Bloodhound LSR arrives safely at Hakskeenpan
The Bloodhound LSR car has arrived at the Hakskeenpan desert, Northern Cape, South Africa, where it will be readied for its very first high speed test runs.
The team’s first task will be to re-assemble the car, which has travelled in a semi‑dismantled state from Luxembourg to Johannesburg by airfreight, before making the final 570‑mile overland journey to the desert.
The world’s most powerful straight-line car was transported on the same pneumatic tyres used on a run in Newquay airport in 2017. As well as allowing the car to be manoeuvred on tarmac, the tyres also increase the effective damping of the car. They will, however, be swapped out for solid aluminium wheels ahead of launch.
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The narrower aluminium wheels have been made for desert testing and once fitted engineers will then re-attach sections of carbon fibre composite bodywork to the front of the car, along with the nose section. The tail fin will also be fitted, completing the chassis and making the car ready for testing.
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