Thursday, July 22, 2010

From 0 to 1,000 mph in 42 seconds



Meet Bloodhound, the 1,000 mph supersonic car. Actually, its top speed is 1,050 mph, but when you're a couple hundred miles an hour faster than the speed of sound, most jets, and all other Land Speed record holders, who's counting?




A life-size replica of the Bloodhoud SCC was unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday. The organization, which uses the supersonic car as a teaching vehicle to promote science education throughout schools in the U.K., also uploaded an animation of the Bloodhound's 133,000-hp propulsion system.

The Bloodhound will attempt to break the current land speed record, currently held by Andy Green in the Thrust SSC, in South Africa next year. Green will also pilot the Bloodhound in the record-breaking attempt.
 
Too Fast Too Furious!!
 

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