BLOODHOUND SSC
Bloodhound finally taken off its leash in UK
Bloodhound SSC has finally performed its first speed runs in the UK
Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car), the car built to attempt to break the world land speed record at the Hakskeen Pan in SA, made its first public runs in the UK, hitting a peak speed of 201mph (323km/h). The successful test was live streamed around the world and came 20 years after driver Wing Commander Andy Green set the current World Land Speed Record of 763.035mph (1,228km/h). Jet engine Spectators gathered to watch the team conduct two runs along the 2.7km runway in Newquay, southwest England. Bloodhound accelerated at a rate of 1.5G, reaching 322km/h from a standing start in just eight seconds. Power was provided by a Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine, normally found in a Eurofighter Typhoon, which produced a peak thrust of 90 kilonewtons, equivalent to the combined output of 360 family cars. On completing the test, Green said: "The design and engineering team has done an incredible job with Bloodhound SSC. There is development work still to do, but straight out of the box it feels re...
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