Aussie Invader - World Land Speed Record Challenger

Aussie Invader - World Land Speed Record Challenger Aussie Invader 5R - Rosco McGlashan Presents Australia’s World Land Speed Record Contender

Rosco McGlashan has enlisted a skilled team to build a car for Australia capable of breaking the sound barrier and moving on to 1,000 mph. The car is Aussie Invader 5R, powered by a liquid bi-propellant rocket engine producing around 62,000 lbs of thrust (about 200,000 horsepower). The car weighs about 9 tonnes fully fuelled and will be capable of accelerating from zero to supersonic in 20 seconds!

We cannot “Thank” Mike Annear and Lindsay Clarke for their mammoth effort in scanning the whole of Aussie Invader 5R ins...
08/09/2026

We cannot “Thank” Mike Annear and Lindsay Clarke for their mammoth effort in scanning the whole of Aussie Invader 5R inside outside and all its components.
A big “thank you” to Revopoint for their fantastic state of the art 3D scanning equipment.

The car has been stripped and being scanned with the results being passed to Snowdon Consulting. We are going out to mee...
06/09/2026

The car has been stripped and being scanned with the results being passed to Snowdon Consulting. We are going out to meet them in early October to discuss the rocket engine. A massive thank you to Mike Annear and Lindsay Clarke the operators of the equipment, who have driven across from Brisbane to
our workshop in Perth. Our team guys have been busy Scanning the whole car for three days so far with a couple more to go. Exciting times.

The car has been stripped and being scanned with the results being passed to Snowdon Consulting. We are going out to mee...
06/09/2026

The car has been stripped and being scanned with the results being passed to Snowdon Consulting. We are going out to meet them in early October to discuss the rocket engine. A massive thank you to Mike Annear and Lindsay Clarke the operators of the Revopoint equipment. Mike and Lindsay have driven across from Brisbane to our workshop in Perth. Our team guys have been busy scanning the whole car for three days so far with a couple more to go.

Team member Mike Annear using a Revopoint 3D scanner to accurately scan the internals of the car, so we can send them to...
04/09/2026

Team member Mike Annear using a Revopoint 3D scanner to accurately scan the internals of the car, so we can send them to Snowdon Consulting to advance our rocket engine test firing. More about this to follow. 🚀

Spotted the rocket go-kart in this ad for the York Motor Museum. Great day out.
29/08/2026

Spotted the rocket go-kart in this ad for the York Motor Museum. Great day out.

Appearing at the WA Strongman event (not competing 😂) with great sponsors Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls Group.
22/08/2026

Appearing at the WA Strongman event (not competing 😂) with great sponsors Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls Group.

22/08/2026

Great Father’s Day gift idea. See comments.👇

Cheryl and I attended the Gosnells Golf Club last night to present our project to the Southern Districts Rotary Club. It...
18/08/2026

Cheryl and I attended the Gosnells Golf Club last night to present our project to the Southern Districts Rotary Club. It was a great night. It was a “thank you” to Rick lending us the specialised scales we needed to weight our car, minus all its internals recently.

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18/08/2026

Thank you for helping share the story and making it #1. 👇👇👇

MAJOR NEWS UPDATE from Rosco and the Aussie Invader 5R project.
14/08/2026

MAJOR NEWS UPDATE from Rosco and the Aussie Invader 5R project.

I work with Aussie racing legend Rosco McGlashan on Aussie Invader 5R, a rocket-powered car capable of reaching 1,000 mph. I have written two books, one on Rosco’s incredible life and racing career, and one on the science behind this amazing project for kids. Learn more by subscribing!

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