The article says it is scheduled to run in 2011. Same person who holds the current Land Speed Record at 763mph in Thrust SSC will be driving/flying, Andy Green.
It will be powered by a 25,000lb thrust rocket and a 20,000lb thrust jet engine from a Typhoon. The British military is letting them use the engine. Imagine 0-1,000mph in 40 seconds on land. What a ride.
Very interesting hobby. No room for error. Should be interesting.
Go here for the story:
BLOODHOUND SSC will accelerate from rest using an EJ-200 jet engine, taking it up to 300mph.
At that point (a) the rocket will be ignited, so that it and the jet are operating simultaneously, thereby increasing the acceleration to well over 2g.
Having reached maximum speed (1,050mph), the rocket thrust will be stopped (point b), but the jet engine will continue burning for a few seconds.
During this brief period, the car will decelerate at about 1.5g. When the jet engine also stops (point c), the deceleration will peak at nearly 3g.
When the vehicle slows to subsonic speeds the aerodynamic drag will reduce dramatically, slowing the deceleration of the vehicle. Two additional deceleration peaks are shown on the curves (points d and e), indicating the release of two parachutes. At low speeds, below 200mph, hydraulically operated disc brakes can be used.
The Land Speed record is calculated from the average speed of the car over two runs, completed within the space of an hour. The ability to control the car’s stopping, and therefore the turn-round time, is key to the success of the record attempt.
It will be powered by a 25,000lb thrust rocket and a 20,000lb thrust jet engine from a Typhoon. The British military is letting them use the engine. Imagine 0-1,000mph in 40 seconds on land. What a ride.
Very interesting hobby. No room for error. Should be interesting.
Go here for the story:
BLOODHOUND SSC will accelerate from rest using an EJ-200 jet engine, taking it up to 300mph.
At that point (a) the rocket will be ignited, so that it and the jet are operating simultaneously, thereby increasing the acceleration to well over 2g.
Having reached maximum speed (1,050mph), the rocket thrust will be stopped (point b), but the jet engine will continue burning for a few seconds.
During this brief period, the car will decelerate at about 1.5g. When the jet engine also stops (point c), the deceleration will peak at nearly 3g.
When the vehicle slows to subsonic speeds the aerodynamic drag will reduce dramatically, slowing the deceleration of the vehicle. Two additional deceleration peaks are shown on the curves (points d and e), indicating the release of two parachutes. At low speeds, below 200mph, hydraulically operated disc brakes can be used.
The Land Speed record is calculated from the average speed of the car over two runs, completed within the space of an hour. The ability to control the car’s stopping, and therefore the turn-round time, is key to the success of the record attempt.
Nice site showing the build, and video of the run.
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