Picture of the Week BLOODHOUND Builds
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BLOODHOUND's resident artist Stefan Marjoram took time out to sketch the upper and lower chassis togther with the carbon composite monocoque.
Project News
The BLOODHOUND Project receives a Royal visit
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visits the supersonic workshops
HRH Prince Philip visited the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre, Bristol today, to meet the team designing and building the world’s first 1,000mph car.
Event News
BLOODHOUND at Farnborough
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Aerospace meets motorsport as the world’s fastest car comes together
The BLOODHOUND Project is at Farnborough International Airshow this week, courtesy of Rolls-Royce, whose EJ200 jet engine will be used, in conjunction with a hybrid rocket, to power the Land Speed Racing car to 1000mph (1,609km/h) in 2016. You can meet the team in the BLOODHOUND Pavilion - J4
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1,000mph Rocket Car Fans Challenge for World Record with Giant K’NEX Replica
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Supporters of The BLOODHOUND Project, the UK’s 1,000mph World Land Speed Record challengers, have set their sights on a world record of their own. Work begins today on the construction of a life-sized replica of the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car made entirely of K’NEX® toy construction pieces. Construction is being carried out by a Royal British Legion Industries team including ex-servicemen and women and is scheduled for completion in September. The resulting creation is set to be the world’s largest K’NEX structure, with an estimated 300,000 parts required to build the 13.5 metre long vehicle.
Cisco Bloodhound TV, Episode 39
A day in the life of a BLOODHOUND Ambassador
Bloodhound TV
Sasha Penfold is a Customer Service Manager at Rolls-Royce, in her day job, she manages the MOD account, but spends her spare time as a BLOODHOUND Ambassador attending public events and visiting groups like beaver scouts, sharing her enthusiasm for engineering.
Desert News
BLOODHOUND enriches South African community
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A 150km pipeline will bring water to villages and cattle ranches to Hakskeen Pan border.
The Bloodhound project has been working for the past three years at Hakskeen Pan and in the surrounding communities because this is where the team will be testing a supersonic car in 2015 and 2016, chasing a new land speed record over 1600km/h.
Education News
Rocket Day at Mayfield School in Walsall was a Blast!
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Simon Proctor, BLOODHOUND Education Associate/Ambassador reports on a magnificent day of fun and learning at Mayfield School in Walsall, thanks to Jas Thandi of BLOODHOUND and the Ambassador engineering team.
Education News
A car faster than an SA Minibus Taxi
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Children of the LIV Village educational village in KwaZulu-Natal were awed at a car “faster than a South African minibus taxi” when they were visited by an ambassador of the BLOODHOUND Project.
Seat fitting
Picture of the week
Picture of the Week
BLOODHOUND Driver Andy Green settles into his 1,000mph office for the first time during his seat fitting. Finding the perfect seat angle and position was crucial because the final seat will be custom formed to his shape and manufactured from carbon fibre.
