"IoT and breaking the Land Speed record" was presented by Peter Karney, Head of Product Innovation at Digital Catapult, organised jointly with the IET Hereford and Worcester and IMechE network.
The 'Bloodhound' is looking to set new land speed records. With 6.4 tons of total weight, the wheels are designed to speed up to 10,200 rpm and are currently being tested to achieve 1000 mph, the current land speed record is 760 mph and was set 20 years ago.
For the main propulsion, the bloodhound is using an Eurojet EJ200 jet engine developed for Eurofighter and a bespoke mono propellant rocket to generate 212kN of thrust. It's not only the mechanical engine parts that contribute to the thrust, but also by challenging existing aero dynamical concepts, propulsion efforts are being increased.
Like all good projects, preparation is key and testing plays a pivotal role with the team. The test track can be windy, cross winds of 15Kmh will prevent the car from running the network, so, IoT/sensors are helping to play a role by using the 'The Things Network'.
This testing allows the data from the sensors to be captured to help understand how real-world conditions of the dessert, such as 45 degree temperatures, dry season lasting 8 months, wet season for 1 month along with differing humidity and pressure momentum needs to be analysed so that the bloodhound can function at an optimum in those extreme conditions. In 2020, the it achieved speeds of 0 to 628mph / 1010kmh in 50 seconds - that's fast!!
For the main propulsion, the bloodhound is using an Eurojet EJ200 jet engine developed for Eurofighter and a bespoke mono propellant rocket to generate 212kN of thrust. It's not only the mechanical engine parts that contribute to the thrust, but also by challenging existing aero dynamical concepts, propulsion efforts are being increased.
Like all good projects, preparation is key and testing plays a pivotal role with the team. The test track can be windy, cross winds of 15Kmh will prevent the car from running the network, so, IoT/sensors are helping to play a role by using the 'The Things Network'.
This testing allows the data from the sensors to be captured to help understand how real-world conditions of the dessert, such as 45 degree temperatures, dry season lasting 8 months, wet season for 1 month along with differing humidity and pressure momentum needs to be analysed so that the bloodhound can function at an optimum in those extreme conditions. In 2020, the it achieved speeds of 0 to 628mph / 1010kmh in 50 seconds - that's fast!!