Bloodhound LSR

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A full-size model of the Bloodhound SSC in the RAF Museum in Cosford, UK

Bloodhound LSR (short for Bloodhound Land Speed ​​Record ' Bloodhound Land Speed ​​Record '), formerly Bloodhound SSC ( Bloodhound Super Sonic Car ' Bloodhound Supersonic Car ') is a British high-speed vehicle built to set a new land speed record of at least 1,000  mph (1,609  km / h ). The record is to be set with the four-wheel high-speed vehicle with combined rocket and turbine propulsion on the Hakskeen Pan in the Kalahari desert in South Africa . After the project group went bankrupt in December 2018, the vehicle and thus the entire project was bought up by the entrepreneur Ian Warhurst .

development

In the development of the vehicle were u. a. the technology company Lockheed Martin and the current land speed world record holder Andy Green , who is also supposed to undertake the world record attempt.

The vehicle cell consists of a hybrid composite material, which is laminated from 13 layers of carbon fiber and light metal , which ensures high stability at a relatively low weight.

The vehicle has a mixed drive consisting of two superposed engines: a rocket engine with approx. 130  kN thrust and a turbo engine with afterburner of the type Eurojet EJ200 from the Eurofighter with a thrust of approx. 90 kN. Such mixed drives were known as aircraft drives until the end of the 1950s.

Initially mounted above the jet, the rocket engine was now placed under the EJ200 in order to develop the enormous thrust from the ignition with a line of action approximately at the level of the center of gravity and thus improve ground contact in the second acceleration phase, i.e. at higher speeds, and thus a to achieve higher directional stability. The vehicle is said to accelerate to record speed in 55 seconds, with a noise of 180 decibels .

The braking system consists of three parts: At the highest speeds, airbrakes act , then a brake parachute and finally brake discs on the wheels.

The project aims to help get students in England interested in technical professions. The Bloodhound LSR vehicle is expected to reach a maximum speed of 1000 mph and thus surpass the existing world speed record for land vehicles of the previous ThrustSSC model by around 30%.

Green tested the vehicle at Newquay Airport in south-west England on October 26, 2017 . It accelerated to 320 km / h within 8 seconds.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sebastian Viehmann: Bloodhound Super Sonic Car. The 1600 km / h car. Focus Online, October 2, 2012, accessed October 2, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Record attempt canceled: Bloodhound supersonic car broke
  3. ↑ Entrepreneur steps forward to save Bloodhound. In: The Engineer. December 17, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 (UK English).
  4. ↑ Supersonic car: Bloodhound SSC record-breaking vehicle is sold
  5. ^ Fighter jet racing car set to break world record nachrichten.at, OÖN, October 26, 2017, accessed October 27, 2017.