Bloodhound supersonic car fires up Eurofighter engine

The bloodhound supersonic car has been fired up for the first time - and labored a deal with.
Engineers turned over the vehicle's eurofighter jet engine in a "tie-down" check at cornwall's newquay airfield on friday.
It labored flawlessly, sending a large orange flame out of the rear nozzle.
The purpose is for the car to start a few "gradual-pace" going for walks - about 200mph (320km/h) - at the cease of next month.
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Andy inexperienced says he has "huge confidence" now within the vehicle's performance
The crew were concerned that the rolls-royce ej200 electricity unit would possibly have some operational problems being in a car instead of sitting in a fighter plane.
But while driver andy inexperienced flicked the switches in his cockpit, the engine lit up and achieved precisely to its specification.
It turned into proof also that each one the car's digital systems, its computer systems, and software had been running as designed.
"it is blown us away, frankly," wing commander green advised bbc information.
"it's given us massive self belief going ahead. We now know the engine has no limits just as it's in a car. It's miles an ej200 with the entire performance envelope to be had to us, under all conditions, from stationary onwards."
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A very strong cable became used to preserve bloodhound static
October's gradual-pace going for walks ought to have paved the way for an strive on the world land pace record in 2018, but it seems now as even though the mission will must slip another 12 months.
Bloodhound ssc will race in south africa on a specifically organized, dried-out lake-bed, using each the jet engine and a rocket motor.
The goal is to boost the cutting-edge document of 763mph (1,228km/h) to 800mph (1,288km/h), and then in the end to take it above 1,000mph (1,610km/h).
But, the situations at hakskeen pan in northern cape are truly most effective appropriate for going for walks in the period from july to november - and getting the auto fully prepared to meet this window in 2018 is now visible as unachievable.
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Artwork: the purpose is to elevate the land pace file above 800mph inside the first example
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A flat music has been organized on hakskeen pan to permit bloodhound to attain very high speeds
In element, this is due to the fact there are still technical challenges to do with bloodhound's rocket motor.
That is coming from the norwegian aerospace enterprise nammo, and the improvement work need to fit in around the company's commercial business, which has extended the timeline.
But the bloodhound venture also has to function inside its privately generated budget, and despite the fact that a few huge sponsorship offers had been signed lately, engineering can handiest proceed at the charge coins comes into the mission.
The decision has therefore been made to attend till 2019 to begin the attack on the land speed record.
Although, the team hopes friday's static test, and the initial runs set for 26 october, could be seen proof that bloodhound is in true shape.
Andy inexperienced said: "today has been a demonstration that with just a little bit of resource in place we have brought precisely what we stated we might, when we stated we would.
"and primarily based on what i've seen nowadays from the ej200, we're going to over-deliver - 26 october won't be just a display of a fast vehicle, it will be a astounding display of a automobile it truly is going to astonish human beings."