Bloodhound SSC Engineers Test Parachute To Slow Down 1000 mph Car
Bloodhound SSC engineers achieved yet another milestone towards their goal of achieving the 1000 mph speed on the land. The parachute that will be used to slow down the Bloodhound SSC after it peaks its top speed was tested using a Jaguar F-Type at the Bentwaters Air Base, Suffolk. The uninitiated may note that a team of British engineers is working on developing a super sonic car (SSC) named 'Bloodhound' which aims to be the first one on land to achieve 1000 miles/hr speed. Read: CrazyEngineers Exclusive <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/mark-chapman-bloodhound-ssc-the-1000mph-engineering-adventure.63343">Mark Chapman - Bloodhound SSC: The 1000mph Engineering Adventure</a>, the chief engineer of the project.
As you'd guess, slowing down a car traveling that fast is not at all easy. The engineers will deploy parachute to create the first break to the speed. Once the speed is sufficiently slow (about ~200 mph); the car will use disk brakes for further deceleration. It's essential for the car to slow down quickly because it will have to do two runs within an hour to claim the record.
The Bloodhound SSC will employ a powerful Nammo hybrid rocket to create a thrust of about 123.75 kN. It will be then coupled with additional thrust from EJ200 jet to generate about 212 kN thrust. It's about 8 times the power of all the cars on a F1 grid combined.
Engineers used a Jaguar F-type R Coupé moving at 180 mph to deploy the parachute. Current record holder Andy Green, who'll drive the Bloodhound SSC to 1000 mph glory deployed the parachute from his car to ensure that the parachute worked as intended. The video below shows all of it in action: -
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As you'd guess, slowing down a car traveling that fast is not at all easy. The engineers will deploy parachute to create the first break to the speed. Once the speed is sufficiently slow (about ~200 mph); the car will use disk brakes for further deceleration. It's essential for the car to slow down quickly because it will have to do two runs within an hour to claim the record.
The Bloodhound SSC will employ a powerful Nammo hybrid rocket to create a thrust of about 123.75 kN. It will be then coupled with additional thrust from EJ200 jet to generate about 212 kN thrust. It's about 8 times the power of all the cars on a F1 grid combined.
Engineers used a Jaguar F-type R Coupé moving at 180 mph to deploy the parachute. Current record holder Andy Green, who'll drive the Bloodhound SSC to 1000 mph glory deployed the parachute from his car to ensure that the parachute worked as intended. The video below shows all of it in action: -
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