Bloodhound SSC

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.
↑ "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

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[1] Noble, Green and Team Target 1,000MPH Record Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Thursday, 23 October 2008

[2] "Facts and Figures". The Bloodhound Project. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[3] "Supersonic car targets 1,000mph". BBC News. BBC. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

[4] Jonathan M. Gitlin (19 March 2014). "Bloodhound SSC: How do you build a car capable of 1,000mph?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[5] Rolls-Royce Backs Bloodhound Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Monday, 13 May 2013

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