The Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) team has unveiled their latest masterpiece with the goal to claim a new land speed world record and it’s called the Bloodhound LSR. This jet-powered monstrosity in desert specs has begun its testing program in South Africa where they hope to break the current world land speed record of 763.035 mph (1,227.9 km/h).
For their very first session at the Hakskeenpan desert, the team will be testing out how the car reacts with speeds over 500mp/h (around 800km/h). Powered by a powerful Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine that is said to produce close to 27,500Nm of thrust (standard spec), the team not only hopes to break the current world record but to exceed it where no machine has gone before.
Breaking the world land speed record is their first phase. Once that is successful, they’ll move on to Phase 2 where their target is to be the first to reach 1,000mph or 1,600km/h on land. In comparison, the speed of sound is around 1,235km/h. In other words, they crazy. So far, they’ve not determined the size of the rocket to use in order to break the record, but this test will hopefully provide enough data for them to proceed in the coming months.
According to Mark Chapman, Bloodhound LSR Engineering Director, “Newquay was all about getting up to speed and finding out how quickly we could get the engine to full power and accelerate using max reheat. Andy was on the throttle for two seconds to reach 200 mph (322 km/h) in eight seconds. Here at the Hakskeenpan on a 10 mile (16 kilometre) track we can accelerate for much longer, achieve higher speeds and investigate the car’s stability, performance and drag, all crucial as we move towards setting a new world land speed record.”
Bloodhound LSR being prepared for 800 km/h test run in South Africa
