On October 26, local time, the British supersonic car "Bloodhound SSc" was test-driven in public for the first time.
Driven by military jet engines, the Bloodhound reached a maximum speed of 340 kilometers per hour. According to the Financial Times on October 27, it took only 9 seconds to accelerate twice, and the "Bloodhound" reached the top speed of the F1 car at a distance of 2.7 kilometers.
According to the plan, in 2018, the supercar will be equipped with rocket engines for the next experiment in South Africa's hakskeen pan desert, when it will officially impact the 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) land speed, which exceeds the speed of sound at 1236 km/h (340 m/s).
According to the Financial Times, the "Bloodhound" was driven on the runway of Cornwall Nuuqui Airport in the southwest of the United Kingdom, and more than 3,000 spectators watched live. After nearly 10 years of development, the supercar successfully challenged the speed milestone of 200 mph (322 km/h), an important step towards the goal of supersonic speed.
The driver, Andy Green, was in the cabin.
Andy Green, the pilot of the Bloodhound, a FIGHTER pilot for the Rafabria, said in an interview with the Financial Times that "the car and its team are ready for an assault on supersonic speed." ”
The engine used in the "Bloodhound" is the ej200 used in the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is manufactured by Rolls-Royce. According to BBC, tests conducted in Newquay over the past few weeks have led the team to believe that with the current EJ200 alone, the "Bloodhound" can reach a speed of about 1050 km / h.
Three rocket engines produced by the Norwegian company nammo will then be added to the supercar to power its future speeds beyond the speed of sound.
Schematic diagram of the structure of the "Bloodhound"
According to the Financial Times, Richard Noble, 71, is the leader of the Bloodhound project, and in addition to being the breaker of the 1983 British land speed record, he is also the project director of Trust SSC. The thrust SSC is currently the fastest car in the world, and it set the current land speed record 20 years ago, 1228 km / h. If the Bloodhound can reach its predetermined speed target of 1,000 miles per hour, it will be able to set a new record.
The Bloodhounds project is expected to cost £60 million to £65 million, with £30 million already being spent, plus the project is currently receiving around £20 million in donations. A small part of the funding comes from government subsidies, and most of it comes from businesses and the public.
This non-profit "Bloodhound" project combines the advanced technology of today's airplanes and automobiles, and its immediate goal is more at the educational level, aiming to stimulate students' interest in science and engineering. According to the Financial Times, the project was visited by 129,000 primary school students in 2016.
In the middle of the body of the "Bloodhound", the logo of Geely Automobile can be seen.
It is worth noting that China's Geely Automobile Group is the main partner of the "BloodHound" project. In the middle of the body of this supersonic car, the logo of Geely Automobile can be seen.
The "Bloodhound" project was launched in 2008, but was once trapped in financial and technical difficulties and difficult to make progress. BBC reported in September 2016 that Geely's support provided the project with financial means to break the record for land speed the following year.
Geely will provide Chinese engineers to participate in the research and development of the "BloodHound" project, and will also promote the project's science and engineering education concept in China.
Some parameters of the Bloodhound
Bloodhound Parameters (bbc):
135,000 hp: that's 6 times the horsepower of all cars in an average f1 race combined.
Flame temperature 3000 degrees Celsius: equivalent to 2 times the temperature inside the volcano.
The journey takes only 2.25 seconds per kilometre: the equivalent of 14 minutes from Swansea Nuquay to London.
180 dB: Noisier than taking off with a Boeing 747.
Accelerating from 0 to 1,000 miles per hour, the team says it takes just 55 seconds.