Sponsor News Rolls-Royce backs BLOODHOUND
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• 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.
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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.
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Breaking the connectivity barrier with Virgin Media Business
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BLOODHOUND SSC's Bristol-based headquarters needed a communication system that could keep pace with the demands of designing, building and testing a supersonic car. Virgin Media Business has installed a 1Gb fibre optic network, giving BLOODHOUND's team of engineers the technology they need to share their success, and educate the next-generation of scientists at over 5000 schools from across the country.
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Being a Bloodhound SSC Ambassador - Why?
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Bloodhound SSC Ambassador Jonathan Reed tells us why he wanted to volunteer.
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Design a helmet for the fastest man on Earth
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Kimberley, South Africa
The BLOODHOUND SSC Project invites learners in the Northern Cape to participate in a competition to design artwork for a helmet for Andy Green, the fastest man on Earth.
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Hakskeenpan flooded - good news!
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The Kalahari has had a very dry summer season, traditionally the rainfall for the area is normally from about November until March. This year almost no rain fell in this entire period, that is until Easter weekend ...Project News
In Search of Speed
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University of the West of England (UWE) film students used BLOODHOUND as the subject for their final year project. They visited the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre, conducted interviews with the team and produced this fantastic film:
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BLOODHOUND BLAST
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Launched at the Big Bang Fair www.BLOODHOUNDBLAST.com is a free to use interactive online environment.
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Project Announcement by Richard Noble
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We had a production planning meeting last week, now that the BloodhoundSSC build is well established and we all have much better visibility of the time scales.
