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The BLOODHOUND Project
was spawned from Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC, both projects with Richard
Noble at the helm as the originator of the British land speed record
contingent.
The BLOODHOUND Project is the name of an international education initiative focused around a 1,000 mph world land speed
record attempt. The team aim to break the land speed record with a pencil-shaped car called BLOODHOUND
SSC, powered by a jet engine and a rocket
similar to the Budweiser
car, designed to reach 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 33%, the largest ever
margin.
Bloodhound development
DESIGN
The project is based in what used to be the Maritime Heritage Centre on the Bristol
harbourside, located next to
Brunel's SS Great Britain. This building has been renamed the Bloodhound Technical Centre.
This technology, originally developed for the aerospace industry, was validated for a land-going vehicle during the design of Thrust SSC. It was this involvement with the previous land speed record that prompted Richard Noble to approach Swansea in April 2007 to see if they could help with this latest challenge. Swansea University's School of the Environment and Society was also enlisted to help determine a new test site for the record as the test site for the Thrust SSC record attempt has become unsuitable.
DESIGN, PRODUCTS & APPLICATION 30 SEPTEMBER 2017
Bloodhound firing up
Thrust 2 | Thrust SSC | Bloodhound SSC
LINKS
Swansea University Desert Selection Programme http://www.dpaonthenet.net/article/139905/Start-your-engines--BLOODHOUND-s-jet-engine-fired-up.aspx
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