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Yeah, the Brits are going to build a car that can potentially hit 1,000 miles an hour. Or a tiny bug and go cartwheeling into the next country.
Bloodhound supersonic car fires up Eurofighter engine
By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
The Bloodhound supersonic car has been fired up for the first time - and worked a treat.
Engineers turned over the vehicle's Eurofighter jet engine in a "tie-down" test at Cornwall's Newquay airfield on Friday.
It worked flawlessly, sending a big orange flame out of the rear nozzle.
The intention is for the car to begin some "slow-speed" running - about 200mph (320km/h) - at the end of next month.
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Image captionAndy Green says he has "huge confidence" now in the car's performance
The team had been concerned that the Rolls-Royce EJ200 power unit might have some operational difficulties being in a car as opposed to sitting in a fighter aircraft.
But when driver Andy Green flicked the switches in his cockpit, the engine lit up and performed exactly to its specification.
It was proof also that all the car's electronic systems, its computers, and software were working as designed.
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Bloodhound supersonic car fires up Eurofighter engine
By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
The Bloodhound supersonic car has been fired up for the first time - and worked a treat.
Engineers turned over the vehicle's Eurofighter jet engine in a "tie-down" test at Cornwall's Newquay airfield on Friday.
It worked flawlessly, sending a big orange flame out of the rear nozzle.
The intention is for the car to begin some "slow-speed" running - about 200mph (320km/h) - at the end of next month.
(Copyrighted image deleted, just in case...)
Image captionAndy Green says he has "huge confidence" now in the car's performance
The team had been concerned that the Rolls-Royce EJ200 power unit might have some operational difficulties being in a car as opposed to sitting in a fighter aircraft.
But when driver Andy Green flicked the switches in his cockpit, the engine lit up and performed exactly to its specification.
It was proof also that all the car's electronic systems, its computers, and software were working as designed.
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