A video tour of the 1000MPH Bloodhound supersonic vehicle

The Bloodhound was built in Britain for eight years with the help of 350 experts from universities and companies and boasts the power of 180 Formula One cars!

All that speed requires a great deal of power and in this regard there are three sources – a Rolls Royce EJ200 jet straight out of a Eurofighter Typhoon, a collection of Nammo hybrid rockets and a Jaguar V8. The team plan to break the land speed record, which stands at 763mph, in South Africa next year.

The Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) is the centre-piece of a new exhibition in London’s Canary Wharf.

“This week was the first time it left the assembly point – looking at it you just think ‘wow, ‘” Mark Elvin, lead engineer of the Bloodhound, told the Mirror.

When Bloodhound is on public display, some of the carbon fibre panels will be removed to allow people to see the technology inside.

The auto will be driven by British Royal Air Force fighter pilot Andy Green who holds the current land speed record.

The team are hoping to race in 2016, before which they will do runway tests at Newquay Aerohub next Easter.

Visitors are also able to look inside the finished cockpit – a huge and complex monocoque crafted from multiple layers of carbon fibre – and see the sophisticated digital dashboard.

The process of creating such an incredible vehicle involved input from more than 350 companies and universities.

Sharing the experience in this way is a core principle of the project, central to its mission to inspire a future generation and get them excited about science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

When it is finally unleashed on the Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa, where a team of locals has shifted 15,800 tonnes of stones by hand to create the flawless test track, Bloodhound will go from zero to 1,000mph in 55 seconds and back to zero again in a further 65 seconds, covering 12 miles.

Over 100,000 school children have learned about Bloodhound in lessons and attending special events.

“We have a global model rocket auto challenge, where students design, build and race their own model rocket cars”, said education director Aulden Dunipace.