The development of the automobile "Bloodhound SSC" which runs faster than the sound speed wall and runs faster than the bullet is progressing smoothly

Before,The car "Bloodhound SSC" blowing at supersonic speed over 1600 km / h has been developedAlthough it made an article, from two years or more has passed since then the project has advanced considerably, and the body was finally completed at last.

This Bloodhound SSC runs faster than the shot bullet, which is 1600 km / h, and will be scheduled to perform record runs in 2013 to challenge the highest speed record on land.

The car faster than the bullet is from the following.The Car Faster Than a Speeding Bullet - Tech Europe - WSJ

This long and narrow car is the real thing of "Bloodhound SSC". By the way, the maximum speed is about 1688 km / h (469 m / s) per hour.


"Cosworth CA 2010"The engine used by the F1 machine is used for the fuel pump, and the two main and large engines are running.


Of the two main engines, the smaller engine "EJ 200" is a British Air ForceEuro Fighter TyphoonIt can be used to accelerate the 13.4 meter body to 563 km / h.


The bigger engine is a Falcon rocket with a diameter of about 46 cm and a length of about 3.7 m. It is the largest of the kind made in the UK at the time, and "Bloodhound SSC" crosses the sound velocity barrier and reaches the maximum speed of 1688 km.


"We will reach the predecessor area," project director Richard Noble says, "This project is not aimed at updating speed records."


Cosworth CEO Tim Routsis also said, "The main purpose of Bloodhound is to encourage the development of science and engineering by influencing the next generation."


The record run scheduled to be held in 2013 will be held in the place called Hakskeen pan in South Africa, but since the altitude of this place is around 914 m, if it succeeds it will not just update the current land speed record, It is said that we will rewrite the speed record at low altitude.