Education News Family Fun at Silverstone
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The Bloodhound Education team welcomed thousands of visitors on our stand at the Silverstone F1 Grand Prix earlier this month.
Cisco Bloodhound TV, Episode 24
Heathland School Rocket Car Club
Bloodhound TV
The Guinness World Record for a Model Rocket Car was broken 3 times in succession by three different cars on Friday 14th June 2013 at The Heathland School, Hounslow. After more than a year of design, build and preparation, five mixed teams raced single, double and triple motored rocket cars to smash the existing record of 88mph/142kph, achieving a whopping 204.95mph/329.85kph with their winning triple motored car.
See also A new world record for Heathland School
Original music: Al Lethbridge
Education News
A new world record for Heathland School
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Bloodhound SSC Team member Jas Thandi has been running a rocket car club at Heathland School, Hounslow for almost a year and a half. Here is his report of what they were all building up to ...
Engineering News
EJ200 Testing
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The Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine was designed with one purpose, to sit in a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter plane, it was not designed to be used in a jet car. The jet needs to think it is sitting in a Typhoon and recieving the inputs it would expect from the aircraft.
Education News
Model Rocket Car World Record Attempt
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Join us live on Friday 14th June to see all the action and meet the teams!
Five teams from The Heathland School, with 6 different cars, will all be challenging each other and the current 88 mph Guinness World Land Speed Record for a rocket powered model car! Just follow the login details below to join our CISCO WebEx on Friday 14th June
Engineering News
Lower Chassis Adhesive Testing
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Bloodhound SSC Engineer Chris Hannon investigates the adhesives used in bonding the components of the lower chassis together, and presents his technical assessment
Cisco Bloodhound TV Episode 23 - Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce
Bloodhound TV
BloodhoundSSC is very honoured to have Rolls-Royce as a sponsor and now proudly displays their logo on the side of the car. Cisco BHTV was at the announcement and there when the EJ200 jet engine was tested with BloodhoundSSC's control system. Engineer Joe Holdsworth explains
[Original Music by Al Lethbridge]
Sponsor News
Rolls-Royce backs BLOODHOUND
Press Release
• Rolls-Royce jet engine powering BLOODHOUND SSC
• First land speed record sponsored by Rolls-Royce
• Rolls-Royce ambassadors helping to inspire future generation of engineers
Rolls-Royce PLC today announced support for The BLOODHOUND Project. A Rolls-Royce EJ200 jet engine will be used in conjunction with a custom designed hybrid rocket to propel the car to over 1,000 mph (1,600 kmh or Mach 1.4).
Rolls-Royce will also provide financial and technical support for the project.
Project News
MotorSport News
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BLOODHOUND SSC has appeared in the Motorsport News recently with a great article on current progress.
Education News
BloodhoundSSC at Sevenoaks School
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Our big draw for this year was the Bloodhound SSC team and their car. This posed significant difficulties with the raising of funds, delivery of the car itself and space to accommodate the activity.
