Bloodhound SSC
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Full scale model
Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic land vehicle currently in development. Its goal is to match or exceed 1,000 miles per hour (1,609 km/h). This would mean a new world land speed record.[1] The pencil-shaped car is powered by a jet engine and a rocket engine. It is designed to reach 1,050 miles per hour (1,690 km/h).[2] It is being developed and built with the intention of breaking the land speed record by 33%.[3][4]
Runway testing of up to 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) is scheduled to take place in early 2015. Bloodhound SSC will then be tested on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa. A track 12 miles (19 km) long, 2 miles (3.2 km) wide has been cleared.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Noble, Green and Team Target 1,000MPH Record Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Thursday, 23 October 2008
- ↑ "Facts and Figures". The Bloodhound Project. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ "Supersonic car targets 1,000mph". BBC News. BBC. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ↑ Jonathan M. Gitlin (19 March 2014). "Bloodhound SSC: How do you build a car capable of 1,000mph?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ↑ Rolls-Royce Backs Bloodhound Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Monday, 13 May 2013
