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Rolls Royce Backs Bloodhound Land Speed Record
Rolls Royce has extended its support to for the Bloodhound Project, which is aiming to set a new land speed record. Rolls Royce's support will come in the form of engine, financial aid and technical knowledge.
The Bloodhound team's custom land speed record attempt vehicle will be powered by the Rolls Royce EJ200 jet engine. This is the same engine that is used by the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, which uses two of these. A single EJ200 jet engine produces 20,000 pounds of thrust. The Thrust SSC's engine couplings will feature the Rolls Royce logo.
The Bloodhound SSC record vehicle aims to reach the 1000 mph mark (1600 km/h) on land, which is equivalent to Mach 1.4. Associations with speed record breaking attempts is not new for Rolls Royce, which has been a part of several speed records in the past. In fact, The existing land speed record holder Wing Commander Andy Green piloted the Thrust SSC in 1997, setting the mark of 1,227.986 km/h. Thrust SSC was powered by two Rolls Royce Spey 202 turbofan engines. Rolls Royce was not officially involved though.
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