The British - led team behind the Bloodhound SSC task had planned to take their supersonic vehicle to the flats ofHakskeen Panin South Africa this year , in an attempt to break the exist domain upper record of 763 miles per hour ( 1,228 klick / h ) , attain initial velocity of around 800 miles per hour ( 1,300 km/h ) . The leap to 1,000 miles per hour was carry next yr .
Now , only rails tests in the U.K. will take place this year . The first full test run is expect next twelvemonth in South Africa , before the net run in 2018 at maximum speed .
“ What we need now are the fund to turn tail the machine and money is just a function of perseverance and timing , ” said project music director Richard Noble in astatement . “ Doing something rightfully unique , on a global musical scale , with such high technology , is never gentle – enquire Richard Branson or Elon Musk , but that reach the story we ’re sharing with millions of admirer all the more interesting . ”
The effort at 1,000 miles per hour will now be made in 2018 . Flock London
According to theBBC , the only effect at the here and now is that the Eruca vesicaria sativa motor and its pump mechanism have not yet get through full testing , which is the last major hurdle before Bloodhound can attempt its dry land f number disc .
Bloodhound will be drive by Andy Green , who also place the existing land speeding record in theThrustSSCvehicle on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada back in 1997 .
The project commence in 2007 , with initial hopes that it could break the land pep pill criminal record by 2011 . hold hamper those movement , but the project has already benefited hugely the U.K. ’s STEM ( Science , Engineering , Technology , and Maths ) activities . Now it ’s just down to the squad for the final push , as they purpose for speeds never achieve before .
