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October 23, 2008
Bloodhound SSC Shooting for 1000MPH
By John Coyle
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The current land speed record stands at 763MPH, but for the team that set it, that’s just not fast enough. Right now, they’re working on a new car, dubbed the Bloodhound SSC, which is being built to achieve a mind-numbingly quick 1000MPH. That’s literally faster than a speeding bullet! The car won’t be done for another three years, but the BBC has posted a cool video that shows what it’ll look like in action—head over and check it out.
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SpeedCanHurt
Oct 27, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Assuming they do a good job making it nice and streamlined, with no flat underside sections, it should stick to the ground nicely. Even bullets that travel at these sorts of speeds are still greatly affected by gravity to the point where they drop regardless of velocity.
Evan
Oct 26, 2008 at 4:45 am
I wonder why they are going with a single engine design. The last time it was shown that the dual engine design was far more balanced than the American’s Single Engine Design.
Oh well… Good luck guys!!
Dan
Oct 25, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Just enough speed to rip your ears off so you won’t hear the wife nagging!
Jeremy
Oct 24, 2008 at 3:09 pm
It’ll take a shite-load of downforce to keep that thing from getting airborne
Derrick
Oct 24, 2008 at 1:11 pm
That’s only 1467fps, not exactly fast by today’s standards, but most bullets you will find today start at around 1000fps but go up to 4000+fps, of course it depends on the caliber, the cartridge, and a whole slew of different variables.
Christopher
Oct 24, 2008 at 2:51 am
that would be amazing if they could capture something like that!
Nes!
Oct 24, 2008 at 12:08 am
Are they really going to do the bullet test?