Bloodhound LSR Thread As Requested...

[IN51GHT]

loudlashadjuster said:

IN51GHT said:

The MOD provided the engines.

The next car will be rocket only if I have anything to do with the decision as the consensus is that around 1000mph is the limit of a car with a jet onboard.

Interesting. Do you think the added weight and complexity of having both engines has impacted progress? Or, to put it another way, if the decision had been to go with rocket(s) alone, do you think the project would by now have been making runs in SA?

Quite possibly, but years ago we could only make decisions on the information available at the time & you don't pass up the chance of the most advanced turbofan engine in the world (at the time)

You would remove the complexity of the gas turbine systems, but the rocket would have to be considerably more powerful, so there's added development time there.

Edited by IN51GHT on Tuesday 13th June 10:18

[Cold]

Buy your tickets for the October Newquay test.
https://bloodhoundssc.yourticketbooking.com/events...
(26-30 October.)

[CoolCurly]

Bloody hell! How much for a family ticket??????

I love the engineering, but thats just taking the Micheal Jackson out of people. Ive donated every time Ive seen the car at an event and both my kids have grown up seeing it and understanding what the project is.

To charge £120 to watch it run (thats being if everything works on the day and we all know what test days can look like) feels like a proper mugging.

Good luck though.

[IN51GHT]

CoolCurly said:

Bloody hell! How much for a family ticket??????

I love the engineering, but thats just taking the Micheal Jackson out of people. Ive donated every time Ive seen the car at an event and both my kids have grown up seeing it and understanding what the project is.

To charge £120 to watch it run (thats being if everything works on the day and we all know what test days can look like) feels like a proper mugging.

Good luck though.

Sorry you feel that way

I believe the tickets were priced in such a way that it means the event will actually bring in valuable revenue to the engineering side of the project, at a time when funding is a little tight.

[Gareth79]

I booked tix for my father and I, £100 seems fair considering the money is going into the project.

I should dig out my Thrust SSC poster that Richard Noble signed at Farnborough Airshow, I guess that would have been 1998, and see if Andy Green can sign it

[IN51GHT]

Gareth79 said:

I booked tix for my father and I, £100 seems fair considering the money is going into the project.

I should dig out my Thrust SSC poster that Richard Noble signed at Farnborough Airshow, I guess that would have been 1998, and see if Andy Green can sign it

He'd be happy to oblige

[14]

I've booked my ticket for the Thursday. It will be the second time I will of seen the car, the first being at the launch a couple of years ago. I'll see if I can buy a Deiselmax model, then ask Andy if he could sign it. I bought the Thrust and Bloodhound models at the launch and Andy singed the models then, so I'd like to complete the collection.

[ecsrobin]

IN51GHT said:

ecsrobin said:

Oberon said:

I've always thought a rocket-only design was the obvious way to go and I suspect the reason the jet engine was chosen from the outset was that the government made a spare one available in order to kick-start the project. Their (government's) main aim being an attempt to address the shortfall in British engineering graduates by stimulating an interest in young people to study STEM subjects. Bloodhound does seem to have been quite successful in that respect.

Just my 2p at an idle moment.

My understanding is BAE provided the engine without the MoD’s knowledge and that it was only on asking for some assistance did anyone know that someone outside of the military had the jet engine.

Happy to be corrected as it’s got to be pushing over 6+ years since the team visited RAF Coningsby to brief station personnel, I remember it was prior to the announcement of the location for the record run as we were asked to keep quiet about it.

The MOD provided the engines.

The next car will be rocket only if I have anything to do with the decision as the consensus is that around 1000mph is the limit of a car with a jet onboard.

Have I got it the wrong way round and it was BAE who were unaware they had the engine?

[rev-erend]

Great thread.

Nice to hear the progress being made.

Looks like the end goal is now in sight.

[Alex L]

Gareth79 said:

I should dig out my Thrust SSC poster that Richard Noble signed at Farnborough Airshow, I guess that would have been 1998, and see if Andy Green can sign it

I think I got mine at the Classic Car show around the same time - it's on my study wall next to my signed Bloodhound poster

Untitled by Alex L, on Flickr

[robinessex]

Bloodhound Diary: Learning from the past

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-4022...

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle will first mount an assault on the world land speed record (763mph; 1,228km/h). Bloodhound should start running on Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape, South Africa, in 2018.............continues

[14]

Spent nearly 12 hours helping out the stand today. One question that I thought of whilst I was there. Why do the wings not have winglets on them? I hoped to ask Mark Chapman, but every time I saw him he was busy, so I never got the chance to ask him. So I'll ask on here. Why do the wings not have winglets?

[rev-erend]

Do you mean end plates.

[Gareth79]

Had an email last week offering crowdfunding/supporting opportunities, including the skin pins previously mentioned on here, plus some nice 3D printed titanium items:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bloodhound

Although it's a bit strange there doesn't seem to be photos of the rewards on the page, I think it would be good to see a list of the items.

[Alex L]

I finally saw my friend (Guy Martin's agent) last night and understand you're already in talks?

[Gransport]

If you want to help the team raise funds and see the car in action when it runs for the first time in October, have a look at this:

https://youtu.be/SDrSiQVBhZ0

[mgv8]

I remember them saying the testing will start in 2013. It's still a long way off. I expect 2020 at least.

[LordGrover]

...if ever.
It was all fields round here when they started.

[Greg_D]

That's a bit blunt, but yes, there is a noticeable lack of impetus at the moment. Hopefully it'll start ramping up again soon. This protracted circus is not especially edifying...

[robinessex]

Bloodhound Diary: Newquay is go!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-4063...

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle will first mount an assault on the world land speed record (763mph; 1,228km/h). Bloodhound should start running on Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape, South Africa, in 2018.
Bloodhound is Go! That's the phrase we've been waiting for and now the dates are confirmed: we'll be blasting the car down the runway at Newquay in Cornwall at the end of October.
We've picked three separate events to show off the car. The best day (if you can make it) is 26 October, which will be the car's first-ever public runs.
This is the VIP and media day, and we're giving all our 1K Club Gold Members the chance to join our other VIPs, to say thank you for their support (if you want to come and you're not a member already, then fear not, there's still time to sign up here)..................continues