The World's First 1,000 Mph Supersonic Car...
The World's First 1,000 Mph Supersonic Car
It's said to be made of titanium, carbon fiber and, like superman, is designed to go faster than a speeding bullet. The Bloodhound SSC has been painstakingly put together and tested over the better part of six years. In 2016, the UK-based team plan to take the 42-foot (8.9m) vehicle to Hakskeen Pan, a dry lake bed in South Africa, for a crack at the record breaking attempt.
Former fighter jet pilot
Royal Air Force (RAF) Wing Commander Andy Green said even designing a
car that can hold together at these blistering speeds has been a triumph
of the engineer's art.
The Bloodhound team scoured the globe to find a desert run that could accommodate a vehicle which, at 1,000 mph, is likely to run out of road in a matter of seconds. The requirements were a perfectly flat landscape, at least 12 miles long and two miles wide.
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The Bloodhound team scoured the globe to find a desert run that could accommodate a vehicle which, at 1,000 mph, is likely to run out of road in a matter of seconds. The requirements were a perfectly flat landscape, at least 12 miles long and two miles wide.
They eventually selected
Hakskeen Pan, in Northern Cape, South Africa where Bloodhound SSC will
cover a mile in 3.6 seconds -- equivalent to 4.5 football pitches laid
end to end every second.
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