Thursday 11th November 2010

PH Day Out: New Date For BLOODHOUND Visit

Meet the world's fastest man and the team behind the
1,000 mph BLOODHOUND SSC

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Hob-nob with Andy (or a Rich Tea? )...

On Sunday 28th November, the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre (AKA the Dog House) will open its doors exclusively to 40 PistonHeads readers, giving you an amazing chance to hob-nob with the world's fastest man, meet the team behind the car - and most importantly do your bit to support the team's quest for a new 1000mph+ record in 2012.

'Doing your bit' means coughing up a paltry £30 for the privilege of getting your name on our exclusive list of event attendees. Your contribution will go straight into the BLOODHOUND record attempt biscuit tin/kitty, thus allowing you to walk taller in the knowledge you've done a very good thing - and hopefully feel extra smug when the guys bring back the record for Britain.

In case you were wondering, they need £12m to get the car to the desert in the Summer of 2012, and so far there's only about £4m in the bank. (Otherwise they'd be delighted to show you around for free, obviously!)

...and get close up to this!

Still, £30 for a 'money can't buy' opportunity like this sounds like great value to us - so hopefully we'll see you there.

To make it even more painless, they've even set up a Paypal 'buy it now' link for tickets!

Agenda:

Doors open at 09.45 for coffee and biscuits. The event kicks off at 10:00 and wraps at 13:00. The day will consist of talks by members of the BLOODHOUND team and opportunity to see the 44ft model of the car.

Talks by
- A project update by Chief Engineer - Mark Chapman
- A talk by driver Andy Green, on how the car will handle at 1,000 mph
- CFD engineer - Iain Niven and stress engineer- Roland Dennison will talk about their work on the Super Sonic Car
- BLOODHOUND and the media by Comms Director - Richard Knight

To do
- Meet the engineering team
- See Cosworth's CA2010 F1 engine
- See the 1:1 scale model of the car
- See the EJ200 jet engine that will power it
- Try your hand at driving 15 times the speed limit
- Purchase merchandise and join our supporters club - the 1K Club

Date: Sunday 28th November 2010
Time: 09:45 - 13:00 followed by opportunities to interview the team
Venue: BLOODHOUND Technical Centre, Great Western Dockyard, Bristol, BS1 6TY
Parking: Available in Pay & Display car park on site (£1.10)
Train: A two mile taxi ride from Bristol Temple Meads train station

 

[P4ROT]

Look at that engine- how can something so small sound so violent?

[M666 EVO]

You should have met my missus!

[anonymous-user]

M666 EVO said:

You should have met my missus!

[ndixon]

The V8 shown in the picture, is used as a pump to inject fuel into the bloodhound's powerplant.
Compare this to your fuel pump

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/

[P4ROT]

ndixon said:

The V8 shown in the picture, is used as a pump to inject fuel into the bloodhound's powerplant.
Compare this to your fuel pump

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/

That is redic! 750 bhp for a fuel pump!!

LOL at the wife joke...

[LordGrover]

I'll be there.

[another 3 points]

If anyones in the west end {London) the car is (was?) parked in Coutts and Co's window...near Charing x station.

Got to say its quite something up close and personal, in fact its ruddy huge. V interesting.

[thejpster]

What are the chances of this being cancelled again at short notice, say, due to the westher? Only if it's looking bad I probably need to book a hotel room. Plan A is leaving deepest, darkest fenland at about 6am, but if it's snowing that might not leave enough time to get there.

[thejpster]

thejpster said:

What are the chances of this being cancelled again at short notice, say, due to the westher? Only if it's looking bad I probably need to book a hotel room. Plan A is leaving deepest, darkest fenland at about 6am, but if it's snowing that might not leave enough time to get there.

I've booked a room at the Days Inn on the M5. They allow cancellations up to Saturday 4pm, so it should be fine. Anyone else going?

[LordGrover]

Yep.

[XTR2Turbo]

I've just sent my payment.

Should be an interesting morning.

I hope the numbers are better than this thread would suggest.

David

[LordGrover]

Just received courtesy email - seems it's still on.


ETA. Bimmer's definitely dead. I'll check road conditions before I leave home in the TVR.
I'm now a doubtful.

Edited by LordGrover on Saturday 27th November 20:07

ETA. Worse than I thought. Didn't fancy very icy roads anyway but I can't even get in the fecking thing. Doors and locks were frozen but managed to get in via passenger door so thought I'd have a crack at it. Fired up no problem but then I couldn't get the door to shut. Darn lock appears to be frozen so it's now tied up with string.

Hope you have a better day than me.

Edited by LordGrover on Sunday 28th November 11:38

[ruttboy]

I just wanted to post and say thank you to everyone at PH towers for getting today's amazing visit organised at the Bristol Heritage Centre to see the Bloodhound SCC, get an update on the project, and get to meet all the key people and quiz them on this incredible project.

All of them amazing people, all very humble about their unique gifts that will ultimately lead to their success, and truly an inspiration to all, including my 8 year old son who was blown away by the whole day.

His name is now on the tail of the car forever more, he has more autographs than he knows what to do with, and this band of men have made me feel proud to be British again.

However, the icing on the cake was the special guest who arrived much later for a private viewing, and we were allowed to stay behind to see him.
Seeing the look on my son's face as he came face to face with NEIL ARMSTRONG was worth any money, let alone the tiny amount that PH charged to give my son and I a once in a lifetime experience.

Well done PH, and good luck to all involved in the Bloodhound project.

Ruttboy

[Camaro91]

Neil Armstrong?

Now that is pretty cool!

Though the Bloodhound might be a little slow for his liking :P

[glazbagun]

Man, I'd like that day out even now, let alone at eight!

[ruttboy]

Quote of the day has to be from Andy Green, when asked how hard it would be?

"If the engineers keep the wheels on the ground, and stop it falling apart, all I have to do is drive in a straight line!"

Legend.

[Gizmo!]

Great

Wanted to do this but wasn't sure I was available.

PH - do it again after Christmas? Pretty please?

[Dog Star]

Neil Armstrong! Bloody hell - now that's a coup!

[thejpster]

Awww, man. We had to leave fairly soon after (we thought) it was all over as we had a four hour drive home. Gutted!

Doesn't detract from an amazing day though. Ended up with an armful of merch and total admiration for the calm determination of all these amazing people. It's not a case of 'if', it's a case of 'we solve these problems, then go and drive at 1000 mph'.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

You are fking joking, right?

I don't believe it. We left when we thought it was getting near the end too, on account that my poor girlfriend was genuinely ice cold.

And then Neil Armstrong tips up.

Well, if I wanted a better illustration of my bloody luck, I couldn't find one.

Did he chat to everyone? Sign autographs and that?

I'm genuinely gutted. And a bit annoyed for them not telling us that a special guest would be arriving.