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Last year,\nthe renowned entrepreneur Ian Warhurst came into the rescue of the project buying\nit as well as its assets but in an amount that was never disclosed to the\npublic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m\nthrilled that we can announce Bloodhound\u2019s first trip to South Africa for these\nhigh-speed testing runs,\u201d Warhurst said. \u201cThis world land speed record campaign\nis unlike any other, with the opportunities opened up by digital technology\nthat enabled the team to test the car\u2019s design using computation fluid dynamics\nand that will allow us to gather and share data about the car\u2019s performance in\nreal time,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warhurst is also excited that the car will be running on a totally new surface that was specifically prepared for it and the fact that the wheels of the car have also been made particularly for the South Africa\u2019s desert-lake bed. However, he added that it will be important to test the wheels at high speeds before making the record speed runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bloodhound is expected to up to ten runs during the testing in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is expected that the data of interaction between base drag measurements and the aluminium wheels that are being used for the first time will give insights on the power that will be required in order for the Bloodhound to set a new record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The car\nis fitted with more than 300 sensors and cameras that with be used to gather\ninformation that will be shared with academicians at Swansea University and\ntheir students for analysis. They have been invited to do the analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloodhound driver, Pilot and Royal Air Force Wing Commander Andy Green, the supersonic car and its speed tests is basically \u201cwhere science meets reality and it all starts to get generally exciting\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Africa Global News Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bloodhound supersonic car, which is designed to hit as high as 1,000mph, is set to land in South Africa for a series of high speed tests in the specially prepared track in the country later this year. The Bloodhound will take the tests in the Hakskeen Pan track where an estimated 300 members of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271],"tags":[859,860,861,102,862],"class_list":{"0":"post-2935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"tag-bloodhound","9":"tag-high-speed-tests","10":"tag-racing","11":"tag-south-africa","12":"tag-supersonic-car"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"Some](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sonic3-1024x684.jpg?resize=696%2C465&ssl=1\")
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