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0-60 in less than five seconds, 100mph max speed, wind tunnels, scientists, engineers, this is no ordinary lawnmower, it’s the fastest lawnmower in the world. Don Wales captained ‘Project Runningblade’, a team attempting to smash the world record for the fastest lawnmower in the world.

Wales is the grandson of the legendary Malcolm Campbell who set a land speed record of 146.16mph back in 1924 with ‘Bluebird’. He has been on a mission to beat the record set by Bob Cleveland in 2006. Cleveland hit just over 80.792mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah and Wales has been on a mission ever since. They recently set a record of 87.833mph on Pendine Sands, UK.

The Runningblade team worked in conjunction with lawnmower manufacturer Countax while raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Wales, who recently set world land speed records for steam and electric powered cars, admitted the mower was his most dangerous attempt.

The project is a slightly modified sit down mower available off the shelf from Countax and was required to prove it could cut grass immediately before the record attempt. The team was worried the blades might catch in the ground at high speed so they were removed, and a roll cage was fitted.

It is a simple automatic mower but was never designed to reach these speeds, mowers are too heavy and the complete opposite of aerodynamic. Above 50mph it would begin to shake violently and there were concerns over the brakes which were only designed to stop it at speeds of 6pmh.

Officially, the fastest production lawnmower for sale is an industrial model called the ‘Dixie Chopper Xtreme’, designed to cut sports fields and large areas it has a 33hp engine and a top speed of 15mph. It can cut an entire football field in 10 minutes, but by comparison the Runningblade could do it in less than two minutes. It’s unlikely to go into production though as there is not much demand for high speed grass cutting.

It might be the fastest lawnmower in the world but it doesn’t have the ability to deal with lawn moss, for that you will need some decent lawn advice.

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