Bloodhound LSR smashes the 450mph target with a 461mph top speed
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2019
- On Friday the Bloodhound Land Speed Racing team obliterated its target of 450mph by recording a top speed of 461mph, but had to abort a second run thanks to some minor bodywork damage.
Today’s ‘Run Profile 5’ called for a max reheat (afterburner) start from the zero-kilometre mark at the north end of the Hakskeenpan desert runway.
As well as pushing the speed further, a key objective today was to test the right parachute, after a successful deployment of the right parachute on the October 31st.
Andy Green rolled off the line in ‘max dry’ - no flames out the back - before picking the speed up to 50mph, at which point he pressed the throttle peddle past the detent catch, which engaged maximum reheat.
All of the Bloodhound’s 90kN of thrust (54,000bhp) was used to blast the car up to 461 mph. Andy had lifted off the throttle at 440mph to stabilise the car, before pulling the left parachute to test it is in working order.
As expected, the parachute took a second to deploy behind the car, before flying perfectly on its 20m strop (line).
Andy reported he could feel the parachute tugging rear of the car from side to side as it filled with air and increased the drag. The chute will be modified by removing ribbons two and four to see if will fly more steadily.
Once the speed had dropped to 150mph on the parachute, Andy applied the front wheel brakes to bring Bloodhound to a stop at the 9km mark.
As on the previous run, the ‘Rescue 2’ recovery team was quickly on scene to uncouple the parachute strop from the back of the car, which Andy then taxied on idle to the 16km mark at the south end of the track.
Here he performed a 240m diameter teardrop shaped U-turn to bring the car back to the adjacent track and ready for Run Profile 6.
Unfortunately, on inspection, the team identified a minor issue with the titanium skin on the rear deltas (the aerodynamic bodywork that covers the rear suspension). This caused the planned second run of 500mph to be aborted, and saw the car recovered to the Tech Camp for repair work.
Mark Chapman, Engineering Director, explained: "The issue was with an ‘into wind step’, which is an area of the bodywork that high speed air and desert grit blasted into as such a rate on this run, that it pealed back a corner, up to the first rivet. The Fabrication Team are trimming the 30mm long piece of titanium off before they bond and rivet a patch to cover the area.” - Наука та технологія
"It's titanium an' it's a bit 'arder......." Gotta love true British engineering.
Good Russian titanium 😀
Titanium toenail clippings are fooookin arder..A great insurance policy and max thrust gains. .
@Peek 😆👍My Dad is an old Navy engineer. Built a traction engine when he retired and is still very fond of his hammer!!
@Peek I'm teaching technical English to future engineers now over at INSA Lyon in France. We're all rooting for you guys. Best of British (and French!) to you and the team.
@@chrisvig123
China produces more than twice as much as Russia and when you add in Japan, Ukraine and Kazakhstan Russia is down to 25%.
Great Job ! Thanks for not giving up! The World is cheering for you ! Butch from Texas !
I met an engineer that is working in bloodhound and he was the most passionate person I’ve ever met respect to team bloodhound
Wow indeed!! The car moves so effortless. Thanks for the updates Bloodhound team and good luck!
90 tons of thrust with full afterburner. About 4-5 kg of fuel a second. Not really effortless but surely impressive.
Congratulations to All concerned. Keep up the Great work. Who`s worried about the rugby world cup when the Land Speed Record is there to be beaten.
Who cares about grown men chasing balls around a field when you have a car that can go 1000mph
Thank you for posting these bulletins. Great to see and read.
Also seeing the conditions you are having to contend with!
Keep up the great work.
Amazing work guys 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Well done guys, GO GO GO.
Good luck, I can't wait to see the runs next year.
Thanks for the updates 👍
Love these daily updates. Feels like we're there with you!
I am.
Well done everyone, you are providing us all with a much needed boost!
Thanks for the continued updates, exciting stuff, our best wishes continue with you on this adventure :-)
''What's that forklift doing?''
- ''Oh, nevermind that. It just holds the door in place.'' *cues a certain Sandstorm by that Darude bloke
A typical British solution, best take a Forklift in case. They make brilliant doorstops.
Thrust 1 and 2 were hugely inspirational for me growing up. Kind of almost an old man now. Still hugely inspiring. Keep at it Bloodhound. So excited everything is on track again. Been watching this project avidly for years. Best of British! We do still have some things to be proud of. This being one of them. Tally ho chaps! Chocks away n all that.
That sandstorm looks interesting. Caused a fair bit of damage by the look of it. As for the run. Superb. Shame about not being able to do a proper return run.
way to go bloodhoound,these updates for the profile runs just draws you in,nothing left to the imagination,all speed freaks questions are answered,keep up the great work,and lets hope all the struggles and efforts by the team,reach the dizzy goal of 1000 mph.......
Daamn, can't get enough of that afterburner
yeah---like the morning after a REAL hot Curry
Great to see some of the other team members, adds some real flavour to the experience
Congratulations with the progress, men!
Loving the videos. Great work.
well done thanks for sharing all this , keep up the good work
Hope all is well. Best of luck. It's so exciting!
I'm chewing nails waiting for the inevitable 1,000 MPH !! Well done on 461 MPH !! Been following for quite some time money no money then into action !! Fast Is Always cool !!
The only thing missing from this video is the thunderbirds theme playing.
well---i'm providing my own
Awesome, what a team, so very very proud of you all 👍🏻🇬🇧
1:50 Darude...
Should've tried again with back wind!!😂 Seriously, well done chaps, onwards & upwards, you're making a whole nation proud 👍👍
Great work team. I loved the blackie clip. A great metal fabricator always has a Beverly shear nearby. What could possibly go wrong..
You should see him do his toe nails! ;-)
Bloodhound LSR .These are very rare Titanium toenails . It a dark art to cut them on the Beverly. Blackie might show you if you ask him nicely.
@@bloodhoundssc i don'tthink so
Well done everyone, you are providing us all with a much needed boost !!!!
Great to see you running. For anyone wondering what the music is called it is Loudness and clarity
Thanks guys that's awesome well done top team 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Fantastic guys,keep it rolling 👍🇬🇧🏆
fantastic attempt .... and if we ignore the smashing defeat yesterday at the Rugby World Cup by the hosts South Africa everything is going great as planned ...
Amazing work keep it up
Awesome guys
How many days are you scheduled to test for?
All in a days work. Round head screws for the repair or ali mush head rivets? Asking for a fwend
How’s the parachute deal with that debris I wonder?
I love the characteristically understated British reaction. Brilliant
This makes me so excited! Will we be seeing a top speed run here? Or will that be at another location?
This is the location, but record attempts are set for next year, when the hybrid rocket engine is ready - this visit is just for high-speed testing with only the jet, to ensure the car behaves as predicted on the desert and make any adjustments necessary. There isn't anywhere else in the world that the eventual target speed could be reached.
How well did the predictions for rolling resistance and chute drag turn out?
i love how they came from england to south africa to test it when all of the sudden south africa beat england in the rugby world cup japan final
Ahem, yes. We don't need to mention that!!!
@@bloodhoundssc lol sorry mate, just had to get it out, i love england though
Gotta be said, SA’s defense was like a castle wall. Both sides did a fantastic job.
FranCena. Ah! but England will have another chance at the cup in 4 years time, does South Africa have a rival 'Bloodhound' for the land speed record?
@@mikdavies5027 thats technology, its totally different, besides south africa has 3 world cup titles and england has 1
Great achievement! How is the sand affecting Bloodhound, in terms of the grit getting into places where you don't want grit getting and the sandblasting effect on various parts, does it have any adverse effect on the wheels or air intakes for the engines etc? 👍😎
From previous land speed record attempt, foreign object damage is the biggest worry. They spend hours before a run cleaning the track from any foreign objects
Nature shows her power!!
Onwards and upwards 🇬🇧💨👍🏼
On the full track, once the car has finished 1 run, how is it taken back to the start? Does it go another run from where it stopped back to where it started?
wow well done guys keep going faster u will do it !
Amazing, finally :-)
Same wind effect when you wine down the window at speed on the Bloodhound 😂
Keep it up and you guys will have the record by next week 😉😎
1:19 Pro tip: you know your fabrication engineer is the real deal when he doesn't have a surname ;-)
Looks good fun that!
+Good luck everyone. Fantastic achievement.
I'm sure you'll succeed on 5th November (may be lost on non-Commonwealth watchers). Good luck with this impressive effort.
So excited! What kind of fuel is being used??
Whatever is left over from the last party...
Just normal jet fuel. The kind they use for the Eurofighter Typhoon. Probably JP-8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-8
WAIT WAIT, Does this mean after all these years that we're finally getting close to a full roar full boar all run for the record ?
Everyday people becoming superheroes!!
Wow...
Is this Sandstorm brought to us by... Darude? By any chance?
Wish I was there. I know it’s a long time between runs but it would be sensational.
Bloody weather :-D
Which test run will be the one, when you first fire up the rocket motor, and what speed will you be hoping for?
Is the a Q&A page on a social platform for fans??
These are test runs, without the rocket engine fitted. I don’t think we can expect record attempts approaching 1000 mph with rocket until next year but there’s a chance that Bloodhound can edge up the record beyond 763mph this year.
Wondering what the speed increments are for each test run? 0.1 mach increments...... 50mph increments?
It's seems like years this has been TESTED etc. Any ideas when the attempt on the record will take place?
I think it's later this year for the record, and then an attempt to get 1000mph early next year.
@@SteveHill68K thank you. It just seems to be dragging on
ON TRUE BREXIT DAY IE. FREEDOM DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully can predict incoming sandstorms before further runs
I'm a day late and a dollar short with my comments about Bloodhound.....I thought the project was over and the vehicle sold! But it lives !!!!
So guys, anyone know what is the true speed of sound at the location and altitude where they are at now?
remember the sand storms from Namibia.....everyone and everything gets sand blasted, car windscreens are almost frosted after a few years...
Following the damage I guess they do thorough NDT testing on critical components eg wheels etc to check for cracks now?
After the test ended, they surely will back at home. They are not pushing the car to the limit right now. Bodywork damage is common. With Thrust SSC, a panel actually shattered after the car reached supersonic for the first time. It wasn't the record run though, they couldn't turn the car around in time
I hope that the track is inspected after that storm, it could have blown rocks onto the track.
They happen all the time though.
@@jeffvader811 Which is why they had people clean the track before these runs.
When Is the actual attempt at the Land Speed Record going to happen?
Not before 2020 I believe
*never
Ven vill ze Var end,--''Just after our next offensive I should think''.
I’m assuming, as I can’t see any official timing system along the route, how and how accurate are the MPH figures ?
Probably GPS and very accurate
wolfe1970 at those speeds 🤔
@@watergate9557 within reason the faster they go the more accurate the GPS will be.
Interesting questions. I’d assume a combination of an airspeed sensor and wheel speed sensor inputs, although, of course, they’ll both be subject to errors. They’ll also have G sensors, the output of which could be integrated to give a good indication as well. Bloodhound has at least 100 sensors! Whatever the case, it would make the subject of a really interesting video.
I’m not sure how useful GPS would be. Although it’s very useful for determining location within 30cm, speed could only be determined by calculating the distance and time between two readings, which could only ever yield an average speed between those two points, accurate to double that location error distance. As the time interval between readings decreases, the accuracy of location decreases too. I suppose it would be possible to get readings every few milliseconds, but that would require multiple GPS receivers using Carrier Phase Tracking and Differential GPS, referenced to a fixed local transmitter and a central number-crunching computer. The hardware could easily end up being far more complex than other methods. It’s not just a matter of slapping a GPS receiver onboard and taking a digital output.
The record will be timed using timing beams over measured distances - That’s the FIA’s official method - but, right now, they’re not going for an official record. This year is, after all, just testing. Hope this helps. :-)
@@andylewis7360 Guinness World Records bugatti chiron world speed record 304 mph was with gps, would you like to tell them there wrong or should i that GPS does not work.
A face mask looks like a good idea
Love this car. Rev Britannia. BTW, we are drifting apart, I almost need a translator.
Batten down the hatches folks! There's a sand storm…
Well done chaps ,just shy of a monkey ,progress in every run and Andy is getting more time in the cockpit, all good for smashing the tittle
I reckon after a storm like that they'll have to go over the track with a fine tooth comb again. Storm like that will throw a lot of rocks.
Considering that this "visit" to Africa is for "testing" purposes and for what seems to be early on in the process, they're almost at 500mph, I was wondering what is Bloodhound's max mph with just the jet engine? Also, I know there's 2 parachutes (1 main & 1 backup), but from what they've shown so far, those things look tiny!
I wouldn't call +11mph smashing, that said still an impressive feat
Not even out of 1st gear lol.Come on guys make britain proud.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Excellent result well done. Not a great environment to be working in.
Remember The Spitfire 👍
Imagine if for the actual record runs it was painted in an RAF spitfire/hurracane camo motif.
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Taxi back !! thats not car speak thats aircraft speak !! so how close to flying is it ?? we know its only minor changes in pitch from planted on the ground to taking off
If you do not have wings, you will not fly no matter how fast you go.
@David David Gaawd! I remember that! Those Mercs were very prone to flipping. And the Saubers, if memory serves.
How close? Pretty damned close. The design can’t afford to have any more downforce than absolutely necessary because downforce increases drag.
@David David I seem to recall it was the same weekend as the Concorde crash that killed everyone on board. An engineering double-whammy. I was at an engineering conference and both events were the main topics of conversation - Much to the chagrin of those who wanted to tell us all about their new products!
@David David It’s not as rare as we’d think! ua-cam.com/video/nkcGPf-fLV0/v-deo.html
I used to do RC speed records and our cars were forever flipping. Check it out: ua-cam.com/video/xGPfDenjN4E/v-deo.html
In case you wonder how fast they go.... ua-cam.com/video/96OBzDI1ZIM/v-deo.html
👍
What Engine does it use?.
Rolls Royce engine out of the euro fighter.
It’s a Rolls Royce EJ200 from a Eurofighter Typhoon, on loan from The Royal Airforce. They’ll add a rocket engine for next year’s record attempts.
@@andylewis7360 To be pedantic it's a Eurojet EJ200 engine - sorry I can't help myself sometimes. Rolls Royce is one of the partners so credit also due to the other partners, Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain) and MTU (Germany). :)
Adrian Cherry Yup. That’s pedantic 🙄
Why the color is change?
bankrupt, change of ownership and name.
461 not bad.but I think you can do better ha ha . Fantastic job well done guys 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍👍🍺🤘
PROVIDE a camera angle which is parallel in its wake; when it would be approaching record speed!!!!!
I know these test runs are necessary but come on with it I want to see a 1000 plus miles per hour runs.
Their hurrying to get the last Taco Bell
Nacho fries 🍟
Dear Bloodhound crew,
To those of you who worked on Thrust SSC from 1994-1997, you know why I put in this song's lyrics,.. :)
The tax man's taken all my dough
And left me in my stately home
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I've got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I got a big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sitting here
Sipping at my ice cold beer
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I got a big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
Good luck with the 1000mph record attempt! :)
Classic "Kinks",. rock on my British brothers! 👍🇬🇧🇨🇦
ONE DAY SOME ONE WILL DIE !!!!!!!
isn’t this thing supposed to do 1000???
That is what they are aiming for next year.
Not until it has all it's engines - this year is just for testing.
It needs the Nammo rocket in addition to the jet engine it now has…
“this thing” LOL
Why MPH? To hard to be like the rest of the world. KPH?
Jade Clauesn British team, so to us kph is just meaningless - & their target is 1000mph (historically land speed records are always expressed in mph, presumably because they've been set by English & Americans)
You guys run toe in or out? Feel like at those speeds you would run toe in which would 0 out at 200+mph.
Reference to an article from the Lyncean Group Website:
"So, how flat is Hakskeen Pan and how much does it matter to a land speed record car traveling at 1,000 mph (1,609 kph)? The Cape Town, South Africa, survey company Lloyd & Hill surveyed the entire 16 km by 500 meter wide track surface (an area of about 8 million square meters) measuring the elevation in each square meter to an accuracy of 10 mm (0.39 in) or less. Using laser-scanning technology to collect data, and some considerable computing resources, Lloyd & Hill reduced four billion laser measurements into a 3-dimensional surface map of Hakskeen Pan. Key findings were:
1. Hakskeen Pan has a very gentle slope from north to south: dropping 300 mm in 16 km (about one foot in 10 miles)
2. Across the whole surface, the biggest ‘bumps’ and ‘dips’ are less than 50 mm (2 inches) from the average elevation.
3. There’s an 80 mm (3.12 in) ‘step’ that occurs in a distance of 180 m (590 ft) running across the Pan, just over 9 km from the northern end of the track, and just where the car will be travelling at 1,000 mph."
The story here is; How is it possible that this location on earth is as flat as it has been confirmed to be using laser surveying by the Lloyd & Hill survey company when the mainstream "science" community says we are on a ball with a drop in elevation of 8 inches times the distance squared ?
Academia states the Earth has a radius of approximately 3965 miles. Using the Pythagorean theorem, that calculates to an average curvature of 7.98 inches per mile or approximately 8 inches per mile (squared) so when that formula is applied over 9 miles, I think it would look like this: 9 x 9 x 8 = 648 inches or a 12 foot drop in elevation making it virtually impossible to view the Bloodhound land speed car after only four miles heading away from the starting location.
John Wahlstrom
Chilliwack
British Columbia
Canada
English.. No surprise, they invented the world..!!
SMASHES lol just 10 k more .5 percent
This is not a car
It’s legit a *JET* with no wings
Ok stool post
Will fine it’s a jet with no wings
Stool Posts one more thing thank you for your service
car is too low or suspension needs revising as the downforce loads up its pushing car down, so suspension needs to be uprated. also being the middle of the front and rear suggests a sag point, may need more reinforcing in that area, check the actual structure under the bodywork
More likely just a stone chip.
Given the fact that it hasn't even reached half of it's design speed, I highly doubt that the considerable expertise of the aerodymanicists and suspension designers, along with the huge amount of computer modelling, could have got the suspension that far out.
give up mate, they know what there doing. some of these guys designed and built ThrustSSC how many land speed vehicles have you worked on?
No; Mark Chapman, Engineering Director, explained: “The issue was with an ‘into wind step’, which is an area of the bodywork that high speed air and desert grit blasted into as such a rate on this run, that it pealed back a corner, up to the first rivet. The Fabrication Team are trimming the 30mm long piece of titanium off before they bond and rivet a patch to cover the area.”
There's always some clever dick with a Vauxhall Corsa who knows more.... 🙄
this is an interactive and inclusive project. they actually read tweets and these comments. I never said I was an expert. I am just offering what I see. if they want to take it on board or check/apply fine. starting conversations..... is how things get better
its people like this that try to bring ppl down, tell them they cant do stuff, make them feel inferior. very positive thanks everyone !!