Jon Excell

C2I 2017: Breaking the sound barrier with a rocket-powered model car

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Poor air quality is a growing concern across the UK, and there’s now strong evidence that pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulates are responsible for tens of thousands of premature deaths in the UK every year. The situation is at its worst in London, which regularly exceeds international limits, and where poor air quality is thought to be responsible for 6,000 to 7,000 premature deaths per year..

Not content with setting a new land speed record a group of a school students in Mansfield are now gearing up for an assault on the sound barrier. 

Collaborate To Innovate 2017

Category: Young innovator

Winner: Breaking the sound barrier with a model rocket car

Partners: The Joseph Whitaker School; Rolls-Royce; Swansea University; Easy Composites; GS Products; iMechE; Santa Pod Raceway; GaaTech

Category Sponsor: Renishaw Plc

Much has been made of the so-called ‘Bloodhound effect’: the way in which the UK effort to develop a 1,000mph car has been used to engage and inspire the next generation of engineers. And there can be few more striking examples of this phenomenon in action than the achievements of a group of pupils from The Joseph Whitaker secondary school in Mansfield which, after setting a world record speed for a rocket-powered model car of 533mph, is now gearing up for an assault on the sound barrier.

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