Bloodhound hit speeds of 210mph on its first public trial run at Newquay Airport in Cornwall (Photo: Stefan Marjoram)
Chatham, Kent-based large format digital printing company PressOn wrapped the tail fin of the world’s fastest and most advanced racing car, Bloodhound SSC.
The Bloodhound SSC is designed to achieve speeds of up to 1000mph, at which it would cover a mile in just 3.6 seconds. The tail fin is a vital part of the supersonic car, providing stability that can withstand the use of both a jet and a rocket to produce more than 135,00bhp.
Following stress and load testing of the fin prior to trials, PressOn wrapped the fin in Avery MPI1104EA cast white vinyl, printed on its HP Latex 570. The design featured the names of 36,110 people who have sponsored and contributed to the creation of the Bloodhound SSC.
The flag design was put together using InDesign and scaled to fit the 3.2 x 1.8m substrate. Using an HP Latex 570 printer, it was applied to Avery MPI 1104EA cast white vinyl self-adhesive cast film using six colours – CMYK plus light cyan and light magenta. Once printed, the substrate was laminated using a Crest laminator and taken to Bloodhound’s Bristol headquarters for application, where it was wrapped by PressOn staff in a single day.
‘Working with the Bloodhound team again has been an honour for PressOn,’ said PressOn’s managing director Nigel Webster. ‘To see the fin, a vital, expensive and fragile part of the design of the Bloodhound, wrapped in vinyl that was printed and fitted by our team has been amazing.’
Following a successful trial run, the Bloodhound team has gathered enough data and is currently working on the next stages of development and planning for the next world land speed record attempt in South Africa in 2019.
