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Embracing the need for speed


Powered by an engine from a Eurofighter­Typhoon fighter, the Bloodhound SSC project wants to establish a 1,000mph land speed record. Power Electrics is playing a key role in ensuring that the Bloodhound SSC project has the temporary power it needs as engineers design & build a car to break the record. As part of a major ongoing sponsorship deal, the company is supplying the Bloodhound team with diesel generator sets and ancillary equipment for their major events across the UK.


scientists, engineers and mathematicians with a 1,000mph land speed record attempt. Bloodhound will be powered by a jet engine


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from a Eurofighter-Typhoon fighter together with a rocket hotter than a volcano. With its huge metal wheels spinning 170 times a second, the equivalent of 135,000 horse power, Bloodhound will cover a mile in just 3.6 seconds, faster than a bullet. Power Electrics is playing a key role in ensuring that the Bloodhound SSC project has the temporary power it needs to achieve its mission: to design and build a car to break the land speed record. As part of a major ongoing sponsorship deal, the company is supplying the Bloodhound team with diesel generator sets and ancillary equipment for their major events across the UK. Among the UK events is a trial at Cornwall


he FG Wilson dealer, Power Electrics, is among the sponsors of Bloodhound SSC, an exciting education initiative set to inspire a new generation of


Airport Newquay from 26th - 30th October, where the car will be undergoing ‘slow speed’ (200 mph) runs on the 1.7 mile long runway at the airport, powered by its Eurofighter- Typhoon jet engine. Part of a series of key development tests for


the jet engine, car and team, the event takes place 20 years after Thrust SSC set the current world land speed record of 763.035 mph. During the trials, the car will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, current holder of the world land speed record. Richard Noble, Bloodhound’s Project Director, said: “The runway trials at Cornwall Airport Newquay will be the biggest milestone in the history of the project so far. They will provide important data on the performance of the car and give us a first opportunity to rehearse the procedures we’ll use when we go record breaking. “Just as importantly, it is a way of saying


‘thank you’, to the schools, students, families and companies, big and small, who support


“A trial is being held at Cornwall Airport, Newquay, from 26th ­ 30th October, where the car will be


undergoing ‘slow speed’ (200 mph) runs on the 1.7 mile long runway at the airport,


powered by its Eurofighter­ Typhoon jet engine. “


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the project. We are proud to be waving a flag for British skills and innovation on a world stage but, most of all, this is about inspiring young people. “Last year alone we directly engaged with


over 100,000 students in the UK and we have already seen more students take up engineer- ing as result of Project Bloodhound. With the car running, we can showcase science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the most exciting way possible. Bloodhound is go!”


The expectation is that Bloodhound will


head to Hakskeen Pan - a dried-out lakebed in Northern Cape, South Africa - in 2018 to begin its assault on an initial 800 mph target before then advancing to the 1,000 mph target.


Founded in 1963, Power Electrics is a specialist in diesel generator hire, sales, service and parts and operates from five loca- tions across the UK, including a London sales office, offices in the South West, South Wales, South Coast and Midlands. The company has the UK's largest purpose-built generator depot, with a fleet of over 1,000 generators and 15 HGVs. You can find out more about the latest


diesel generator sets at: www.fgwilson.com Or about the Bloodhound project at: www.bloodhoundssc.com or about Power Electrics: www.powerelectrics.com/about/blood- hound-ssc


SEPTEMBER‐OCTOBER 2017 UK POWER NEWS


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