I bought my dad a “name on the fin” present for his last birthday, and have been keeping up to date with the blogs and wotnot since.

They’ve posted up some fascinating vids, including this one about forging the wheels. Now, I had no idea how this would work, but I kinda expected a bit more than a hairy assed forklift operator turning a sodding great lump of Aluminium alloy over and over in a big scaffold!

Also check out the wheel shape test rig in the other videos.

http://217.154.96.66/news/fastest-wheels-history

Great stuff, thanks.

Excellent stuff.

Very delicate voice over, great set of clips

I’m going to see it next month, and have a talk from the people building it. Quite looking forward to it.

I think i mentioned before thats how they mde them on thrust ssc
At the end of the runs the wheels were suffering from cracks around their perimeter they were little more than train wheels

Does make you wonder if they could grow a single crystal big enuff

Ace watching the forging there. Like squashing a wheel out of clay.

That is awsumz, the artisan art of wheel making, who would believe it!

16 years and 3 days ago….

That forging press in itself is an incredible piece of engineering. Brilliant stuff.

More technical geekery here – this time a mini rocket

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RsJQhKTt1og[/video]

Hows about some brakes? 😯

[video]http://youtu.be/ds7x9vbPeHU[/video]

Sheeeeeeit! I wonder if they squeak?

Are they letting the other SSC provide the brake pads?

Very skilled fork lift driver and forge press machinist.

Similar brakes to the ones on my race car, although mine are only 4 pot not 6 and don’t get anywhere near 10,000 rpm 😯

The company i work for is one of Bloodhounds sponsors but I’ve never really taken much interest in the project before 😳 Just spent a fair bit of time on that website though so thanks for posting it up 8)

That mini rocket needs to be on my desk ! Brilliant, “simple” engineering.

I’m just pleased it’s AP and not Avid doing the braking.

Fans of bolting bits of plastic to lumps of aluminium should check this out…

[video]http://youtu.be/8XXvVfOLm7U[/video]

Pretty amazing stuff – and even cooler to see my old design tech teacher from school in Luton is now the education liaison dude. Looking forward to catching up with him soon – knew he’d get involved with something awesome once he finished teaching wronguns how to use a file and a lathe…..

Very good. I loved the hot forge action!

I too have my name on the fin 😀
I love the project, find it fascinating. The Thrust stuff is also worth reading/watching

That is just incredible. Amazing feats of engineering and very impressive it’s happening outside a billion dollar military project.

The Chris Harris Drive episode is also worth a watch when they talk about the physics.

9.45 and 12.45 are both a bit mind boggling and I wish I’d not have fallen asleep so much in fluid dynamics at uni.

I really hope this goes well when it finally happens, I do worry though though because any failure will in an instant become catastrophic,

I like the fact that they are pushing the boundaries but i do feel this is one which maybe doesn’t quite need pushing.

these are only my feelings and i wish them luck and i hope they all return safely no matter what the outcome.

I like the fact that they are pushing the boundaries but i do feel this is one which maybe doesn’t quite need pushing.

All boundaries need ‘pushing’, otherwise science, and society, stagnates. Push things until they break, find out why they break, fix things, then push some more.
You never know what will come out of the engineering and science behind this project that will benefit people and society further down the line; until you get there. 😀

That’s pretty awesome!
I love big machines.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk67Z_mai_k&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Rocket made biggerer…

Also see this lump of loveliness…

Not watched the video (youtube no worky at work), but that impeller widget looks amazing….!!

Cool job bro – shooting lumps of stuff at things to see if you can make holes…

http://jalopnik.com/firing-a-gun-at-your-car-is-how-you-test-for-a-rock-str-1690834150

Mssrs Beavis and Butthead probably have a phrase to match.

Turns out they’re cheating! The run is actually downhill!*

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/blog/andy-green%E2%80%99s-diary-%E2%80%93-august-2015

*yes, I know it needs two runs.

Running at Newquay next year…

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news/bloodhound-supersonic-first-record-attempt-october-2017