RE: Bloodhound SSC: engine test

RE: Bloodhound SSC: engine test

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B1GRLM

347 posts

214 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I have uploaded a few images from toads test here, and I will add details as soon as I get a chance.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyharman/sets/72157...

R500POP

8,777 posts

209 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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The test was a huge sucess. We are now confident that when we arrive in the desert with the car that we have a system to supply HTP to the rocket that works. We're all stocked about the way the day went.

Mark Wibble

211 posts

223 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I like the fact that cardboard-cutout-man in hi-vis jacket and goggles gets blown over despite standing off to the side!

woody68

139 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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I too was lucky enough to be down in Newquay yesterday for the rocket test and all I can say is WOW ...what an atmosphere I drove through the night Tuesday to arrive bright and early after several cups of coffee the day went perfect ..here's a few of the pics I took ...
The Show Car in one of the H.A.S shelters

Andy Green giving yet another interview

Cosworth F1 Engine been fussed over

The Radical Race car that Andy has been racing recently

Screen shot of the rocket engineers filling the HTP in to the fuel tank

Another screen shot The Bloodhound_Ssc & Cosworth guys doing their pretest checks


woody68

139 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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Here's a couple of video's I took as well

First one is a pretest of the Cosworth engine revving up
http://youtu.be/3xz4J4ZTn6k

Second one is of the actual Rocket test ...listen out for Andy's comments at the end
http://youtu.be/wwkAU4Wapjo

sorry for the shaky video footage ...I guess I was a little bit excited lol

woody68

139 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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Afterwards Andy Green went through the different parts of the test with us all

Here he is explaining the perfect diamonds in the flame


And here he's pointing to the Pump Exit pressure gauge and just above his wrist is the fuel pump RPM gauge its showing 16000 RPM