Bloodhound SSC is the name of a project aiming to break the land speed record with a pencil-shaped car powered by a jet engine and a rocket designed to reach approximately 1,000 miles per hour (1,609 km/h). It is being developed and built with the intention of breaking the land speed record by the largest ever margin.
If £10 million of sponsorship funding is obtained the construction should be complete by the end of 2011 and the record attempts may happen in late 2011 or early 2012.
The project was announced on 23 October 2008 at the Science Museum in London
Richard Noble, engineer, adventurer, and former paint salesman,[2] reached 633 mph (1,019 km/h) driving turbojet-powered car named Thrust 2 across the Nevada desert in 1983. In 1997, he headed the project to build the Thrust SSC, driven by Andy Green, an RAF pilot, at 763 mph (1,228 km/h)
The task of driving the vehicle will fall to the land speed record holder Wing Commander Green, who will lie feet-first in the BLOODHOUND. As the car accelerates from 0-1,000 mph (1,600 km/h) in 42 seconds, he will experience a force of 2.5g (two and a half times his bodyweight) and the blood will rush to his head.
To slow down, airbrakes will deploy at 800 mph (1,300 km/h) and parachutes at 600 mph (970 km/h). Disc brakes will be used below 250 mph (400 km/h). As he decelerates, experiencing forces of up to 3g, the blood will drain to his feet and he could black out.
The School of Engineering at Swansea University has been heavily involved in the design of the vehicle from the start. Professor Oubay Hassan, Professor Ken Morgan and their team have used Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in order to provide an understanding of the aerodynamic characteristics of the proposed shape, at all speeds, including predicting the likely vertical, lateral and drag forces on the vehicle and its pitch and yaw stability.
A prototype Eurojet EJ200 jet engine developed for the Eurofighter and bound for a museum, was donated to the project. This will take the car to 300 mph (480 km/h)
The Super Sonic Car will have roughly the same horse power as 180 F1 cars.
The four 36-inch (910 mm) diameter wheels will rotate at up to 10,500 rpm and will be machined from solid aluminium to resist the 50,000 g centrifugal forces
A full scale model was exhibited at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow,[9] when it was announced that Hampson Industries would build the rear of the car in the first quarter of 2011
Predecessor : Thrust SSC
Class Land speed record vehicle
Engine Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan
Falcon HTP rocket
MCT V12 800 bhp race engine (APU)
Length 12.8 m (42 ft)
Width 6.4 m (21 ft)
Kerb weight 6,422 kg (14,160 lb) (fuelled)
"We would hope to be able to shake down the vehicle on a runway in the UK either at the end of 2011 or at the beginning of 2012.
If £10 million of sponsorship funding is obtained the construction should be complete by the end of 2011 and the record attempts may happen in late 2011 or early 2012.
The project was announced on 23 October 2008 at the Science Museum in London
Richard Noble, engineer, adventurer, and former paint salesman,[2] reached 633 mph (1,019 km/h) driving turbojet-powered car named Thrust 2 across the Nevada desert in 1983. In 1997, he headed the project to build the Thrust SSC, driven by Andy Green, an RAF pilot, at 763 mph (1,228 km/h)
The task of driving the vehicle will fall to the land speed record holder Wing Commander Green, who will lie feet-first in the BLOODHOUND. As the car accelerates from 0-1,000 mph (1,600 km/h) in 42 seconds, he will experience a force of 2.5g (two and a half times his bodyweight) and the blood will rush to his head.
To slow down, airbrakes will deploy at 800 mph (1,300 km/h) and parachutes at 600 mph (970 km/h). Disc brakes will be used below 250 mph (400 km/h). As he decelerates, experiencing forces of up to 3g, the blood will drain to his feet and he could black out.
The School of Engineering at Swansea University has been heavily involved in the design of the vehicle from the start. Professor Oubay Hassan, Professor Ken Morgan and their team have used Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in order to provide an understanding of the aerodynamic characteristics of the proposed shape, at all speeds, including predicting the likely vertical, lateral and drag forces on the vehicle and its pitch and yaw stability.
A prototype Eurojet EJ200 jet engine developed for the Eurofighter and bound for a museum, was donated to the project. This will take the car to 300 mph (480 km/h)
The Super Sonic Car will have roughly the same horse power as 180 F1 cars.
The four 36-inch (910 mm) diameter wheels will rotate at up to 10,500 rpm and will be machined from solid aluminium to resist the 50,000 g centrifugal forces
A full scale model was exhibited at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow,[9] when it was announced that Hampson Industries would build the rear of the car in the first quarter of 2011
Predecessor : Thrust SSC
Class Land speed record vehicle
Engine Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan
Falcon HTP rocket
MCT V12 800 bhp race engine (APU)
Length 12.8 m (42 ft)
Width 6.4 m (21 ft)
Kerb weight 6,422 kg (14,160 lb) (fuelled)
"We would hope to be able to shake down the vehicle on a runway in the UK either at the end of 2011 or at the beginning of 2012.
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