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03-07-2011, 03:19 PM
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| Bloodhound SSC, Designed to Go 1050mph
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Formula 1 is seen as the apogee of engineering excellence and automotive power. So it says something that in Bloodhound SSC — the car that, if all goes well, in 2013 will shatter the current land speed record — the Cosworth Formula 1 engine is just the fuel pump.
“We are creating the ultimate car; we’re going where no-one has gone before,” said Richard Noble, the project director.
The car, which Mr. Noble says takes £10,000 a day just to keep it ticking over, will be powered by not one, but two other engines. The smaller one, the EJ200, is normally found in the British Royal Air Force’s Typhoon jet. Its job is to get the 13.4 meter long car up to 350 miles per hour.
That’s when the big one kicks in. The big one is the 18-inch diameter, 12-foot-long Falcon rocket, the largest of its kind ever made in the U.K. Its job is to catapult the car through the sound barrier to its maximum speed of 1,050 mph. That is, literally, faster than a speeding bullet.
To get there, the Cosworth CA2010 engine has to inject one ton of fuel into the rocket within 20 seconds. That’s why you need an F1 engine as a fuel pump. Cosworth is also providing the rocket control system which will manage the ignition, fuel supply and shutdown of the Falcon rocket. The Northampton-based company is also providing the telemetric system.
The triumvirate of power together form the most powerful land vehicle ever built.
Wing Commander Andy Green will pilot the car as it speeds across the Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, in South Africa in 2013. If successful, Bloodhound will not only shatter the current land speed record — held by Wing Cmdr. Green in Thrust SSC and standing at 763.035 mph — but given the altitude of the Hakskeen Pan, around 3,000 feet, it will also exceed the official air speed record at low altitude (which stands at 994 mph).
Bloodhound is not just about shattering records, says Mr. Noble: “The primary objective of Bloodhound is to inspire the next generation to pursue careers in science and engineering.”
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03-07-2011, 03:49 PM
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#2 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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whenever i see rocket cars...i always think:
is it still a car when its got 2 jet engines strapped onto it?
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03-07-2011, 04:08 PM
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#3 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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Is it still a car when it can't even take corners?
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03-07-2011, 04:41 PM
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who cars its the land speed record they after NOT a car...
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03-07-2011, 10:42 PM
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why dont they just fly F22 along the ground then and call it a land speed record?
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03-07-2011, 11:16 PM
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#6 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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^ why dont they just fly a blackbird along the ground then and call it a land speed record?
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03-07-2011, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain Picard  ^ why dont they just fly a blackbird along the ground then and call it a land speed record? | F22 more maneuverability :7
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03-08-2011, 12:25 AM
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#8 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by danizer F22 more maneuverability :7 | FUCK THAT. SPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEED
or as clarkson would put it POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRR
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