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Bloodhound Speed Car To Make Debut Nov. 17
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BLOODHOUND SSC (Supersonic Car) will make its world debut on Nov. 17 with a 200 mph trial at Newquay Aerohub, Cornwall, England.
The car will then be fitted with airbrakes and winglets as its prepared to commence high-speed testing in Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, in Summer 2016, when weather conditions will be optimal. A forward party will deploy in April/May next year to prepare the team’s desert base.
The results from the Summer 2016 tests will inform the Project’s ultimate speed goal of setting a new World Land Speed Record of 1000 mph.
Further details on the configuration of the car will be announced in August, when BLOODHOUND SSC will be shown in highly assembled form at the Team’s Technical Centre, Avonmouth.
Construction of the car is well advanced with its titanium floor fitted, two meter high tail fin nearly finished and carbon-fiber front monocoque painted to aerospace standards.
The car will then be fitted with airbrakes and winglets as its prepared to commence high-speed testing in Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, in Summer 2016, when weather conditions will be optimal. A forward party will deploy in April/May next year to prepare the team’s desert base.
The results from the Summer 2016 tests will inform the Project’s ultimate speed goal of setting a new World Land Speed Record of 1000 mph.
Further details on the configuration of the car will be announced in August, when BLOODHOUND SSC will be shown in highly assembled form at the Team’s Technical Centre, Avonmouth.
Construction of the car is well advanced with its titanium floor fitted, two meter high tail fin nearly finished and carbon-fiber front monocoque painted to aerospace standards.
