BLOODHOUND NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2014
BLOODHOUND - a supersonic land speed racing car designed to reach speeds of 1,000mph
Welcome to the latest BLOODHOUND SSC monthly newsletter.
Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested in finding out about BLOODHOUND SSC and check out our website at www.bloodhoundssc.com for more information about the project.
Two royal visits to our Technical Centre
 His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visited the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre last month to meet the team and see the world's first 1,000mph car.
On the same day, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester also visited the Technical Centre in his role as patron of the Newcomen Society, which included the visit as part of its summer meeting itinerary.
Read about HRH Prince Philip's visit to our supersonic workshop.
Be part of our next Guinness World Record attempt
 BLOODHOUND's 1K Club is aiming for its own Guinness World Record - and we want your help!
As we reported last month, K'NEX, the construction toy manufacturer, has provided thousands of K'NEX pieces, enough to build a full sized version of BLOODHOUND SSC.When completed it will be 13.5m long, making it the largest K'NEX model in the world.
The 1K Club has been working with Royal British Legion Industries to design and construct this spectacular model, and is running open days in August for families, clubs and organisations to come and help build it. We can also provide corporate days for clients or staff. Everyone who helps will get a certificate once the record has been ratified.
The Public Open Days will be held on 9, 16 and 23 August at the RBLI, Hall Road, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7NL and the model will be unveiled at Brooklands Museum on 29 August.
To book tickets and for more details of public and corporate days, and for sponsorship opportunities, see the K'NEX page on our website.
"My other car goes 1,000mph"
 Individuals and organisations can see their name travel at 1,000mph by donating to the BLOODHOUND project. Here's how - the flag on the car's fin will be completely made up of the names of people and organisations who have donated through our 'Names on the fin' scheme, with £10 for personal sponsorship, £50 for schools, colleges and groups, and an enhanced scheme at £500 for businesses and other organisations.
Give your support to BLOODHOUND - find out how you can get your name on the fin.
 Latest car news
It's been a busy month for the manufacturing team - here are some milestones they've reached:
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The trial fit of the upper chassis to the lower chassis is complete and the team is in the final stages of snagging and drill off for the upper. Then they will start to disassemble it so it can sent out to be primed, ready for the final build, bonding and riveting.
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Major fin components have been completed and assembly will start shortly.
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The air brake door concept design has been approved for manufacture by our composites manufacturing partners - our composite team can now fully detail the design.
Catch up with all the latest BLOODHOUND news on our website or on Twitter @BLOODHOUND_SSC
News from and for our sponsors
Free workshop for student racing teams
In October, BLOODHOUND product sponsor Altair is running a free workshop and offering free software for student motorsport racing teams interested in learning about techniques for building fast, efficient cars. We'd like to hear from potential workshop speakers and students can find out more online.
BH10 Sponsor Conference
The second Sponsors' Conference of 2014 will be taking place at the exclusive British Racing Driver's Club at Silverstone on 25 September. To find out more about the conference and get details of how you or your company can become a sponsor, please contact our sponsorship team for more information.
 See BLOODHOUND run in the UK!
In 2015 BLOODHOUND will carry out test runs in the UK before setting off for its first record-breaking attempts in South Africa. You can witness the UK runs - a truly unique experience - by becoming a Gold 1K Club member. Either join as a Gold member now or upgrade from Bronze to Gold level membership by logging into the website and selecting the Upgrade option in the Shop, but hurry to make sure you get a place!
Can't wait? Visit the Technical Centre
The 1K Club has places left for 1K Club members and their guests to visit to the Technical Centre on 31 August to see how the car build is progressing. Join the 1K Club and then book tickets for the visit via the 1K Club menu on our website.
A day in the life of a BLOODHOUND Ambassador
 Sasha Penfold is a Customer Service Manager at Rolls-Royce who spends her spare time as a BLOODHOUND Ambassador attending public events and visiting groups like beaver scouts, sharing her enthusiasm for engineering. Check out our Cisco TV episode which tells her story.
ITV has also been covering BLOODHOUND's outreach work in schools, in this report from Kent.
If you would like a BLOODHOUND Ambassador to come into your school or club to talk about the car and engage children with hands-on projects, please contact Dawn Fitt.
Become an Ambassador
 We always need more volunteers in order to achieve BLOODHOUND's educational goal of encouraging the take-up of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). All Ambassadors are trained and then given access to all of our online educational resources on BLOODHOUND BLAST, the Project's free online community before engaging with children in schools, after-school clubs, Science Fairs, Big Bang events and national events.
If you are interested in becoming an Ambassador please contact Seema Quraishi.
Callout to teachers
 Did you know that you can engage with the education programme through our online learning community at www.bloodhoundblast.com where you will find lots of BLOODHOUND-related classroom resources? Our Education team is currently busy developing additional workshops which will be made available on BLOODHOUND BLAST after the summer.
Our Education team is always looking for input from teachers, so if you have any questions or topic areas you would like us to include, please get in touch.
Events
Here's where you'll find BLOODHOUND this month. Find out about this and all future events on the BLOODHOUND website.
Wilton House Classic Supercar Event 2014
10 August 2014 at Wilton House, Wilton, Salisbury, SP2 0BJ
DTM (Touring Car Championship)
1-3 August 2014, Red Bull Circuit, Spielberg, Austria
IMTS 2014 (International Manufacturing Technology Show)
8-13 September, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Shop
 The first Bloodhound SSC 64th scale collectors model is produced in the UK by Autodromo and has a limited edition of 2000. It comes in a presentation box with the model number laser etched onto the perspex base. Each model also comes with a voucher for one free name on BLOODHOUND SSC's fin worth £10. It's well on the way to being sold out, so get yours while you can.
If you're still looking for summer reading, we have a fabulous book about British land and water speed record breaking from 1926 to the present day, called "The British Are Coming" by Mike Varndell.
Find these, along with our branded clothing, models, posters and more, at the BLOODHOUND online shop.
Social media
Follow all the latest BLOODHOUND News on our Twitter or Facebook channels and check out all the latest Cisco BHTV episodes to see the science and technology that underpins the 1,000mph BLOODHOUND SSC car.
      
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