A jet engine – normally found in the Eurofighter Typhoon and a cluster of Nammo hybrid rockets – developed to power the next generation of space launchers, will help the world’s first ever supersonic car, “Blood Hound supersonic” presently in the making, breach the 1000 miles per hour (1,609km/h) speed later this year.
This includes many custom-made parts including: a state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine – normally found in the Eurofighter Typhoon, a 550 bhp Supercharged Jaguar V8 – used to pump the oxidiser into the rocket, two unique Rolex instruments specially made, a titanium skinned upper chassis;, a carbon fibre monocoque and canopy with 50 mm thick windscreen along with 22,500 aerospace-grade rivets, each hand-fixed.
Driver Andy Green breached the 500 mph (804km/h) – recently – 50% of the speed the Bloodhound Supersonic car will ultimately travel.
This includes many custom-made parts including: a state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine – normally found in the Eurofighter Typhoon, a 550 bhp Supercharged Jaguar V8 – used to pump the oxidiser into the rocket, two unique Rolex instruments specially made, a titanium skinned upper chassis;, a carbon fibre monocoque and canopy with 50 mm thick windscreen along with 22,500 aerospace-grade rivets, each hand-fixed.
Driver Andy Green breached the 500 mph (804km/h) – recently – 50% of the speed the Bloodhound Supersonic car will ultimately travel.
The team started the 12-month countdown last month to its first land speed record attempt.
At full speed Bloodhound will cover a mile (1.6km) in 3.6 seconds, that’s 4.5 football pitches laid end to end per second.
The vehicle is currently being assembled at the Technical Centre in Bristol, UK. It is on schedule for roll out summer 2015 where it will undergo UK runway testing up to 200 mph (321 km/h) at the Aerohub, Newquay.
