Bloodhound Supersonic sets
target date for 800 mph world record attempt
The Bloodhound SSC engine
"It's a mixture of jet engine and rocket motor," says
project director Richard Noble. The car houses a Rolls-Royce EJ200
jet engine, and a supercharged Jaguar V8 engine driving a pump for
the Nammo rocket motor built by the Royal Space Agency. A
team of Formula 1 and aerospace experts built the Bloodhound, with
help from the British Royal Air Force, and Army engineers.