With A Jet Engine Lodged On, This Car Is Out To Make History

Some ideas sound outrageously impractical until you have something tangible to back it up. The British-made Bloodhound SSC tells the story of the indomitable human spirit that is tirelessly working to conquer artificial and natural challenges. Sometimes, this spirit is sometimes so ambitious that the possibility of doubting it’s abilities is always there.

When the story of supersonic cars is finally written, the British-made Bloodhound SCC will ultimately enjoy a slot at the top, that is, if the project finally sees the light of day.
The Bloodhound project has been work in progress and is scheduled to make its first high-speed tests on South Africa’s Northern Cape desert in May 2019.

The vehicle is expected to reach 500 mph, a speed at which the vehicle’s progress is primarily dictated by its aerodynamics. By the end of the final quarter of 2019, it is expected to hit its target of 1000 mph. It was earlier tested in the earlier UK at Newquay airport, where it recorded 200 mph while riding on runway wheels from an English Electric Lightning fighter jet.

This project is developed through government and corporate support, partly aiming to elicit engineering and scientific interest among students. Such a research-based undertaking can be overwhelming to fund, especially with the consideration that there are minimal expectations on return.

In March 2018, it was reported that the Bloodhound project had encountered financial challenges with participants calling on organizations to come on board.

The land jet will be fitted with more than 500 sensors to aid in data collection and the data collected will be shared in schools for engineering advancements.

Evidently, this is one of the most breathtaking undertakings happening in the auto world at the moment. Where and how it goes is a story we will keenly keep watching.