Submission + - SPAM: Supercar aims to rocket past 1,000MPH 2
coondoggie writes: It looks like something NASA would aim at the sky and launch into orbit but no, it's a car. And by the time its builders' blast it across a desert in South Africa next year, they hope to set the land speed record by going well over 1,000MPH.
Known as the Bloodhound, the car and the UK group developing it this week settled on a design for the car with a major change to its combustion system. The Bloodhound is propelled by three engines a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine, a hybrid rocket and a third engine that just pumps fuel to the other two. The combination should produce somewhere in excess of 135,000 horsepower.
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Known as the Bloodhound, the car and the UK group developing it this week settled on a design for the car with a major change to its combustion system. The Bloodhound is propelled by three engines a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine, a hybrid rocket and a third engine that just pumps fuel to the other two. The combination should produce somewhere in excess of 135,000 horsepower.
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