Land speed record Bloodhound SSC is already installed, but now we are talking about the final version of the car with the same name. 13.5-meter «cigar» has to accelerate to 1600 km / h, but this will be preceded by a year of intense testing, and in 2017 «cigar» will storm the previous record (1228 km / h).
Bloodhound SSC unit is equipped with turbojet Rolls-Royce EJ200 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter from and hybrid rocket power hp 135 000
The project involved Jaguar, which is reflected in the fact that the 550-horsepower supercharged V8 5.0 used to drive the fuel pump of a rocket engine. However, the project involved more than 350 companies, universities and even experts RAF.
The first tests will not infringe the record, and will be held only at the speed of 322 km / h on the runway at Newquay Airport and only in August 2016 — in South Africa. It was there, in the Kalahari Desert, Bloodhound SSC will be required to dial in a matter of 40–55 seconds of 1600 km / h, ahead of the bullet.
