http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=9cd_1302940125 Items in channel '3v1ld34d' Fri, 24 May 2013 03:15:31 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=9cd_1302940125 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:56:44 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=043_1359157950 3v1ld34d african paramilitary soldiers give a chimp an ak47 assault rifle and it shoots at them http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=043_1359157950 3v1ld34d Chimp shoots at Soldiers chimp monkey,funny,assault,ak-47,lol Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:41:40 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=110_1359128357 3v1ld34d The gas generator from an F-1 engine is test-fired at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Jan. 24, 2013. Data from the 30 second test will be used in the development of advanced boosters for NASA's Space Launch System, which is managed at the Marshall Center. (NASA/MSFC) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=110_1359128357 3v1ld34d F-1 Engine Gas Generator Testing rocket,test,nasa,marshall space flight center,awesome Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:00:14 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b84_1359057465 3v1ld34d The pilot performing a breathtaking feat in a video posted online, in which an aerobatic plane travelling at 200 miles an hour comes within feet of a man on a Texas runway, was performing the stunt on an expired waiver, ABC News has learned. Stunt pilot Jason Newburg advertises as a daredevil for hire, specializing in death-defying aerial ballet at air shows. He posted the clip on YouTube on Monday, in which the wing of his plane tipped dangerously close to the ground as he speeds by, nearly taking out a man on an all-terrain vehicle and the cameraman shooting the stunt. The clip before it was taken down had nearly 150,000 views. Newburg's waiver to perform aerobatics expired in November, sources told ABC News. And even if it hadn't, pilots are required to ensure the safety of people on the ground. "Several points along the way this guy could have make mistakes that would have killed himself, and the two people that are filming the action here," ABC News aviation consultant Steve Ganyard said. Newburg often performs with motorcycle showmen known as the Dallas Stunt Riderz, who choreograph maneuvers beneath his bright green plane. But the Federal Aviation Administration is apparently not amused by his adrenalin burst of showmanship, telling ABC News it is investigating the incident. Efforts by ABC News to reach Newburg have been unsuccessful. Newburg's company was involved in a helicopter crash in 2008. The National Transportation Safety Board's report on that crash says the pilot, who was not named, was not licensed to fly a helicopter, and that he took off with -- instead of against -- the wind, causing a hard landing. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b84_1359057465 3v1ld34d FAA Probes Pilot in Risky Plane Stunt Video faa,plane,stunt,extreme,idiot Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:01:05 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc0_1358438084 3v1ld34d Citrus County Florida Deputy Andy Cox Threatens to Shoot Concealed Carry Licensee for Lawfully Carried Handgun & Then Arrests Him for Accidental Exposure. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc0_1358438084 3v1ld34d FL Deputy Threatens to Shoot Concealed Carry Licensee and Arrests Him for Lawfully carried Handgun gun,police,cop,arrest,weapon,entertainment Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:29:49 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec8_1357672451 3v1ld34d The bull struggled out of the top of a wrecked trailer full of cattle and fell 12 feet, landing on its back. "He hit the ground and came up not in a good mood," Alachua County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Richard LaLonde recalled on Monday. "When I saw that I thought, 'This ain't good.' "A trailer hauling 32 bulls around noon Saturday had just blown a tire while heading south on Interstate 75 near Newberry Road and barreled through a fence and trees.LaLonde ran to the highway to direct traffic, fearing the angry animal might charge some cars. Another deputy arrived with sirens blaring, and LaLonde made a cutting motion across his neck, signaling the deputy to turn off the noise to avoid further agitating the angry bull.LaLonde barely noticed someone shouting at him from a distance. "You know when someone's yelling your name and you know it's not good?" Lalonde said.He looked left and saw the bull lowering its head, charging straight at him. He barely had time to react. "All I could do was protect my vitals for the hit," he said. About 1,000 pounds of angry beef crashed into him, and LaLonde went airborne."I got handled," he said. "That bull took my lunch money." ***After a tire blew out on the 1997 Freightliner tractor trailer headed to Indiantown, traffic on the highway stopped while responders dealt with the cleanup. No other cars were involved, but the driver and passenger of the semi were injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.A few bulls escaped and were captured, and one -- the animal that hit LaLonde -- was shot and killed. Traffic was slowed considerably for the six hours it took to clear the road. Large animal vet Eric Hiers, who responded to the scene, said all the bulls were uncastrated males and he believed the truck was moving them for breeding purposes.The trees sheared the double-decker rolling pen and it looked like the side was torn off a soda can, LaLonde said. Hiers said the bulls stared at the ground with nothing separating them from it. "Bulls are generally more docile than cows but if you get them together they get aggressive toward each other," Hiers said. Add the accident into the mix, he said, and you had a potentially ugly situation.Despite this, some of the bulls took the opportunity to nibble on the trees. "I remember seeing the ones on the upper deck stretching their necks and eating the pine needles and oak tree leaves," he said. "They had more than enough opportunity to jump out."More law enforcement officers arrived and formed a corral with their cars, a half moon to keep the bulls away from the road. LaLonde described the now partially open pen as a busy hallway. That's when the angry bull got pushed out and landed on his back.***"When you're in the air during a critical incident," LaLonde said, "you're looking at dying, and time slows down." He didn't have much time to think, but he said a few things went though his head when he was catapulted. He remembers how the animal's fur felt soft against his elbow. He was expecting coarseness. He was struck on the left side of his body -- around his hip.The bull didn't have horns to gore him, but LaLonde remembers thinking the animal's feet were huge, and that when he landed he had better get away quick. He was at least higher in the air than the bull was tall.He hit the ground on his right side, bruising some ribs and a knee. Another deputy distracted the bull while LaLonde took a personal inventory. He moved all his parts to make sure they still worked, then he got back to work."If you can stand up that's a good sign," he said. "You make sure everything's in one piece, you brush yourself off and move on."The bull went out into the highway and responders were forced to shoot it for the safety of drivers on the road. Deputies coordinated the efforts of officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Florida Park Service and the FHP.Police directed some semis to form a wall. The ASO rural deputy responded and called local rancher Danny Lane to help. Two more bulls got out the top of the truck, and Lane, on horseback, helped to lasso them and bring them back. Lane said his main worry was keeping his horse under him while walking on the slick I-75 asphalt. Hiers shot another bull with a tranquilizer dart after it almost went into a nearby trailer park. The responders built a makeshift fence and herded the animals into trailers to continue their journey. The highway was back to normal around 6 p.m.Looking back, LaLonde said the cooperation between everyone who pitched in to help was the key to successfully dealing with the incident. He didn't notice he was hurt, he said, until about two hours after all his adrenaline wore off.He said he regrets the bull had to be shot but stressed the necessity of it to protect the people around the crash site. "There's no one there happy that the bull got shot," he said. "We were trying to prevent loss of life not only on our own part but the life of the animals as well." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec8_1357672451 3v1ld34d Charging bull flipped Alachua Co. sheriff's sergeant in I-75 weekend melee police,cops,sheriff,alachua,gainsville,bull,attack Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:09:40 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c4_1354248457 3v1ld34d Smart Dog. lol . cheers my friends http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c4_1354248457 3v1ld34d Smart Dog dog,k-9,laugh,funny,smart,lab,asia,japan,wtf Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:05:56 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d73_1354247972 3v1ld34d saddam husseins Inhumanity.What Sick People. 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Cheers Guys http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=92d_1354244940 3v1ld34d Ron Paul And Howard Stern On The Morton Downey Show. funny,talk show,morton downey,ron paul,howard stern,lol,cheers Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:58:27 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7df_1354243753 3v1ld34d BLOODHOUND SSC Configuration 11 as at June 2012.For an in-depth look at the figures, see the full Vehicle Technical Specification. Dimensions : Length 13.470 metres 44' more detail Max Height 3 metres 9' 2" more detail Wheels diameter 0.915 metres 36" more detail Turning radius 120 metres 394' more detail Car Mass (fully fuelled) 7786 kg 17,165 lb more detail Speed : design speed 1,690 km/h 469 m/s 1,050 mph 1,540 fps mach 1.4 more detail 0-1,000 mph 42 seconds more detail Wheels rpm 10,000 more detail Length of track 19 km 12 miles Current record 1,227.99 km/h 341.1 m/s 763.035 mph 1,119.12 fps mach 1.02 Four and a half football pitches in 1 second 150 metres in the blink of an eye faster than a bullet fired from a Magnum 357 Its own car length in less than 3 hundredths of a second Power : EJ200 Jet engine 90 kN 20,233 lbf more detail Hybrid Rocket engine 122 kN 27,427 lbf more detail Auxiliary Power Unit 588 kW 800 BHP more detail Brakes : Air Brake deployed at 800mph more detail Parachutes deployed at 600mph more detail Friction Brake deployed at 200mph The Car Bloodhound SSC is exactly what it says - a SuperSonic Car! It is supersonic because it is designed to go faster than the speed of sound. It is a car because it has four wheels and is under full control of its driver. Bloodhound SSC is a jet and rocket powered car designed to go at 1,000 mph (just over 1,600 kph). It has a slender body of approximately 14m length with two front wheels within the body and two rear wheels mounted externally within wheel fairings. It weighs over 7 tonnes and the engines produce more than 135,000 horsepower - more than 6 times the power of all the Formula 1 cars on a starting grid put together!The Car is a mix of car and aircraft technology, with the front half being a carbon fibre monococue like a racing car and the back half being a metallic framework and panels like an aircraft.In these pages, the significant parts of the car are explained in detail Jet engine EUROJET EJ200 Approximately half the thrust of BLOODHOUND SSC is provided by a EUROJET EJ200, a highly sophisticated military turbofan normally found in the engine bay of a Eurofighter Typhoon.Although at first sight very different from the diesel or petrol engine in your car, a gas turbine, or jet engine, is still an internal combustion engine. Air is sucked into the engine, it is compressed, fuel is added which then burns, and this expands pushing the exhaust out of the nozzle producing thrust. Jet PropulsionAt its simplest level the jet engine can be split into four basic sections, an intake which channels the air, a compression stage to raise its pressure, a combustion stage where the fuel is added and an exhaust stage where energy is extracted to drive the compressor and the remainder comes out as thrust.There are four main classes of jet engine; The Turbojet These were the early jets with all the intake air going through the engine core. They were noisy and not very efficient. The Turbofan These have replaced the turbojets, and come in two flavours. The high bypass turbofan (pictured left) is typically seen under the wings of airliners and has a large fan at the front of the compressor stage housed in a nacelle. The advantage of the high bypass engine is that instead of generating all its thrust by accelerating a small amount of air by a large amount, it gets the same momentum change by accelerating a large body of air a small amount, as only 10% of the intake flow goes through the engine core. These are quieter and more efficient, and are great for sub sonic airliners. The second type of turbofan is the low bypass engine, where a significant portion of the intake air goes through the engine core (around half). This type of engine can work at a much greater range of Mach numbers and altitudes, and is typically found in combat aircraft. The bypass air is used to dilute the hot exhaust, reducing noise, but also provides an oxygen rich mixture that additional fuel can be added to provide extra thrust with reheat. The Turboprop Here a jet engine is used to drive a propeller through a reduction gearbox driven off either the compressor or a power turbine. The Turboshaft like the turboprop, power is taken from a gearbox driven by a power turbine. This is typical of the installation found on helicopters, and also for industrial and marine applications. Going through the stages of the engine section by section: The Compressor This is the front of the engine, and is concerned with the sucking and squeezing of the air into the engine. It can be split into two sections, the Low Pressure Compressor and the High Pressure Compressor. The LP Compressor does the initial work of taking the air from the intake and increasing its pressure by a factor of about 4:1, then feeding this air either to the engine core, or around the bypass duct. The bypass air misses out the HP Compressor and Combustor, and rejoins the core flow at the jet pipe, some of it is diverted and used to pressurise the bearing chambers and cool various engine components.The air which travels through the engine core next goes through the HP Compressor which will raise its pressure a further 6 times, again some of this air is bled off for cooling various hot end components, though the term cooling is relative as now the air temperature is over 500 o C and we haven't even got to the bit where we add the fuel. The Combustor The combustor is where fuel is added through a ring of sprayers which, after starting with an igniter plug, is self sustaining until the fuel supply is cut off. The temperature of the flame is over 2000 o C - well above the melting point of the alloys that the casing is made from, so bleed air is used to provide a cooling flow, and to prevent the flame from touching the casing. The Turbines The flow from the combustor is now fed through two turbines, their purpose is to extract energy from the exhaust gasses and drive the LP and HP compressors. The turbines consist of alternate stationary and rotating aerofoil section blades. The stationary blades, known as guide vanes are attached to the engine casing, the rotating blades are mounted on the turbine disc which is attached to a shaft driving the compressor. Again these are operating in conditions far exceeding the melting point of their alloys, and need active cooling from bleed air fed through internal passages.To give an idea of just how much energy is needed to drive the compressor, for a jet engine producing around 60kN of thrust, something in the order of 35,000hp is needed to drive the HP compressor. To put this into perspective the total thrust of the engine is equivalent to 40,000hp, so, almost half the power of the jet is being used to drive its own compressor, with the remainder coming out of the nozzle as thrust. The Nozzle The exhaust gasses now exit the turbine and pass through the jet pipe to the nozzle, the purpose of the nozzle is to control the flow out of the back of the engine. On the EJ200 this nozzle can adjust its area to match the engine requirements, both to increase the thrust of the engine, but also to help control engine surge.On this engine additional fuel can be injected into the jet pipe and burns with the aid of the oxygen rich bypass air, this is known as reheat, and provides a significant extra push, the maximum dry (non-reheated) thrust of the EJ200 is 60kN, but start chucking a few gallons of fuel into the exhaust and this increases to a maximum wet (reheated) thrust of 90kN.There are three main issues with the integration of an EJ200 into the BLOODHOUND SSC (if you're of an engineering bent, please feel free to replace the word "issues" with "challenges" or "opportunities").Probably the most significant issue is with the electronic control of the engine. As designed, the EJ200 is a fully integrated component of the Eurofighter Typhoon, and has a highly sophisticated engine control and health monitoring system that is in constant conversation with the aircraft. Should it feel unhappy with the answer it gets to some of its questions then it will set the engine to a safe mode with greatly reduced thrust. The challenge (or opportunity) will be to convince the engine it is happily sat in a Typhoon engine bay, and that going at Mach1.4 at an altitude of 130mm is a sensible thing to do. But flippancy aside, the electronic control of the engine and ensuring it is getting the correct data, is a major part of the integration into BLOODHOUND SSC.Secondly, and linked to the engine control issue is the design of the intake. This has to be able to deliver the correct "quality" of air to the compressor face to avoid any chance of the engine experiencing a surge. Surge is when the compressor stage of the engine stalls, resulting in a reversal of flow through the engine, an extremely violent and damaging event. Jet engines have a defined surge margin, this ensures they are never run in regions of their operational envelope where surge could be an issue. This margin includes allowances for many parameters such as intake icing, bird ingestion and unsteady flows brought about by rapid manoeuvring. Hopefully most of these won't be relevant to our installation of the EJ200, so we have cashed in some of this margin for increased performance. However, this all depends upon our confidence of the intake performing as it should, hence the extensive CFD analysis, as we don't have the opportunity for a lengthy development programme.And finally, access. Due to what we're trying to achieve with BLOODHOUND SSC the niceties of packaging the EJ200 in a maintenance friendly environment cannot be achieved within the vehicle constraints. What we can do, is ensure all vital engine systems are accessible for safety checks prior to a run, and certain additional tasks can be achieved within the car confines, such as oil and hydraulic level check and replenishment. However most tasks normally considered possible and routine within the engine bay of a Typhoon may well require us to remove the engine. The hope is that by using the onboard engine health monitoring we will be able to predict and plan such maintenance requirements. Cosworth CA2010 Cosworth Group is supplying the auxiliary power unit for BLOODHOUND SSC in the shape of its Formula OneTM engine - the CA2010, which has proved to be the most reliable in sport today. This 95kg, 750+bhp unit will provide not only essential hydraulic services to the car but will also drive the rocket oxidizer pump which will supply 800 litres of High Test Peroxide (HTP) to the rocket in just 20 seconds - equivalent to 40 litres - over 9 gallons - every second. The rocket is a hybrid, specially developed for BLOODHOUND and the largest ever designed in Europe. The Cosworth CA2010 engine will be mounted backwards when compared to its normal position in an F1 car. It will be subjected to - 3G acceleration for 40 seconds - not something it was originally designed to withstand with maximum braking forces in F1 only endured for 3 or 4 seconds at a time. However, due to the quality of its design and engineering, Cosworth Group is confident it will work in this new and uniquely challenging scenario. Rocket Engine In the very early stages of the Project, BLOODHOUND SSC was intended to be purely rocket-powered. While this offered certain performance advantages, rockets are not as easy to control as jets, so it was decided to combine both powerplants to gain power and control. The hybrid rocket for BLOODHOUND SSC will be the largest of its kind ever made in the UK. In order to accelerate the car to 1000mph it will provide an average thrust of 111 kN (25,000lbf) for 20 seconds. The peak thrust will be 122kN (27,500lbf). The development of such a large rocket is an enormous technical challenge. Why Search for a New Desert?Desert selection has been taken as a relatively simple process in the past, with few exceptions. The legendary British record-breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell was the first person to set a World Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, in 1935, becoming the first man to drive at over 300 mph in the process. This enormous expanse of flat, hard white salt was perfect for record breaking and for almost 50 years after Campbell's famous visit, it was the only place to do it. However, in 1982, Richard Noble arrived at Bonneville at the very end of the season to continue his battle on the salt with a metal-wheeled jet car, which did not seem particularly to like the very hard salt surface. Perhaps fortuitously, Richard and his team were rained off virtually as they arrived, forcing them to look for other locations in the US - and hence the Black Rock Desert's record-breaking potential was discovered. Unlike salt, the Black Rock Desert is an alkali playa surface. Put simply, it is a fine dry mud surface, very smooth and firm but nowhere near as iron-hard as the salt of Bonneville. The more compliant alkali playa surface proved to be far better suited to the solid metal wheels that Richard's Thrust 2 employed. In 1983 Richard Noble returned to the Black Rock Desert and, driving Thrust 2, achieved a new World Land Speed Record of 633 mph. It was then a natural follow-on for Richard and his team to return to Black Rock in 1997 with the new car, Thrust SSC, which also took to the alkali playa surface extremely well. In its single visit to the Black Rock Desert, Thrust SSC set 2 new records, the latter of which was the first (and currently only) supersonic Land Speed Record at an average speed of 763 mph.In light of this impressive record, surely BLOODHOUND will return to the Black Rock Desert? Sadly, no. A lack of rain over the last decade, together with increasingly heavy use for the playa surface (principly by the annual Burning Man festival) has left the Black Rock surface in poor condition. It is bumpy, crumbly, rutted and uneven for much of its 140+ square mile surface and is not currently a suitable surface on which to run a car like BLOODHOUND. Hence an alternative surface is required - and we need to find one, wherever in the world it may be.In addition, BLOODHOUND is likely to require 2 or 3 seasons of runs to develop its potential up to 1000 mph. Having to wait for a once-a-year dry season at a single venue (or even in a single country) could slow the project down considerably. Hence we also want to find somewhere, maybe even alternative venues, in other parts of the world, which are available at different times of the year.The first choice is between salt and alkali. Our major concern is that no team has ever run a solid-wheeled jet car successfully on a salt surface. That's not to say that it can't be done, it just hasn't been done so far, so we are treating the problem with a degree a caution and would choose an alkali playa in preference. Question is, where can we find one? The Desert Search Plan The plan was to complete a search of the whole globe in 4 phases: Phase 1 - Global search for perfectly flat areas, with no vegetation, in excess of 10 miles long. This phase was carried out with the invaluable help of Dr Adrian Luckman of the School of Environment and Society at Swansea University. Adrian wrote a brilliant programme that would let us search the whole world for possible sites (link to Phase 1 page). Unfortunately, that produced several thousand possibilities, leaving us to spend a very long day with Google Maps identifying likely candidates. This yielded a list of 35 potential sites. Phase 2 - Search for additional information on Phase 1 candidates. Again thanks to the terrific support of Swansea and Adrian Luckman, we added Landsat imagery from the space shuttle together with basic weather data. This got us down to a list of 22 possibles. Phase 3A - Additional requirements (access, security, local infrastructure, etc.) as listed above. This reduced the list still further to 14 sites: 8 in the US, 1 in Turkey, 1 in South Africa and 4 in Australia. We also had another 2 in reserve, in India and Bolivia (both of which have access and security difficulties), if we don't find enough sites in the top 14. Phase 3B - Site visits Once we're down to the final list, this is really the only way to find what we are looking for. The BLOODHOUND Project team consists of some of the world's most revered engineering talent, led by Richard Noble, the individuals involved have been hand picked to ensure BLOODHOUND SSC is a global success, bringing together previous partnerships and fostering new talent in one of the most exciting engineering adventures that the world has seen for many years. BLOODHOUND Project Team Project Team Richard Noble Project Director Andy Green Driver BLOODHOUND Project Team Engineering Team Mark Chapman Chief Engineer Ron Ayers Chief of Aerodynamics Conor La Grue Engineering Lead - Commercial, and Product Sponsorship Lead Brian Coombs Engineering Lead - Mechanical Design James Painter Engineering Lead - Vehicle Integration John Davis Senior Control Systems Engineer Tony Parraman Head of Sponsor Liaison Annie Berrisford Engineer operations and Sponsor Procurement Roland Dennison Engineering Lead - Stress Analysis Stuart Allen Composites Sarah Covell Mission Control Centre - Project Manager / Technical Centre Manager Iain Niven CFD/Design Engineer Chris Hannon Design Engineer Dan Johns Materials, Process & Technologies Engineer Mark Elvin Design Engineer Jenna Gaff Design Engineer Martyn Davidson Trials Project Manager Chris Dee Assembly & Build Lead Viv Cowley Assembly and Build Ben Evans CFD Engineer Daniel Jubb Falcon Rocket engine Andrew Sims MOD liaison (technical)/ rocket consultant BLOODHOUND Project Team South Africa Skip Margetts BLOODHOUND South Africa Rudi Riek Track Boss Gavin Coetzer Comms, South Africa Dave Rowley Education Programme Director - South Africa BLOODHOUND Project Team Education Team Jonathan Ellis Education Director Dawn Fitt Delivery Director Gerry Heather Materials Adviser Jo Finch Education Animator and Ambassador Trainer Simon Haydn Education Animator & Ambassador Trainer John Lanham University of the West of England Ian Galloway Professional Development Director Susan Scurlock Education Adviser Kate Bellingham BLOODHOUND Education Ambassador Martin Hine MOD Schools Adviser BLOODHOUND Project Team Communications Team The Thrust teams have held the World Land Speed Record for more than 25 years, and were first through the Sound Barrier on land. There are no mature challengers on the horizon, so why on earth start another LSR project when the whole country is facing a recession?'Of course that obvious question makes very good sense at a superficial level - what if BLOODHOUND SSC were to fail? Would that wipe out the Thrust2 and ThrustSSC achievements and terminate Britain's 100-year involvement with the Land Speed Record?I don't suppose you go into these projects with the consequences of failure in mind - it's much more about the opportunity to achieve. The opportunity for the team to achieve something really spectacular. And if it does something for the country in the process, then it is truly worthwhile."Mr Noble, Mr Richard Noble. Can you spare a minute?" I am walking across the lobby of the House of Commons and being chased by one of the House policemen: this is no place to discuss speeding offences and I am embarrassed to Hell."Sir, I would just like to congratulate you and your team of breaking the Sound Barrier back in 1997... My son wanted to study media at University, and he was so taken with the ThrustSSC project that he switched courses and is now an engineer."True story, and I guess that's one new engineer. Back in 2007 Andy Green and I found ourselves in front of Paul Drayson, Minister for Defence Equipment and Support. With the late Steve Fossett planning an 800 mph attempt on the ThrustSSC record, now was the time to plan ahead. Paul made it quite clear that there was a great opportunity not to be missed. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) - indeed, the entire country - was short of engineers, and he believed that the way forward was to generate a new iconic project which would inspire the school population - he even defined the age range: 5-19.He related this to the great British aerospace achievements of the past: Concorde, the Vulcan, the Lightning, the Fairey Delta 2, even the Schneider Trophy racers - and made the point that in those times there was seldom a shortage of engineers. Once the Government had turned off the inspiration tap, school leavers started to look elsewhere for their careers.This was the first time I had heard this and when we started to discuss the project with potential sponsors we learned just how acute the situation had become. The 'Green' issues mean that we have to replace almost everything we touch or use, much of the power generation and transmission needs to be replaced. We need new high technology cars and the aerospace industry has massive problems of its own - with new ranges of low-emission airliners needed right now. It is quite clear that we are at the dawn of a huge new global industrial revolution and with a chronic shortage of engineers and a banking system suffering from self-inflicted wounds, Britain is not well placed to take part.It took time to dawn on us, but suddenly the BLOODHOUND SSC project took on a life of its own. Of course there was the traditional PR need for sponsors - but a far, far more powerful driver is the educational need - Engineering and STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). For this the Land Speed Record is absolutely the ideal subject.In conventional business everyone is concerned about secrecy - they find it difficult to talk about their latest technology because of the risk of it being copied or stolen.In Formula 1 circuit racing, teams labour under highly design-restrictive rules partly designed to ensure that the cars don't go too fast for the tracks in order to avoid costly track redevelopment. The cars thus tend to look similar and there is an imperative to protect technical breakthroughs so that others cannot copy them immediately. Intellectual property rights are protected passionately, and teams are thus never in a position to promote the latest technology and engineering. There is thus a culture of absolute technical secrecy to protect competitiveness.The Land Speed Record is completely different. We run on dry lake beds or salt flats so there is no track development - the venues flood regularly and renew themselves. The FIA rules restrict only the number of wheels - to four or more with two or more steering. This means that the cars are totally different - and that any technical advantage one team has will most probably have no relevance to competitors.We are thus free to talk about, and promote, ALL of the technology. Suddenly BLOODHOUND SSC's role in the world becomes clear and very real. We can promote the technology. We can inspire a new generation of engineers because we can share all of the technical information. And we are going to learn a great deal on the way, because all pioneers make mistakes and take wrong turnings. But there is a duty upon us to push the technology frontiers as far as we can possibly go, so that there is very real pioneering element and there are very real discoveries to be made.We need to create the most advanced car we possibly can and to share all of the technology on the web and via specialist curriculum-valid courses for schools - this is the only way we can inspire a new generation of engineers and meet our objectives.So from this background we derived BLOODHOUND SSC's very clear objectives: 1. To create a national surge in the popularity of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects 2. To create an iconic project requiring extreme research and technology whilst simultaneously providing the means to enable the student population to join in the adventure3. To achieve the first 1000 mph record on land 4. To generate very substantial and enduring media exposure for sponsors With all of this in mind, it gives us the fantastic opportunity to create the ultimate Land Speed Record car. With ThrustSSC we used 30 year-old engines and our systems processor was rescued from a derelict military tank. This time we might be able to produce a really advanced vehicle using latest and yet-to-be-discovered technology. Ron Ayers suggested a 1000 mph Mach 1.4 as the target.Subsequently we were able to discuss all this with Schools Minister Jim Knight - and he agreed that this was exactly what was needed. In fact his department, the DCFS, has helped us get the schools programmes together. Times have changed; after the ThrustSSC supersonic record a prominent minister told us that he saw no value in participation. Now Britain is beginning to change. Thank God!This all this leads on to the project Mission Statement: To: Confront the impossible and overcome it using Science Engineering Technology and Mathematics Why? To participate in an engineering adventure that will inspire, prepare and motivate the next generation, who will be building and living in the Low-Carbon World.So we are off on an incredible engineering adventure. After 15 months of research the design team believes the project can be achieved. So that's as far as we have got. And we don't have the answers for an awful lot of questions and challenges: Can it be done in engineering terms? Can we fund it? Will the Schools programme deliver? Will the teachers show any interest? Will the media portray it as a waste of valuable resources? Will the environmental people choose to focus on it as unnecessary generation of emissions? Is Britain still going to be boringly negative?So now you know why BLOODHOUND SSC is an Engineering Adventure. We will update the website very regularly and you'll be able to see how we are getting along. In due course our reconditioned building at Filton will be available as a Visitor Centre so you can come down and see for yourselves. You may want to be a much closer part of the project - if so, please join the 1K Supporters' Club. Richard Noble, Project Director, BLOODHOUND Programme. October 2008. PS: Our vehicle is called BLOODHOUND SSC after Ron Ayers' first missile, the Bristol Bloodhound 2 - an incredible surface-to-air missile that would accelerate from standstill to Mach 1 in 2.5 seconds. 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