and learned some hard lessons along the way. The car started as a four-wheel drive electric race car ...

The UK-led bid to break the world land speed record is under threat once more ... in tandem with the development programme, using model rocket cars to teach fundamental concepts such as Newtonian ...