1. BLOODHOUND SSC Project Introduction
28 November, 2018

2. BLOODHOUND SSC Project Introduction
Introduction to the car
Introduction to the car
Play the video a couple of times to help answer these questions…
1.)What the the main objectives of the Project?
1.)
2.)
3.)
2.)How long does it take to go one mile?
3.)How is it powered?
4.) Suggest why it has to run on a dry lake bed.
5.) Identify some challenges of building a car to go so fast.
6.) What would you like to know more about? Think of two questions to ask the BLOODHOUND Team.

3. BLOODHOUND SSC Project Introduction
1.) What the the main objectives of the Project?
1.) To inspire young people into STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
2.) To build a car that can go 1000mph and hold the Land Speed record.
3.) To share everything we’ve found out along the way.
2.)How long does it take to go one mile?
3.6 seconds
3.)How is it powered? A jet engine from an Eurofighter typhoon, and a rocket.
4.) Suggest why it has to run on a dry lake bed.
1.) The metal wheels need a soft surface to run on so they don’t get damaged.
2.) A dry lake bed is very flat after the water evaporates, so there are less bumps which could cause the car to lift off.
3.) It is a big area so allows us some distance to speed up and slow down between the timed runs…
5.) Identify some challenges of building a car to go so fast.
1.) the car has to be very powerful to counteract air resistance as it gets faster.
2.) it needs to be strong so it can cope with shockwaves, but light so it doesn’t take as much energy to move it.
3.) the materials, such as titanium and carbon fibre, are cutting edge technology so very expensive.
4.) the wheels spin so fast they could warp out of shape.
5.)the shockwave from the sonic boom could damage the car and the desert…

4. So you want to see some more?
5 min clip showing the current Land Speed Record Car, Thrust SSC running in 1997.
1 min 45 introduction to using CAD to test the strength of the cars components.
1 min 40 How Wings work
3 min video showing the testing of the hybrid rocket
3 min video clip Ron Ayers explains the aerodynamic reasoning behind the shape of the car.
2 min clip explaining the science of Drag and how it has affected our design of the car.
3 min 49 clip explaining the challenges behind making the wheels and how we made them.