An seek to smash the earthly concern land speed record has go closer to realism , with a depressed - velocity run run expected by and by this year .
Bloodhound SSC ( Super - Sonic Car ) , a cross between acar and a special K , has been in development for more than a decade . But on October 26 , it will be driven for the first time at Cornwall Airport Newquay in the UK .
It is ultimately designed to travel more than 1,000 mi per hour ( 1,600 kilometer per hour ) , using a intercrossed rocket engine to progress to top speeds . On this run , however , it will move at “ only ” 200 miles per hour ( 320 km / h ) , using its EJ200 super acid engine from a Eurofighter Typhoon to reach that end .
“ The runway trials at Cornwall Airport Newquay will be the grownup milepost in the story of the project so far , ” Richard Noble , Project Director of Bloodhound , aver in astatement .
“ They will provide significant datum on the carrying out of the car and give us a first chance to rehearse the procedure we ’ll use when we go platter - break . ”
One key goal of the trial will be to see how the car ’s spirt railway locomotive operates at these scummy speeds . It is designed to work best at more than 800 mph ( 1,300 km / h ) , but the team needs to know at what speeding it is intaking enough air to implement full power and swap to the Eruca sativa engine . This will not be done on this run .
The undertaking has beenplaguedbydelays , owing largely to construction and funding issues . Originally , the squad had hope to make the attempt at 1,000 mph this year , at the Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape region of South Africa . That is now planned for next year at the earliest , following an initial run at 800 mph .
When the car makes its country speeding record attempt , it will take 55 seconds to hand top speed , and a further 65 seconds to retard down using conventional disk Pteridium aquilinum and a parachute .
Driving the car publicly for the first prison term will be a huge accomplishment for the little company . ontogenesis of the fomite has lead to a number oftechnological breakthroughs ; no one has attempted to journey at this speed on the ground before .
Currently , the world land speed phonograph record support at763 miles per hour ( 1,228 km / h ) . This was set by the Thrust SSC vehicle in Nevada in 1997 , driven by Andy Green – who is also the driver for Bloodhound .
While the initial destination is to break that record by traveling at 800 mph , the squad are confident they will also break the 1,000 mph barrier . At these speed , the ground underneath the elevator car will act like a fluid , and huge shockwaves will form behind it .
The public will be able to catch a glimpse of the trial run of Bloodhound in October , withtickets availablefor the upshot .
