... as more and more car parts are made
The Adventure builds ...
13 December, 2012
Mad Max at Hakskeen, Nov 2012
Ron Ayers and Brian Coombs visit Hakskeenpan to try out the wheel design on the surface. The wheels are attached to a trailer called "Mad Max"
21 January, 2013
Bloodhound on the TV News
Andy Green recently visted Bloodhound sponsor URT Group to see for himself just how the monocoque is being made out of carbon fibre. Have a look at the following clips to see how it was shown on BBC and ITV news ...
BBC: http://youtu.be/lHpy4MsIA2Y
ITV: http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2013-01-10/fastest-man-prepares-for-new-record/
14 February, 2013
Bloodhound SSC monocoque manufactured
There has been lots of fantastic work done at Bloodhound SSC Sponsor URT Group Ltd over the last few months and the carbon composite monocoque has now been manufactured. Here is the story and pictures of how this was done.
13 May, 2013
Rolls-Royce backs BLOODHOUND
• 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.
20 June, 2013
EJ200 Testing
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.
11 July, 2013
Nuclear AMRC machine Bloodhound SSC's diffuser floor
The Nuclear AMRC's machining experts have made the most complex and high-value machined part for the Bloodhound supersonic car – the diffuser floor, which makes its first public appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend.
5 August, 2013
The Fastest Wheels in History
Cisco Bloodhound TV visited product sponsor Otto Fuchs in Germany to see the first stage of the 1000mph wheels being forged from aluminium
19 August, 2013
Lower Chassis and Construction Sequence
This episode of Cisco Bloodhound TV illustrates the construction sequence of the lower chassis. It shows exactly how BLOODHOUND SSC's chassis was built, glued, riveted, bonded ...
5 September, 2013
Wheel testing at Hakskeenpan
BLOODHOUND's wheels will be the fastest in history, they will be the only point of contact between this 135,000 hp jet and rocket powered car and the South African desert. Getting their shape right is crucial.
7 May, 2014
BLOODHOUND's Front Suspension sub-assembly
Otherwise known as the ‘goats head’. This is made up of four huge five-axis machinings that are made from 7075 forgings (7075 being the specific alloy and forged parts being used for greatest strength and therefore control of residual stresses). We spent many weeks searching for these and in the end thyssenkrupp Materials came up trumps, finding what we needed in just the right size! This was great news as a bespoke mill run for this material could easily have added six months to the project. The team at the AMRC in Sheffield have machined these parts on two new CNC machines and done a simply stunning job.
