'Bloodhound'
 

I see Dead Dog is up to his old tricks again, this time apparently by strapping himself to a missile....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7685049.stm

Appropriately named, for something so 'barking'!

Your link didn't work, how about this one

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

There are many activities that I would like to have a go at on this planet but this isn't one of them. I just have this feeling that we don't yet know enough about supersonic travel at zero feet in a 50 foot pencil. Good luck to all involved, especially that brave soul Andy Green.

There I was thinking didn't that used to be our best AA missile at one time?
The Army called it Thunderbird the RAF Bloodhound if my memory serves me correctly.
Had a REME friend attached to 50 missile regt,he said the convoy used to stretch for miles when they went on exercise.:ok:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...he_RAF_Mus.jpg

Not too much difference besides the wheels.:ok:

From the shots, it doesn't look very practical. Will it have one of those hooks for your curry? Thats by the by. Its an utterly pointless endeavour, harmful to the limited reserves of fossil fuels we have left, foolish, wasteful, self centred and probably goes against every conceivable piece of Health & Safety legislation you could think of.

More please. :D

I too immediately thought of the link between 'Bloodhound' the car and 'Bloodhound' the missile. After all, the car does have a rocket on its back, with what look like rocket stabiliser fins at the rear.

If it isn't named after the missle, what other reason did they have for calling it 'Bloodhound'?

What I want to know is - why hasn't Richard Noble been knighted?

Before we scoff and write this off - how many people thought Andy would indeed end up as 'Dead Dog' on the last record breaking attempt?

I wish him and Richard Noble the best of luck and hope they succeed.

Our country used to be called 'Great' Britain because people were prepared to let it all hang out in their striving to achieve.

Forget the dead dog - can they make the guard dog stand up?

http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...s/airfixm7.jpg

They could do, but if the dog is otherwise occupied, who would there be to read the 1250s for the copper?

Did they call it Bloodhound because Ford have copyright on Thunderbird!
Could have been worse I supose, they could have called it Blowpipe or Petrel or Shrike or Screamer. :}
Best of British to them. :ok:

Edited to add they should have called it Red, White and Blue Streak!

As I recall the chap who was chief aerodynamicist on the Bloodhound missile went on to perform the same job for Thrust SSC, so maybe the new car is named is his honour? Just a thought, no evidence to back it up!

Ron Ayres being the man and Bristol being the home of the missile and of this project. Your guess is correct.

There will be a few RAF personnel involved in this project, I would wager (if it survives the recession), not just Wg Cdr Green.

Good luck to them all.

As for the comment about driving at transonic to supersonic speed at zero feet, Andy Green, has as you may or may not be aware, only driven a car at that speed 4 times offically and a couple more times untimed. He is slighty more qualified than anybody else!

British nutters will drive at 1,000 mph
 

Where is the EJ200 coming from? MoD loan, old test engine, ??

Engines used in the pre-production trials.

lasernigel. The English Electric Thunderbird was a different, err, bird to the Bristol Bloodhound. For one thing, it was significantly smaller and didn't use ram jets.

http://aviationancestry.com/Weapons/...ird-1960-1.jpg

Golf Bravo Zulu, thanks for that info,didn't know two different manufacturers.
Tho saying that did Airfix get their facts wrong as that Bloodhound on the packet looks more like Thunderbird than Bloodhound.:confused::confused:

Remember there were three radars used with it. One for horizon,one for azimuth and one for putting a tracking beam upto the aircraft. Used lots of uprated Meadows 27KVA which were 30KVA.Great when the air start worked but a bugger to hand crank. Synchronising them was also an art.:ok:
Think test firings were done at Pendle sands and Benbecula ranges.

Hang on. Andy is talking about ground related duties - driving - so I'm going to tell on him for wearing his flying suit !!!!!

Seriously - good luck.

Should'nt he be in blues ?? tut-tut

All the best, Richard Noble is more deserving of a knighthood than others
recently !!

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