The high speed wheels will be forged from solid aluminium, using low-risk techniques and materials that have worked well in the past
Each wheel weighs 95 kilogrammes, will spin at over 10 000 RPM and will be subject to a force of 50 000 ‘G’ at the wheel rim..
The wheels are fairly straightforward ...but nothing is simple when you’re planning to do 1000 mph!
On the 30th April, we announced our wheel manufacturer, Castle Precision Engineering, who will take on the manufacture of both the UK runway and desert wheels.
Today, at Holyrood, BLOODHOUND SSC’s driver Andy Green and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers announced that Glasgow firm Castle Precision Engineering Lt
by Brian Coombs
The wheel is a very complicated component. It has to cope with very high loads applied to it, and has many other constraints imposed on its design.
Wheels
The BLOODHOUND Project, Britain’s 1,000mph land speed record attempt, announced today that wheel bearing manufacturer Timken will be sponsoring the wheel bearing solution for the BLOODHOUND SSC (Super Sonic Car).
Lockheed Martin UK is providing Research & Development in the first step towards designing the wheels on the world’s fastest car, BLOODHOUND SSC.
