Bloodhound LSR Thread As Requested...
Discussion
Oberon said:
Mules
I've been following this project since inception but after all the delays I've been panicking that I might be dead before getting to see it run!
But now it's here, I live in Cape Town and I'm planning to drive up early next week for a couple of days. I'm aware there will be no spectator facilities but I'm coming equipped for that. Can you help? I need to know if there is anywhere open to the public which will provide a good vantage point for the runs.
Rgds
Colin
Hi Colin,I've been following this project since inception but after all the delays I've been panicking that I might be dead before getting to see it run!
But now it's here, I live in Cape Town and I'm planning to drive up early next week for a couple of days. I'm aware there will be no spectator facilities but I'm coming equipped for that. Can you help? I need to know if there is anywhere open to the public which will provide a good vantage point for the runs.
Rgds
Colin
I'm afraid there is no public programme for the high speed testing. We plan to make c. 12 runs over the four week trip. You can of course just turn up, but there is no public viewing area as there is no infrastructure in the area to support an influx of visitors. The NCPG will have this in place for the record breaking campaign in 12 - 18 months time.
JT
CallMeLegend said:
The presenter on the Raceday TV was truly awful, he got so many fact wrong it made it unwatchable.
Ahhh cut the guy some slack. He was doing it live with just a few hours to get to know the project. Hopefully the crew will come back during the high speed stuff and do more live streaming.
JT
High Speed Testing: Update
Today the Bloodhound LSR team took the car out on to the Hakskeenpan for the first time. They made two unsuccessful attempts to start the EJ200 jet engine, but there was no ignition. After reviewing the data the engineers discovered it was an issue with a fuel sensor calibration which stopped a pump from sending fuel to the engine. After recalibrating the sensor we made a few more attempts. On the final run the fuel pump worked perfectly and the jet received fuel and ignited! This time the inhibitor fluid that the jet engine was filled with for storage was burned off (that’s the smoke you see in the photo). However, the start up cycle took four seconds longer than the 60 second start process and automatically shut down - as it’s designed to. We’re confident next time out it will run without issue. Nobody said land speed racing would would be plain sailing!
Today the Bloodhound LSR team took the car out on to the Hakskeenpan for the first time. They made two unsuccessful attempts to start the EJ200 jet engine, but there was no ignition. After reviewing the data the engineers discovered it was an issue with a fuel sensor calibration which stopped a pump from sending fuel to the engine. After recalibrating the sensor we made a few more attempts. On the final run the fuel pump worked perfectly and the jet received fuel and ignited! This time the inhibitor fluid that the jet engine was filled with for storage was burned off (that’s the smoke you see in the photo). However, the start up cycle took four seconds longer than the 60 second start process and automatically shut down - as it’s designed to. We’re confident next time out it will run without issue. Nobody said land speed racing would would be plain sailing!
Mules said:
High Speed Testing: Update
Today the Bloodhound LSR team took the car out on to the Hakskeenpan for the first time. They made two unsuccessful attempts to start the EJ200 jet engine, but there was no ignition. After reviewing the data the engineers discovered it was an issue with a fuel sensor calibration which stopped a pump from sending fuel to the engine. After recalibrating the sensor we made a few more attempts. On the final run the fuel pump worked perfectly and the jet received fuel and ignited! This time the inhibitor fluid that the jet engine was filled with for storage was burned off (that’s the smoke you see in the photo). However, the start up cycle took four seconds longer than the 60 second start process and automatically shut down - as it’s designed to. We’re confident next time out it will run without issue. Nobody said land speed racing would would be plain sailing!
This was yesterday, what about today?Today the Bloodhound LSR team took the car out on to the Hakskeenpan for the first time. They made two unsuccessful attempts to start the EJ200 jet engine, but there was no ignition. After reviewing the data the engineers discovered it was an issue with a fuel sensor calibration which stopped a pump from sending fuel to the engine. After recalibrating the sensor we made a few more attempts. On the final run the fuel pump worked perfectly and the jet received fuel and ignited! This time the inhibitor fluid that the jet engine was filled with for storage was burned off (that’s the smoke you see in the photo). However, the start up cycle took four seconds longer than the 60 second start process and automatically shut down - as it’s designed to. We’re confident next time out it will run without issue. Nobody said land speed racing would would be plain sailing!
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