Bloodhound in progress

Bloodhound sponsor Rolls-Royce has played a crucial role in the design and manufacture of a key component of the Bloodhound car, the state of the art Eurojet EJ200 jet engine.

The EJ200 will provide 9 tonnes of thrust to kick-start Bloodhound SSC in the South African desert with the hope of getting a new World Land Speed Record in 2015 and 2016. 



Bloodhound has been loaned three EJ200s by the Ministry of Defence which are early development engines that are close to the end of their flight hours. Much of the cabling and pipework are for pressure and temperature sensors which the team won't need, these will be stripped off before the engine is fitted into the upper chassis.

The video below shows the 57,000 hp EJ200 jet engine being tested with Bloodhound's control system:




Image credits: Stefan Marjoram at Bloodhound SSC