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Gerald
02-07-11, 08:43 AM
Construction work formally begins this week on what is expected to be the world's fastest car.

Called Bloodhound, the vehicle has been designed to reach 1,000mph (1,600km/h).

It will attempt to set the mark as it breaks the land speed record on a dried out lake bed in South Africa's Northern Cape late next year.

Bloodhound has been in design for the past three years. It will be powered by a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine bolted above a hybrid rocket.

The power unit combination should deliver a thrust in the order of 2,000 kilonewtons (47,000lb).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12383551

Note: 7 February 2011 Last updated at 13:24 GMT
August
02-07-11, 09:16 AM
Worlds fastest car or worlds lowest flying jet? :hmmm:
Gerald
02-07-11, 09:22 AM
Worlds fastest car or worlds lowest flying jet? :hmmm: It sounds more like it will be a combination, but it seems skewed to the one you mention here, Worlds Lowest flying jet...:o
Blood_splat
02-07-11, 10:22 AM
Just take the wings off the jet.:O:
August
02-07-11, 11:03 AM
What a rush to have the ground only a couple feet away passing by at a thousand miles an hour. Bet the pucker factor will be way up there...
Herr-Berbunch
02-07-11, 11:20 AM
I was a bit confused by the BBC's link to 'Cosworth supplied the engine' to find that Cosworth were indeed providing a Formula1 engine - that's definately not fitted in a Typhoon!

Then I returned to reading the original article -

Bloodhound's Falcon rocket will be the biggest hybrid (solid fuel propellant, liquid oxidiser) booster ever produced in the UK. Such is its scale, it will need a Formula One engine supplied by the legendary Cosworth group just to pump the oxidiser through the motor.

Now it makes sense :yep:
tater
02-07-11, 11:47 AM
Fastest? Maybe. Supercar? No. "Supercar" is always used in my experience to label a legal, production road car (even if only a handful are biuilt). If this is not "street legal" it ain't a "supercar." IMHO.
Oberon
02-07-11, 11:50 AM
Hypercar? :hmmm:
Sailor Steve
02-07-11, 12:39 PM
Experimental Test Vehicle.
Tchocky
02-07-11, 12:50 PM
Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
frau kaleun
02-07-11, 01:48 PM
Trouser Change Necessitator
Gerald
02-07-11, 01:52 PM
That kind of words can only come from a woman, :O:
Garion
02-07-11, 02:06 PM
The Real Supercar :rock:

http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/garionsplace/stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpghttp://Garionsplace.co.uk/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg

Cheers

Garion
http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/stuff/Garionsplace/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg
Gargamel
02-07-11, 02:08 PM
Fastest? Maybe. Supercar? No. "Supercar" is always used in my experience to label a legal, production road car (even if only a handful are biuilt). If this is not "street legal" it ain't a "supercar." IMHO.

Exactly, those are class of their own, along with Hyper cars, which are the elite of the supercar class.
frau kaleun
02-07-11, 02:10 PM
That kind of words can only come from a woman, :O:

You can say that only because you never sat in the passenger seat of my car. Okay, actually, the old car with the pre oil embargo Chevy V8 engine. Given the lead content of my right foot, I probably never should have been entrusted with it.

The thought of what I would do with an F1 engine simply staggers the imagination. :O:
Gerald
02-07-11, 02:11 PM
The Real Supercar :rock:

http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/garionsplace/stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpghttp://Garionsplace.co.uk/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg

Cheers

Garion
http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/stuff/Garionsplace/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg Wonder what TLAM Strike, says of the design :hmmm:
Gerald
02-07-11, 02:14 PM
You can say that only because you never sat in the passenger seat of my car. Okay, actually, the old car with the pre oil embargo Chevy V8 engine. Given the lead content of my right foot, I probably never should have been entrusted with it.

The thought of what I would do with an F1 engine simply staggers the imagination. :O: I would appreciate a ride with you, :D
Herr-Berbunch
02-07-11, 02:22 PM
I though Frau would prefer something along the lines of Saturn V :hmmm: rather than share an F1 engine with Vendor?
Gerald
02-07-11, 02:34 PM
I though Frau would prefer something along the lines of Saturn V :hmmm: rather than share an F1 engine with Vendor? Not at all, she sees it as a challenge of the class to have the pleasure to enjoy the journey, preferably in a four wheel carriage :yep:
frau kaleun
02-07-11, 02:35 PM
I though Frau would prefer something along the lines of Saturn V :hmmm: rather than share an F1 engine with Vendor?

OMG don't get me started on the Saturn V, nothing more thrilling than watching one of those old Apollo launches.

http://wizbangblog.com/images/2009/07/SaturnV.jpg

A few bumps and we are HAULIN' THE MAIL!!

:rock::rock::rock:
Schroeder
02-07-11, 03:00 PM
The Real Supercar :rock:

http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/garionsplace/stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpghttp://Garionsplace.co.uk/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg


http://www.garionsplace.co.uk/stuff/Garionsplace/Stuff/supercar-johnny-lightning-2.jpg
I want one!:o
Gargamel
02-07-11, 03:02 PM
OMG don't get me started on the Saturn V, nothing more thrilling than watching one of those old Apollo launches.

http://wizbangblog.com/images/2009/07/SaturnV.jpg

A few bumps and we are HAULIN' THE MAIL!!

:rock::rock::rock:

I like you more and more everyday FK.....
Gerald
02-07-11, 04:54 PM
I like you more and more everyday FK..... Line up before some meeting with FK, :D