Bloodhound to Taxi up to 200mph in Cornwall Today
Half term tourist traffic on the A30 permitting.
Half term tourist traffic on the A30 permitting.
Support from new partners means that next year's autumn run is back on track.
It may eventually prove to be the fastest land vehicle ever built, but its team's plans have been slowed due to funding.
The British-made vehicle needs to beat the landspeed record of 763mph – this is how they will do it.
Grab your pasties and head down to the Newquay Aerohub this winter.
This week, engineers working on the British Bloodhound Supersonic Car project installed its EJ200 jet engine into the chassis for the first time. Good news: it fits. Bad news: they now have to install kilometres of cabling into the small gaps that are left. [Bloodhound Project]
While a separate team is putting together the ultimate driving playlist.
That land speed record attempt is going to be a walkover.
Progress has been made with the British car that hopes to set a new land speed record, as we found on a recent visit to Bristol.
