| Bloodhound LSR | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Grafton LSR Ltd, Bristol |
| Assembly | UK Land Speed Record Centre, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Land speed record vehicle |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Rolls-Royce Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 8.9 m (29 ft) |
| Length | 12.9 m (42 ft) |
| Width | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
| Height | 3.0 m (9.8 ft) |
| Kerb weight | 6,422 kg (14,158 lb) fuelled |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | ThrustSSC |
Bloodhound LSR, formerly Bloodhound SSC, is a British land vehicle designed to travel at supersonic speeds with the intention of setting a new world land speed record.[1] The arrow-shaped car, under development since 2008, is powered by a jet engine and will be fitted with an additional rocket engine.[2] The initial goal is to exceed the current speed record of 763 mph (1,228 km/h), with the vehicle believed to be able to achieve up to 1,000 miles per hour (1,609 km/h).[3][4][5]
Driver Andy Green will attempt to break his own record, set in 1997. The previous business behind Project Bloodhound went into administration (bankruptcy) in late 2018. Entrepreneur Ian Warhurst bought the car to keep the project alive. A new company called Grafton LSR Ltd was formed to manage the project, which was renamed Bloodhound LSR and moved to SGS Berkeley Green University Technical College. Lack of funds and the COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress in 2020, and in 2021 the vehicle was offered for sale.
The venue for high speed testing and future world land speed record attempts is the Hakskeen Pan in the Mier area of the Northern Cape, South Africa. An area 12 miles (19 km) long and 3 miles (4.8 km) wide was identified as suitable, with the first runs in October 2019. Further runs in November 2019 achieved a top speed of 628 miles per hour (1,011 km/h), the eighth vehicle to attain a land speed of over 600 miles per hour (970 km/h).
- ^ Noble, Green and Team Target 1,000MPH Record Archived 10 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Thursday, 23 October 2008
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- ^ Jonathan M. Gitlin (24 November 2018). "Bloodhound SSC: How do you build a car capable of 1,000mph?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Facts and Figures". The Bloodhound Project. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.