Wow, well... this is an honour. To my great surprise this morning I was informed by a colleague that not only had one of my renderings of BLOODHOUND made it onto the PistonHeads website, but has been named ''Pic of the week'. Continue Reading
Want to make a twitter page that doesn't cut all of your info in half? Try this... Continue Reading
Those of you who were lucky enough to make it to the Farnborough International Airshow this year may have come across our support vehicle - the Supacat HMT600... Continue Reading
The greatest battle of my life, and somehow I won. Continue Reading
I have somehow reached the final of I'm a Scientist... but now I must do battle with the boss... Continue Reading
Question - How do you get rid of the stereotypical image that is associated with a scientist? Answer - speak to a scientist! Continue Reading
If you’ve ever seen BLOODHOUND exhibiting at an education event or trade show, then chances are that you will have seen one of the 1:10 scale models of the vehicle on display. I was asked to build one of these display models, complete with an oak base and acrylic case. Here is some documentation of the process: ... Continue Reading
At the end of my last article we had finished with a concept for a steering wheel. A mixture of sketches and blue foam models, we had decided on how the wheel would be laid out. We had seen what had been done on Thrust SSC, which route JCB Dieselmax had taken, and now it was time for us to develop our own, unique ste ... Continue Reading
It has been eight months. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country, designed rigs that have been to South Africa, designed leaflets and event stands and even done some decorating, but now I am doing something completely different. With the control systems coming together exceptionally quickly, I have bee ... Continue Reading
With all of the high profile media generated by BLOODHOUND lately, a lot of attention has been focussed on the team. All of a sudden, I have become inundated with questions about how I ended up with a placement with such a prestigious project. Rather than answer all of the emails, comments and tweets individually (an ... Continue Reading
