1.600km / h supercar is about to run

The Bloodhound supercar is set to break the fastest land speed record at 1,287km / h in October 2017 and officially reach 1,600km / h in 2018.

According to the BBC, October 1977 marks the 20th anniversary of setting the fastest terrestrial record (1,228km / h) by the Thrust SSC in the desert. Bloodhound to lift this record to 1,600km / h when running in South Africa.

A near-complete version of the car was exhibited at Canary Wharf in London, England last September. Since then, the car has remained at the headquarters of Bloodhound in Bristol. Once more funding is available, engineers re-assemble the car to get ready for the race. Their central task is to complete the development of the missile system in the vehicle.

The Bloodhound uses the Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine to depart, but the car needs a boost propulsion engine to overcome the speed of sound and reach 1,600km / h. The missile will be provided by Nammo in Norway. In addition, the car will be equipped with gearbox Bloodhound self-designed and piston pump Jaguar V8. The testing of the equipment will take place in the fall.

The engineering team plans to have the rocket operate with a single fuel. In order to produce thrust, high-volume hydrogen peroxide is pumped together with the catalyst under high pressure, which separates it into steam and oxygen. The hot air is then directed straight through a nozzle at high speed. This is the simplest use of the missile. However, to reach 1,600 km / h, the vehicle-mounted missile should be operated with solid fuel.

Expected, the car will run trial at Newquay Aviation Center in Cornwall, England in May or June next year. The maximum test speed is only about 321km / h but the test results will allow the engineers to test and perfect every system on the car.