Those of you who were lucky enough to make it to the Farnborough International Airshow this year may have come across our stand – a large glass pavilion which not only held the normal bits and pieces such as the EJ200 jet engine and the consistently enthusiastic Richard Noble, but also held the first showing of the full length BLOODHOUND showcar.
Despite us trying our best though to show everyone outside what joys we had to offer (we made sure our pavilion was glass), the sheer volume of people often prevented this. Luckily though, we had something a bit special outside to draw in the interest…
Acting like a beacon of blue and orange on the grass outside was our gorgeously painted Supacat. This shall be one of the support vehicles that is used out in South Africa during the mission for 1000mph – a 6 wheel transporter that shall carry the 18inch Hybrid Rockets as well as various other equipment.
Asked by Annie Berrisford and Conor La Grue to design the paint scheme for the vehicle in preparation for Farnborough, a large number of possible designs and configurations were quickly produced. After discussions over the team branding and the challenges of painting in a short time period, the designs were issued and the graphics printed by Andy at Vinyl Graphics – as always fantastic and reliable under pressure!
The team at Supacat did a fantastic job of painting the vehicle and constructing the quiver for the rockets. Despite there being a 13m long car aiming to go faster than a speeding bullet, it was the Supacat that stole the show for me. I have included a few of the initial concept layouts below just for your viewing pleasure…
The final vehicle that is used in South Africa may not look like the one at Farnborough, but I am sure that it will be equally (if not more) impressive.
Tags: 2010, airshow, bloodhound ssc, farnborough, hmt600, rocket, supacat, transporter
That vehicle is basically a beast.