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 ... 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 exc ... 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, commen ... Continue Reading
The West of England Design Forum have always tried to get a wide and diverse range of designer's to give talks at the city's Watershed venue, but it is rare that they manage to get product designers and even more rare that they get one working on such a pioneering project. Continue Reading
Following the media storm last week on the fitting of Andy Green into his cockpit, various stories have appeared across the web varying from how we fitted the ergonomic rig around the land speed record holder to how a few of us 'engineering students' have designed the entire car. Continue Reading
