Aerohub at Newquay Cornwall Airport is an exciting UK Enterprise Zone found on a state-of-the-art civilian airport. Aerohub will be the home for Bloodhound's rocket and car testing.
Aerohub offers an exceptional aviation environment, with one of the longest runways in the UK, uncongested airspace, and access to an extensive funding programme, making it the best place in Europe for aerospace and related industries.
With BLOODHOUND’s rear uprights now in hand, the last large parts of the rear suspension which link to these stunning uprights are about to ship to the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre.
The pace of engineering activity on Project BLOODHOUND is simply extraordinary. We currently have some 700 unique components in manufacture
This is the impeller from the hybrid rocket system. It will spin at 10,200 rpm and pump 11.5 ltrs (20 pints) of oxidiser per second (concentrated hydrogen peroxide) into the Nammo hybrid rocket
'The design is pretty much done, now we’ve just got to assemble it'. Mark Chapman was sounding confident at our recent 1K Club open day.
The build programme for our 1000 mph Car marches on. BLOODHOUND SSC is the kit car from hell, with around 3500 bespoke components, plus fasteners (including 15,000+ rivets in the rear chassis alone). Of course, that doesn’t stop me greeting the team with a helpful ‘Hi guys – have you finished it yet?’ each time I go down there.
