New-TechEurope Magazine | November 2017 | Digital Edition

Astonishing performance “We have built up to this over the past few weeks, but the performance today was still astonishing. BLOODHOUND SSC is already performing like a thoroughbred racing car, supported by a brilliant engineering team. Nevertheless, with this combination of runway length and what I have to do slow the Car down, these two runs represent one of the most difficult run profiles I will ever do in BLOODHOUND. “When we run on the dry lake bed at Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, BLOODHOUND SSC will be running on solid aluminium wheels with even less grip than we had here. Data from today’s tests, including jet engine performance, aerodynamic stability and the braking distances, will help us plan our World Land Speed Record campaign.” BLOODHOUND’S Chief Engineer Mark Chapman said, “The Newquay tests have gone better than anyone dared hope and that is testament to the many years of research and design invested in BLOODHOUND SSC. It is a one-off prototype with over 3,500 bespoke parts, so to see it performing so well today is a hugely satisfying experience. It’s like a greyhound, not a bloodhound!” Next stages of development Next year, BLOODHOUND SSC will be run at even higher speeds. “This is as fast as we can run the Car in the UK,” confirmed Chapman. “We will run it faster next year. The rocket won’t be in the Car then, but those runs will be to develop the Car further in conjunction with developing the rocket programme.” Endre Lunde, Senior Vice President Communications at Nammo, BLOODHOUND’s rocket provider, said: “Today is a tremendous achievement and we are really looking forward to working with BLOODHOUND next year to help the Car go even faster.” A.S. Ramchander, Vice-President Marketing at Castrol, said: “We are delighted to see BLOODHOUND SSC complete its first public runs. This partnership gives us the chance to showcase how our high-performance products such as Castrol EDGE SUPERCAR push the boundaries of

performance and we have our sights firmly set on partnering on a 22nd World Land Speed Record.” An inspiring day Although today’s event focused on the Car, the BLOODHOUND Project is all about inspiring young people to enjoy, explore and get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Rolls-Royce engineer Jess Herbert said, “I was inspired to take up a career in engineering by the BLOODHOUND Project after the team visited my school and I then took up an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce. I was lucky enough to have been at the unveiling of BLOODHOUND back in 2015 and I’m hugely excited and proud to have the opportunity to witness the test runs. Being a BLOODHOUND Ambassador has given me the chance to share the story with the engineers of tomorrow and I hope that seeing the Car in action will really help to bring the whole thing to life for them too.” Richard Noble, Project Director, added, “These trials at Newquay take us one step closer to setting the next World Land Speed Record. The BLOODHOUND Project is now being followed by a huge number of people in Britain and we are thrilled that 3,500 people came today and around the same amount are paying to come to see us on Saturday. “With Oracle Corporation now on board as our Cloud Partner we can inspire millions by exporting large volumes of BLOODHOUND performance data around the world to 220 countries. We have delivered real results already, with our university partners reporting substantial increases in the number of young people taking up engineering as a direct result of the BLOODHOUND Project. That is our primary objective and we’re delighted that we have 3,500 students coming to see the Car run on Monday 30th October – I know this will inspire a lot more!” The Team will now start to analyse the data, as well as checking the Car and preparing it for the Public Day on Saturday and the Education Day on Monday when around 3,500 children and young people are expected to attend.

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