When traveling at 1,000 mph, the Bloodhound SSC land speed record car’s wheels will spin 10,200 times per minute—or 170 times per second. If part of the wheel comes off at that speed, you’re talking ...

The land speed record has stood at around 763 miles per hour since it was set by Andy Green in Thrust SSC back in 1997. The former air force pilot turned jet car driver was set to break his own record ...

The wheels for the Bloodhound SSC world-land-speed-record car were developed by Castle Precision Engineering in Scotland over three years and must withstand spin rates over 170 revolutions per second ...

I was sad to hear that this project's been all but canned. I was a supporter early on (paid to have my name written on the fin). I was surprised that it wouldn't have been picked up by someone with ...

Bloodhound SSC is a British designed supersonic land vehicle, currently under development, with the aim of smashing the world land-speed record. The pencil-shaped car, designed for optimal ...

The Bloodhound SSC is a car unlike any other. Shaped like a wingless airplane and powered by a Typhoon jet engine plus a custom-designed rocket, it can push out the equivalent of 135,000hp and will ...