As reported by Cosworth Group
Cosworth Group engine and electronics announced as key components in BLOODHOUND SSC in 1000mph world land speed record attempt in 2012.
Cosworth Group will call on its aerospace, automotive and motorsport expertise to provide unique technology to support the BLOODHOUND SSC – a car which will travel faster than a bullet in an attempt to break the world land speed record in 2012.
Cosworth Group’s advanced electronics and high performance engine technologies will feature in the world’s ultimate racing car, which is powered by two engines and a rocket, to reach a top speed of 1050mph.
Cosworth Group’s data electronics, which are used in a wide range of highly demanding applications from aerobatics planes and racing cars to wind turbines and sailing boats, will be incorporated into the BLOODHOUND SSC to gather data which will help to control the vehicle and understand its performance.
These electronics will enable an unprecedented 500 channels of data to be beamed live from the car around the world during its land speed record attempts. This data will also be used as a key part of the education programme, which currently has 4,000 UK schools using BLOODHOUND SSC information and materials in class to enable the engineers and scientists of the future to get involved in a great engineering adventure.
Cosworth Group is also supplying the auxiliary power unit for BLOODHOUND SSC in the shape of its latest Formula One engine - the CA2010, which has proved to be the most reliable in the sport today. This 95kg, 750+bhp unit will provide not only essential services to the car but will also drive the rocket oxidizer pump which will supply 800 litres of High Test Peroxide (HTP) to the rocket in just 20 seconds - equivalent to 75 pints every second. The rocket is a hybrid, specially developed for BLOODHOUND SSC and the largest ever designed in Europe.
Cosworth Group engine and electronics announced as key components in BLOODHOUND SSC in 1000mph world land speed record attempt in 2012.
Cosworth Group will call on its aerospace, automotive and motorsport expertise to provide unique technology to support the BLOODHOUND SSC – a car which will travel faster than a bullet in an attempt to break the world land speed record in 2012.
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Cosworth Group’s advanced electronics and high performance engine technologies will feature in the world’s ultimate racing car, which is powered by two engines and a rocket, to reach a top speed of 1050mph.
Cosworth Group’s data electronics, which are used in a wide range of highly demanding applications from aerobatics planes and racing cars to wind turbines and sailing boats, will be incorporated into the BLOODHOUND SSC to gather data which will help to control the vehicle and understand its performance.
These electronics will enable an unprecedented 500 channels of data to be beamed live from the car around the world during its land speed record attempts. This data will also be used as a key part of the education programme, which currently has 4,000 UK schools using BLOODHOUND SSC information and materials in class to enable the engineers and scientists of the future to get involved in a great engineering adventure.
Cosworth Group is also supplying the auxiliary power unit for BLOODHOUND SSC in the shape of its latest Formula One engine - the CA2010, which has proved to be the most reliable in the sport today. This 95kg, 750+bhp unit will provide not only essential services to the car but will also drive the rocket oxidizer pump which will supply 800 litres of High Test Peroxide (HTP) to the rocket in just 20 seconds - equivalent to 75 pints every second. The rocket is a hybrid, specially developed for BLOODHOUND SSC and the largest ever designed in Europe.