BLOODHOUND SSC – a supersonic land speed racing car designed to reach speeds of 1,000mph (1,600km/h).
Welcome to BLOODHOUND’s monthly newsletter, with the latest news about the project and the car. Check out our website at www.bloodhoundssc.com for more information about the project.
Happy Christmas from the BLOODHOUND team!
The BLOODHOUND team would like to thank everyone for their support in 2014 and wish you all a very Happy Christmas! We’re looking forward to a very eventful year in 2015 as we take the car to South Africa for the first time, so make sure you follow us on social media to keep up with our progress. And please consider sharing in our record-breaking runs by putting your name on BLOODHOUND’s fin – a very unique Christmas gift!
Latest car news
This month we have passed some major milestones for the car:
- The upper structure is now complete and is being sent off to be ‘cured’.
- Work is starting in earnest on the fin, with first parts arriving, the assembly jig commissioned and a special fin bay built in the Technical Centre.
- Designs for the front-end composites are complete and most have already been delivered.
- The large components of the rear suspension delta are now being released to manufacture.
- Jaguar’s supercharged 550bhp V8 is announced as the third engine in the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car.
Catch up with all the latest BLOODHOUND news on our website or on Twitter @BLOODHOUND_SSC
Gourmet dinner to launch new car display
1K Club Gold members are invited to join our sponsors for an exclusive preview prior to the official opening of the new Land Speed Record gallery at the Coventry Transport Museum on 12 February 2015. For the first time, all three cars from the land speed world record projects headed by Richard Noble will be displayed together. Celebrate with a gourmet dinner, a unique auction and a Q&A with Richard and Andy Green (find more details and prices). 1K Club Gold members can book tickets here on our website from 9am on 10 December. If you are not a Gold member already, then this is what you need to do!
Technical Centre visit on 31 January 2015
If you would like to see the actual car that will run in South Africa and meet the BLOODHOUND team, join the 1K Club today and then sign up to visit the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre on 31 January 2015. You must be logged in as a 1K Club member to book your tickets here.
 Taking BLOODHOUND to rural schools
When a school in Hampshire had to change the date of its Science Day, the BLOODHOUND Ambassadors managed to arrange visits to two other local schools instead – as a result, other schools in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire are now looking for sessions in the coming year. Read more.
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 Become a BLOODHOUND Ambassador
We’re still looking for more BLOODHOUND Ambassadors to work with children in schools, clubs, Science Fairs, Big Bang events and national events. We’ll train you and give you access to all of our online educational resources. If you’d like to inspire the next generation then join us – it’s fun and extremely worthwhile. Read more.
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Events
Here's where you'll find BLOODHOUND in 2015 – check our Events page regularly for more events as they are confirmed:
Big Bang 2015, UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair
11-14 March 2015
The NEC, Birmingham
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Give something different this Christmas and support BLOODHOUND at the same time. For those long winter evenings, bring back memories with the DVD of the Thrust 2 project (now only £8) plus our BLOODHOUND project book “The Science Behind The Speed”. We also still have some of our Corgi models (£10), as well as a great range of toys, mugs, caps, beanies, branded clothing and stocking fillers.
And if you need to send Christmas greetings, do so using our unique BLOODHOUND Christmas cards.
Find these gifts and more at the BLOODHOUND online shop.
