Bloodhound SSC has begun!

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• Yvonne* Super Moderator

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  I've been following this too. Very exciting! Hope they get out in October!
• HEMI_guy Senior Member

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  What's the current record?
• racer12306 Senior Member

  June 2017 edited June 2017

  HEMI_guy wrote: »

  What's the current record?

  
  763mph from 1997 when they broke the sound barrier for the first time.
  
  There have been some attempts at that place in Africa but the conditions haven't been there. They spent a lot of time and money just prepping the surface.
• slugbelch Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  70 DAYS TO GO!
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/10154970260821936/?hc_ref=ARRb5AFYbBnUkFX_E0dI2AgLeJA8KFxVPmUrQR6XfRAuM2mINoSR_BmhEeHeq1NfTCc
• slugbelch Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Bloodhound Race Car to Make First Public Run
  August 14, 2017, 9:00 am
  
  
  

  The Bloodhound Project will hold its first ever public run using the Bloodhound SSC racecar on October 26th, 2017 at the Aerohub Enterprise Zone, Cornwall Airport Newquay, U.K.

  
  https://www.lightmetalage.com/news/industry-news/automotive/bloodhound-race-car-make-first-public-run/
• shaketown dave Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  cant wait to see how it goes.at an airport?
• racer12306 Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  shaketown dave wrote: »

  cant wait to see how it goes.at an airport?

  
  It's just a public test run. Not the attempt for 1000mph.
• shaketown dave Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  yeah I figured that but still not much of a place to test(even public exhibition):eek:
• slugbelch Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Inside the 1000 mph shop
  
  
  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/stefanmarjoramart/posts/1640994749266876
  
  65 days until it's first (test) run at Newquay!
• slugbelch Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Sure is a lot to look at and a lot of buttons to push when going 1000 mph!
  
  (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/posts/10155077457311936?pnref=story
• shaketown dave Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  lotta unmarked toggle switches.i'm likin the throttle.could be fun to drive:D
• slugbelch Senior Member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  The "Hold on to your butts" buttons:
  (3D printed titanium wheel)
  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/posts/10155094858181936
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  50 days to go!
  
  video:
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/10153146118331936/?hc_ref=ARTRGW1W853P5del10nsE5igoke1fVRyumJmNs4oFAJxCMfPI4H4BAFuUUMrkdGj_9M
  
  
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  43 more days!
  

  The live engine for Newquay has been loaded into a cradle ready for fitting into the upper chassis

  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/posts/10155132891501936
• HEMI_guy Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Isn't that our Eugene in that second to last pic?
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Getting ready to relocate to Newquay for testing:
  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/posts/10155135627491936
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  This afternoon we successfully trial fitted the upper chassis with jet engine onto the lower chassis. Newquay here we come!

  
  
  6 more pics:
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/posts/10155139051101936
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  The cockpit is alive, Milton and Joe have been running through more systems checks today. The upper chassis has been attached to the lower chassis now and fastened down.
  
  The build team are making fantastic progress in the run up to Newquay runway trials

  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/photos/a.156630776935.115061.100734801935/10155147125041936/?type=3&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1505743106018992
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/photos/pcb.10155147662366936/10155147658146936/?type=3&theater
• Twostep Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Interesting choice of propulsion - that big jet engine they keep showing isn't what pushes Bloodhound SSC to 1000mph. It simply gets it up to 300 or so, where a rocket engine takes over. And to drive the rocket's oxidizer pump, there's a supercharged Jaguar V8 aboard just for that. No wonder there's so many instruments and switches.....
  
  The jet engine produces about 13,500 pounds of thrust; not nearly enough for a LSR. The 'car' that holds the current record, Thrust SSC, needed 40,000 pounds from its two F4 Phantom engines to achieve 763mph.
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  35 MORE DAYS!
  

  BLOODHOUND SSC has been loaded up and is ready to go to Newquay!

  
  
  10 pics:
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/photos/a.156630776935.115061.100734801935/10155155757961936/?type=3&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1505987114801302
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  BLOODHOUND arrived in her new home early Thursday evening.
  The team head down there on Monday to start the trials.
  Big thanks to Cornwall Airport Newquay Arthur Spriggs and the hundreds of sponsors who helped us get here!

  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/photos/pcb.10155159090081936/10155159081346936/?type=3&theater
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  BLOODHOUND clears its throat.
  This is the air start cart spooling up and dry cranking the EJ200 jet engine. It's a dress rehearsal for a tie down test.

  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/vb.100734801935/10155170858306936/?type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1506417743616351
• shaketown dave Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  thanks for postin this slug.you are the man:cool:
• slugbelch Senior Member

  September 2017 edited September 2017

  Today, 29 September 2017 the BLOODHOUND team achieved a huge engineering milestone. They successfully started up the state-of-the-art EJ200 jet engine which had been installed in the car and took it to max reheat (aka afterburner). Driver Andy Green sat in the cockpit throttling the jet engine with his right foot. The car was tied down to a secure anchor point on the southern side of Cornwall Airport Newquay.

  
  VIDEO:
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/vb.100734801935/10155179262606936/?type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1506706154123474
  
  
• slugbelch Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  Push The Limit: Bloodhound To Break The Landspeed Record
  Oct. 2 2017
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwyMSbkKCzk&feature=youtu.be
• HEMI_guy Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  slugbelch wrote: »

  VIDEO:
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/vb.100734801935/10155179262606936/?type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1506706154123474
  
  

  
  
  "Hey! Grab that left side wheel chock!"
• slugbelch Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  BLOODHOUND rolling
  Dynamic testing gets underway!
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/vb.100734801935/10155195071806936/?type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1507217703338860
• slugbelch Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  "If you don't think this is cool, you don't belong here, LOL"
  
  4:00 VIDEO:
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/videos/vb.100734801935/10155203371131936/?type=2&theater&notif_t=notify_me_page&notif_id=1507493713438119
  
  
• slugbelch Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  9 DAYS AND COUNTING!
  
  
  
  Win tickets to go see it!
  
  https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-news/bloodhound-ssc-competition/36931
• slugbelch Senior Member

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  Load testing the rear wing. Similar to Antron's car, the names of over 35,000 people who donated to make this dream a reality:
  
  
  
  
  https://www.facebook.com/BLOODHOUNDSSC/photos/pcb.10155226821431936/10155226820801936/?type=3&theater