2018 Bell & Ross BELLYTANKER Inspired By Bonneville vMax Racers
Achieving top speeds with piston engines is almost all about aero. Yes, thrust is key to get you above 100-mph. And stability is critical for being able to comfortably reach 150-mph over the flat, but actually pretty choppy, salt flats of Bonneville. Anything over 200-mph takes a seriously slippery shape. The drag forces rise to exponentially with each extra MPH at that point. You really need to be in as slippery a shape as possible. During the post-war maverick days of the late 1940s and 1950s, the engineers involved had to find the most sleek, ultra teardrop shape imaginable. Military …