1,000 MPH Car - You Brits Have a Hand In

[Bill]

Beyond Rational said:

Build an 800mph car

Talking to the Bloodhound guys that seems unlikely. You can't just remove the wings from a jet and expect it to go as fast. They did think they were ballsy though

[GKP]

rhinochopig said:

Major Fallout said:

My name is on the side of it

Did your parents christen you Thrust Bloodhound or was it done by deedpole?

My and my OH's names are there too. (Slightly higher up and more prominent than Fallout's though... ) Got a certificate and everyfink.

[rhinochopig]

For me the coolest thing about the car is this.

Fuel pump on a high performance car.



Fuel pump on the Bloodhound

[Monty Python]

Bill said:

Talking to the Bloodhound guys that seems unlikely. You can't just remove the wings from a jet and expect it to go as fast. They did think they were ballsy though

It'll probably go fast, but not in the direction you want it to

[Conian]

My name is on it too

[ZeeTacoe]

is the fuel pump behind the Cosworth F1 engine or in one of those boxes?

[knight]

Conian said:

My name is on it too

So is mine

[Bill]

The Cosworth F1 engine is the fuel pump for the booster rockets. They have to shift something like 20 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide in 10 seconds.

[julian64]

I'm afraid I think this is nothing to do with the land speed record. The land speed record, should always be reserved for a car with powered wheels.

The only record being broken here is the one for the lowest flying aircraft and balls of steel.

It isn't a car, its an aircraft with very very very small wings

[tomsimes]

Bill said:

They have to shift something like 20 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide in 10 seconds.

Not quite - from memory, its a tonne (963 litres) of HTP in approximately 22 seconds, so a flowrate of around 45 litres a second.

20 tonnes would be impressive, considering the design weight for the vehicle is 6.5 tonnes!

[Bill]

Pfft, details (Your memory is clearly better than mine..)

[tomsimes]

[Comfortably Dumb]

Bill said:

The Cosworth F1 engine is the fuel pump for the booster rockets.

Are you sure?





I'm thinking a whoosh parrot might be needed...

[sebhaque]

My name's going on the side too.

We had some of the Bloodhound boys in at work for a talk a few weeks ago - they're using one of our engines (EJ200) to power part of it, very interesting programme.

[tank slapper]

Comfortably Dumb said:

Are you sure?





I'm thinking a whoosh parrot might be needed...

It's a Cosworth formula 1 engine, that drives a fuel pump modified from the one used in the Blue Steel missile.

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/car/rocket_propulsion...

[Chris71]

tank slapper said:

Comfortably Dumb said:

Are you sure?





I'm thinking a whoosh parrot might be needed...

It's a Cosworth formula 1 engine, that drives a fuel pump modified from the one used in the Blue Steel missile.

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/car/rocket_propulsion...

Out of interest, does anyone know why the MCT V12 was dropped?

[tank slapper]

I imagine the Cosworth engine is smaller, lighter and more powerful than the other one. Cosworth are also providing a lot of electronics for the car, so it would make sense for it all to come from one supplier.

[LukeSi]

It is going to be at Newcastle Under Lyme College in October. I will see it in person And it is open to the public. http://www.nulc.ac.uk/pages/global/bloodhound_supe...

So I can imagine the college is going to be full of Petrol heads. Hmm. Wonder if they would put a PH smiley on the car :P

[julian64]

doogz said:

julian64 said:

I'm afraid I think this is nothing to do with the land speed record. The land speed record, should always be reserved for a car with powered wheels.

The only record being broken here is the one for the lowest flying aircraft and balls of steel.

It isn't a car, its an aircraft with very very very small wings

It's not an aircraft, it doesn't fly.

I could be wrong but I think you find it flies just fine. In fact I think you might find it has a nose shape and small trim tabs. I would suggest that over 500mph they are the only thing keeping it on the ground, and probably the only reason the wheels turn after that speed is passed.

[Chris71]

doogz said:

julian64 said:

I'm afraid I think this is nothing to do with the land speed record. The land speed record, should always be reserved for a car with powered wheels.

The only record being broken here is the one for the lowest flying aircraft and balls of steel.

It isn't a car, its an aircraft with very very very small wings

It's not an aircraft, it doesn't fly.

Random fact of the day: Technically it's the fact it's wheel steered with at least four wheels that makes it a car according to the official definition. I've paraphrased there, but I think that's the gist...

While I do sort of understand the comment above, I think the big challenge at those speeds is getting it aerodynamically stable that close to the ground. If you could somehow get the power density and the traction to accelerate a wheel driven car to those speeds you'd still find the same limiting factors aerodynamically. A rocket/jet is just the best way of getting it there.