The Knysna Car Show will feature a 1/10 scale model of the car plus the Bloodhound driving experience (BDE) where enthusiasts will be able to run through the processes WLSR holder Andy Green will have to go through to get the car to 1 610km/h (1,000mph) and then stop safely. There will also be members of the Bloodhound Project team on hand to answer questions and sign up schools to the education programme.
Bloodhound SSC will have a jet engine, controlled by the pedal under the driver's right foot and a rocket engine that is fired by depressing switches on the steering yoke.
The car develops 135 000hp, which is equivalent to 180 F1 cars, and will cover the measured mile (1.6km) in just 3.6 seconds.
The BDE lets one experience controlling the car as it accelerates at 85km/h per second and then with just over 9km to go to the end of the track, slowing down by using the airbrakes and parachutes at 100km/h per second, whilst keeping the car on the blue line of the marked route.
The 20km Hakskeenpan track will be covered in just under two minutes, from a standing start to stopping the car adjacent to the recovery team who will then refuel the car with 350 litres of Jet A1 fuel and 1 000kg of hydrogen peroxide (HTP) for the hybrid rocket motor. Participants of the BDE run will receive a Bloodhound SSC certificate showing peak and average times through the FIA measured mile.
The Bloodhound SSC car is scheduled to arrive in South Africa in the second half of 2015 to attempt the World Land Speed Record (WLSR) on Hakskeenpan in the Northern Cape.
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