open image in gallery A full-scale model of the Bloodhound SSC. The 200kg cockpit itself has been tailored to Green's body, with a 3D-printed steering wheel moulded to his grip offering him ...

Not so Bloodhound SSC, whose lightweight carbon composite cockpit wouldn't look out of place in the next Star Wars movie. It's the work of 10,000 hours of custom crafting, according to Gizmag—a ...

Human beings achieved many 'firsts' in the 20th century. We climbed the planet's highest mountains, dived its deepest undersea trench, flew over it faster than the speed of sound, and even escaped ...

A few weeks ago, in a workshop the size of an airplane hangar, I stood next to Andy Green on the platform beside the Bloodhound SSC 1,000-mph ... ever to enter the cockpit, and one of just a ...

In the first video below, driver Andy Green takes a look at the exterior of the new cockpit. The second video shows the inside. Source: Bloodhound SSC Andy Green's 1,000mph Office Revealed Inside ...

Want to know what it feels like to hit 1000mph? This is our first look inside the cockpit of the Bloodhound SSC, the new supersonic rocket challenger looking to set a new world land speed record.

1. Brake Pedal 2. EJ200 Jet Engine pedal. The first 60% of the movement controls the 'dry' power range, the final 40% controls the reheat 3. Green buttons – 2 brake chutes 4. Blue button – airbrake 5.

The Bloodhound SSC team plans to take its land-speed car ... The panels are fitted to both sides of the cockpit to protect the driver. To test the panels, Morgan fired a projectile with 29 ...

When it comes to the Bloodhound SSC, which aims to reach 1,000 miles ... The safety panel, which surrounds the cockpit, is made from a woven glass fiber designed to unravel in the event of a ...

The Bloodhound SSC is making its grand debut in London today ... The front of the car, including the nose and the cockpit, is built out of carbon fiber — much like a Formula 1 car, though ...

Cockpit The exterior is made up of carbon ... Brakes In addition to the traditional wheel brakes, Bloodhound SSC will use two types of brakes: parachute and airbrake. Bloodhound will be using ...

Inside the cockpit, Green had a bigger problem ... a team of engineers is at work on Thrust's successor. The car, Bloodhound SSC, marks a bold attempt to set a new Land Speed Record of 1,609kph ...