1000mph Blood Hound Car

the final product..

PDRA David Chapman assists research into design and development...

Institute PDRA, Dr David Chapman, assisted the research team for the design and development of the 1000mph Bloodhound Car.  Specifically he was involved in research to identify the best alloy for the task, which involved firing pieces of grit at samples of metal using a gas gun at Cavendish Laboratory. See further details via: BBC newsfeed by Jonathan Amos.

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