Why Bloodhound LSR needs a space rocket motor

How can a car possibly not be fast enough when it already has a jet engine from a Eurofighter plane? As the Bloodhound chief engineer puts it, the problem with a jet engine is the big frontal area needed for the jet intake. It's more efficient to have a rocket motor. And the world's fastest car cannot use just any rocket motor, it will be using a space rocket motor provided by Nammo. "The rocket motor we are using is a space rocket", says Chapman.

This video shows the Bloodhound car during its november 2019 test runs in Hakskeenpan, South Africa. At this stage, the car was using a jet motor, but the plan is to mount a rocket motor as well, to provide additional thrust - and beat the world land speed record!

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