Britain’s 1000mph car has been revealed in Bristol, which cracks the world ground speed record. Bloodhound SSC has left 10 design developments since October 2008 and the final design has now been agreed. The car’s first attempts at the record, which currently stands at 763mph, will take place on the Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape Province of South Africa in 2011.
The car is powered by an EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine and a 400kg hybrid rocket which is 45 cm/18 inches in diameter and, at 425 cm/14 feet long sitting below the engine. The rocket is designed to create 122 kN /27,500 lbs of thrust and EJ200 jet engine creates 90 kN/20,000 lb thrust, totally the car creates 212 kN/47,500 lb of thrust which is equal to 133,150bhp or equal to the power of around 180 Formula One cars.
The original plan is to place a small 200kg rocket above the EJ200 jet engine, but more thrust was needed to overcome the aerodynamic drag. This led to a 400kg rocket being used, which caused the car to pitch nose-down, to destabilize the vehicle. Engineers found the best compromise to be positioning the rocket below the jet engine.
The diameter of car wheels is 90cm which is made from forged aerospace-grade aluminium to withstand the g-forces required of supporting a 6.5-tonne car traveling at 1050mph.
The greatest challenge of project is to find a place suitable for the car to make its record attempt. The site needs to be 10 miles long and must have one mile of clear run-off at each end and be firm enough to support the weight of the car. Several locations, including the Bonneville Salt Flats in the US, were sounded out using Google Earth.
Hakskeen Pan is the best site which is 12-mile track across a perfectly flat dried-up lake. The record attempt is being supported by the Northern Cape Government.
The car is powered by an EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine and a 400kg hybrid rocket which is 45 cm/18 inches in diameter and, at 425 cm/14 feet long sitting below the engine. The rocket is designed to create 122 kN /27,500 lbs of thrust and EJ200 jet engine creates 90 kN/20,000 lb thrust, totally the car creates 212 kN/47,500 lb of thrust which is equal to 133,150bhp or equal to the power of around 180 Formula One cars.
The original plan is to place a small 200kg rocket above the EJ200 jet engine, but more thrust was needed to overcome the aerodynamic drag. This led to a 400kg rocket being used, which caused the car to pitch nose-down, to destabilize the vehicle. Engineers found the best compromise to be positioning the rocket below the jet engine.The diameter of car wheels is 90cm which is made from forged aerospace-grade aluminium to withstand the g-forces required of supporting a 6.5-tonne car traveling at 1050mph.
The greatest challenge of project is to find a place suitable for the car to make its record attempt. The site needs to be 10 miles long and must have one mile of clear run-off at each end and be firm enough to support the weight of the car. Several locations, including the Bonneville Salt Flats in the US, were sounded out using Google Earth.
Hakskeen Pan is the best site which is 12-mile track across a perfectly flat dried-up lake. The record attempt is being supported by the Northern Cape Government.
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