The 'Bloodhound' supercar aiming to break the land speed record - BBC News 

“Where’s the cigar lighter?” Andy Green: “It’s around the back!”

Brings back memories of THRUST SSC. The highs and lows were all part of building a fantastic car and team members. Andy is the best man for the job calm and committed with the skills to pull it off. No doubt, great men with skills to build the perfect car to get the record. Go team. You can do it. Dee 🍀🍀🍀🍀

Imagine it hitting a bump

That’s not a car .. that a jet without wings

I'm just about old enough to remember Donald Campbell in Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water and since those days, when I could still wear short trousers without ridicule, I have been fascinated by Land and Water Speed Records. I remember following Thrust SSC and watching it break the LSR in 1997. Heady stuff. Glad to see Bloodhound is back on track (literally and figuratively) and all kudos to these guys for pushing the envelope of technology to achieve greatness once again.

It's weird there are many people who don't know what's the purpose of this marvellous piece of engineering. It isn't your road-legal, commercial car that you can drive on Autobahns. Nope. It's a car shaped like a jet with minimum aerodynamics so it doesn't lift. Why the shape? Just so it doesn't take off. It's shaped like a pencil and a thing like this with normal car shape will literally kill thw the driver and explode the chassis. This car is built for land speed records, to achieve new heights in science and help students learn and get inspired by that. Lots of people are bashing the driver. Well, he is Andy Green, wing commander of British RAF and he did land speed tests before. As of land speed record history, it's not the first time that's happening. More than 20 years ago, we had Thrust SSC that successfully achieved near-Mach 1 speed. This though, will do plenty of tests and speed runs till 2021, when it will embark on the it's 1000-mph goal which is truly going to be amazing and the only land vehicle that could achieve Mach 1 speeds. (Sorry for my bad English). Edit: Some might also ask why this car is running in desert without any tyres. If they try it on a road or a runway, horrible stuff can happen. Jessi Combs accident is one example. Also a tyre can't tolerate same amount of forces and power as this car aims. These are aluminium wheels.

Why is Richard Hammond not driving this?

Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up! 👍👍👍👍👍

It's good to see the Anglo - South African relations come into effect to further develop our knowledge in the field of physical sciences.

We're waiting on it guys. Very best of luck!

Me in a silly goody mood with a big ramp jump at the end of the track

After watching the animated movie "Redline" i know now how freaking fast they were going and how fast his car is even for a Trans Am, damn.

Fantastic project! Go Bloodhound!! 🇬🇧

I remember winning a competition in year 6 to have my name etched on the back wing

135,000 HP 🤯

Looking into purchasing a vehicle like this, do they come with blue tooth compatibility? parking assist?

Amazing machine and British built 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

This should have more coverage on the BBC! 👍👍

Where’s the radio though?

Good luck chaps. I remember keeping a keen interest in 1997 with the 763mph record, and it will be a lot more interesting to you trying for 1000mph.

Multi Millionaires: We are going to limit your water supply in the summer for the planet Also Multi-Millionaires:

Come to South Africa 🇿🇦, we're waiting

"The most high powered... jet engine in the history of military aviation" F-22 Raptor F-119 PW-100 has entered the chat F-35 Lightning jet engine has entered the chat

Just make sure theres no wind. Good luck.

where,s the cup holder

My father's mate made the wheels for this weapon. I remember my dad taking me to a back street engineering workshop in Coventry and the wheels being turned on a floor lathe.. from 1 ton of aluminium block, some tool 2 weeks to cut others a week

It doesn’t matter what anyone calls it. If the independent verifier, the FIA, is satisfied that it is a car, then it is a car.

Supercar!? THATS A FREAKING ROCKET

Does it have cruise control?

Stupenda 👍

One of the true remaining sports, no in your face advertising. Wishing you well.

It’s like they built the bonus car from the Simpson’s hit and run

Unbelieveable

That's sick

It looks like a scene straight out of Tatooine.

Imagine putting a rear wing on upside-down

Reminds me of the days when I used to drive 750mph when my girl tells me she's home alone.

Why the change from blue to white paint?

What's the Doug score?

Lol it's basically just a fighter jet with no wings

that’s not a car that’s a plane on wheels lol

ALUMIN EEE UM .... (Alumin um) Never could get the Phonetics there

Thanks Auntie Beeb for finally recognizing this team effort.

What ever happened to the bloodhound ssc?

Impressive!!!!!

Very very sweet

That is not a car. That is a fighter jet and they forgot to attach the wings.

And now it sits in a museum...

The G force is immensely killer

Frightens me to death. One bump and.....

With its added rocket-boosters, what is the total expected thrust-force of Bloodhound ???

What did I just watched?

Barret sat on top of tooth pick with a rocket straped to it did 739 Mph in 1979

The purpose of this car us to get children interested in the STEM subjects. This has already been going on for some years in schools the UK and in the attempt-location in South Africa.

Are these still going on?

Speed kills! I'm thinking of a vehicle which will travel from one place to another in a second using teleportation. (Gr Britain Fri 15 Nov 2019 1835)

I’m just dubious they will get to 1000mph with this car. The land speed record has never been jumped up by that much (percentage-wise) Probably in the 900mph range- which is badass

Doesn't Britain already hold the land speed record

this isnt a car, its a land based fighter jet

It is 2021 and they have not broken the record yet!? what's with the delays

What about an sr71 engine

I would like to see how it goes through a ramp..😄

Image hitting an invisibal wall and The speed drops with 600mph

What’s the difference between this and Wile E. Coyote on a Saturn V rocket?

Imagine it was in a city

put the wings, and this thing will fly.

That is not a car! That's a missile!

Jet car this year and rocket car next year.

Mad Max 2020

I own a car that has a top speed of 180 mph (289 KPH) and you couldn't give me a million dollars to drive this car at 180 mph. I've had it up to 120 and things started going really fast. After having a Charmin moment I let off the gas. When I was young and stupid, I would have driven the thing to the limit, but when you get older you realize how fragile life is.

Not a car, just a wingless jet.

Sometimes I'm very proud to be British. Not often of late.

The balls they have to drive these cars

By the time this thing hits 1000mph we will all probably be living in space! I'm done waiting. I'm starting to think this is all one big bullshit joke

So, did they do it>??

No cup holder?

I would make this remote controlled, just in case something goes wrong...

I just want to know how to drive it

Crazy to think the record is now 6,599mph. Mach 8.6

But what about building a high speed railway to Birmingham?

How can i park it near restourant , bar?

Gostei do the bloodhound

Wouldn't something like one or even 2 szr1 engines be better they were made to go mach 3

Clearly humans are getting out of control 😂

But can you pull the E Brake and make it Drift ??

He’s a pilot not a driver

I feel like at this point they should just be fully autonomous... no need for a stering wheel...

I thought they were going to do this in 2014

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

Where is noble , he is the one who got this going?

Trust me...Jet engine kept inside

it start off as 1000 mph then the small print 500mph

unlucky timing

This is the fastest (Land Vehicle) NOT a car, this is just a huge Jet Engine strapped to a frame with some wheels

This is a weird way of saying big thruster attached to a big dragster

*germans when they see stripy lines:*

but the COVID well no second test XD i were watch the trailer since it released so cool vehicle in the world

why is this thing not radio controlled so no driver needed

#bbcnews tell your Andy green I won't steel his job☺️

What a fantastic example of British engineering! God speed to them, quite literally!!